Dealmaker or Dealbreaker?

Current mood: anxious

*pretending to sound like Brad Pitt in that Diane Sawyer interview*:

"God. I'm gonna say it: Condos. I'm thinking condos. I've got real estate on my mind"

Andy called today to say that the sellers of the condo are asking to pay only $2500 in closing costs instead of the $3500 that we had written in our offer. This means if I accept their counteroffer, I have to come up with an extra thou! I could do it, but I'm pretty strapped coming up with the down payment of $8200 as it is. Grrrrr! Andy says he'll try to negotiate with them and will send me new contracts tomorrow. Keep your fingers crossed!

Regarding my work dilemma: I met with the teacher today and we ended up talking the whole period instead of her going through my file cabinets. Maybe that was more productive? She gave me an update on the situation with her students and it seems like it's going better. The problem with the student who yelled "I hope you get fired!" was a misunderstanding (or misrepresentation) on the part of the student and there was an adult witness to the incident who will verify the teacher's side. Excellent. If she wants to stay here and fight for her job, more power to her. I just wish it weren't so MUCH of a fight. I told her once again that she needed to get out of her classroom more often and mingle with the rest of us in order for people to start getting to know the real her and not believe the rumors and she finally seemed to get my point.

I had another physical therapy appointment today. I hate doing the exercises. Boring! I do them so fast that I practically get aerobic, just so I can get 'em overwith. The part I'm in it for is the massage beforehand and the lights-out electrotherapy afterward. This time the therapist didn't turn up the juice so hard and it was much more relaxing (plus I didn't get any cellphone calls to interrupt me or have any Starbucks Gingerbread Lattes corroding my digestive tract).

I kept thinking about how Erika was doing today. It was her first day of classes. Hope she felt good about how it went.