Pshew! *Wipes Brow*

Current mood: relieved

So, quite the cliffhanger I left you all with last night, huh?

You'll be happy to know that I am, indeed, loved. Very loved. Very, very loved.

This morning, I jumped into the shower, got dressed, and cajoled Chuy out of bed. We took separate cars to Chuy's bank, where he withdrew $3,000. I sent him home and continued on this condo campaign alone. All I have to say is thank goodness that not only his bank but my credit union were both open today!

I deposited the cash into my checking account and then had the teller cut me a cashier's check made out to the title company. Then I went to the notary public with my sheaf of papers to be notarized. Did you know that notaries charge $10 per signature? I didn't. There were EIGHT places where the documents had to be notarized.

I was there for over an hour and a half. When I left, I went straight to a FedEx drop off storefront and had a copy made of my driver's license which, for some reason, the title company wanted. The instructions said to fax the documents immediately and then make a copy of them for my records before putting them in the FedEx envelope. Did you know that FedEx drop off storefronts charge $1 per fax? I didn't. As I mentioned earlier, there were well over 50 pages in that envelope. I decided that the title company could live without having documents faxed to them, seeing as how it was a SATURDAY and they would be receiving the FedEx on SUNDAY and I was already out $80 for the signatures and $330 for the bogus "points" they tacked on and they could kiss my white ass. Of course, when I called the title company to tell them I wouldn't be faxing them, I didn't exactly use those words!

Well, what's done is done and I'm relieved to have my part of it finished. I wish I could relax, but I have to tackle a mound of essays this weekend.