Moments in My Life

We make the hotel reservation for Las Vegas earlier this month.  Our plan is to be there for the Thanksgiving weekend.  Hubby will be taking two days off from work and spending a total of three days/two nights mini vacation.  Why we choose Las Vegas?  Because is near to drive there.  Gas is cheap now too.  I saw it today was $2.33/gallon. 

Hubby already planned out our meals.  We will be hitting a few buffets in the town.  As you know, when I am at a buffet, it is hard to control the amount I take.  The last time we were at Mandalay Bay’s buffet with my brother back in May, we spent more than 2 hours.  We were there from the time they almost done with lunch menu.  So we were able to taste the lunch as well as dinner menu for the price of lunch.  We ate so much that day.  This time, Hubby planned to do the same thing.  Going to the buffet around 2:30pm and sit till they changed the dishes.  hehehe … I know I know … I already put on 6 pounds from my trip to KL.  Now with this again … I better prepare myself with the best diet pills available. May be I should give some to my Hubby too.

The buyer’s lender didn’t fund escrow today.  The excuse they gave to escrow was they were too busy.  When I was at the escrow office this morning to check the status, the escrow officer said the buyer’s lender called and told her they received everything they needed and will be funding today.  I told her to give me a call once that is done.  It was around 2:30pm and I have yet to hear anything, so I called escrow.  The escrow officer let me talked to her supervisor.  I was told the buyer’s lender was not going to fund today but instead of Monday. 

Our short sale with the seller’s lender expires on Tuesday.  It would be perfect if escrow gets the money today and close on Monday.  But now we have to talk to the seller’s lender to give us one more day.  This lender was very kind to us as he already extended our short sale transaction three times and he said no more extension, or else they will request for more money at closing.  I don’t know what’s with the update after speaking with the escrow supersivor as she said she was going to email the lender and find out more info from him.  The lender is in TX, so he might not reply until Monday.

What I am thinking here is what happened if the buyer lender’s doesn’t fund escrow on Monday.  We have to wait till after Thanksgiving holiday before we can close the transaction.  Worse is, the buyer’s lender is blaming on us for them not able to fund today.  S*T*O*O*O*P*I*D … they don’t ever want to take responsibility that it is their fault since we already provided them everything they need and was told they were able to fund today. 

It is not a sight you want to see or experience when you have sewage backup to your backyard. It happens every few years at our home because the roots from the trees get into sewage pipe from the house to the street. We won’t know that had happened until I smell the problem as we don’t always go out to the backyard. In that scenario, we will not be able to use the bathroom or kitchen sink at all until the problem it fixed or else our backyard will have a pool of sh*ts. We won’t want that to spill into our swimming pool. But luckily, the service we use to clear the root problem can come the same day within a few hours and we get to use the bathroom afterward.

It was 8:20am this morning when I changed Brandon into his going-out clothes.  Packed his bag and we were ready to leave the home.  Put him on his car seat, closed the car door and drove the car out the garage.  Half way towards my office as I was driving pass a traffic light, my heart skipped a beat.  I quickly turned back to see if I had secured my son with the seat belt.  Ahh … a relieve … he had his seat belt on. 

Sometimes  I do things so mindlessly that I don’t know if I did it or not.  Another example is locking the house door.  I usually have the key on the lock before we leave the home.  I am pretty sure I will lock the door immediately when I closed it.  These are things that I do without thinking and sometimes it gets to me if indeed I actually do it or not.