Just an update on the hecticity and some other stuff.

Hecticity Decorum

I'm afraid I've (fortunately?) been too busy the last couple of days to really be in tune with what's been going on with Smoochy* and Jennie. From what I can tell (and what I've been told), they've both kind of given up on any reconciliation at this juncture.

Smoochy* continues to insist to anyone that will listen that Jennie is seriously deranged and needs many “years” of counselling. It's getting old for everyone here and pathetic that the more we hear about what Smoochy* says, the more it sounds like he's describing himself when he says stuff like that.

In my last update on this situation, I said that Smoochy* was being nice and polite to Jennie. It apparenly only lasted for a couple of days.

It seems obvious to me Smoochy*'s been obsessing over a list of things about Jennie, what Jennie does, what Jennie has done, etc. that just drive him bonkers. What kind of marriage is that?! What kind of friendship is that?! If you care about someone, you accept their weaknesses and faults and try to forgive the wrongs they may have done to you, right? You don't put up ultimatums like, “You've got to change or I won't be your friend.”

That sort of behavior is just... self-centered, disrespectful, and rude.

Meanwhile, Jennie seems to be doing an adequate (not great, but adequate) job of keeping her chin up despite the fact her second marriage is in serious jeopardy. She keeps herself occupied and busy. She's civil and tries to be compassionate with Smoochy*. She tries to reason with him when he insists on flinging layer upon layer of feces-ladden insults at her via e-mail. I think it would help if she knew better when to stop — when it was obvious he can't be reasoned with — and just walk away.

Moving up on moving in

I got a call from our loan officer's secretary, Kylie, today. Kylie said the financing is done and the title company has everything they need and they're saying 5-business days- that puts us somewhere between next Tuesday and Thursday. That's a few days sooner than I was expecting us to be able to close.

The Amazing Maleeni (our loan officer) warned me, though, that buying a HUD like this can be very frustrating because of unexpected delays and a title company (U.S. Title) that takes an unusual amount of time to get things done.

We'll keep our fingers crossed.

Last night I was thinking about putting a recirculating stream running through our backyard at the new house. I was thinking about bringing in some big rocks and having a cascading waterfall type thing on one end and then a winding stream that snaked across the yard to a small pond where, naturally, there would be an inlet for the water to go to be pumped back up to the waterfall end again. And then, somewhere near the middle of the yard we could put in a arching wood bridge over the stream.

Well, it was something to think about as I was trying to fall asleep, right?

I've wanted a walkout basement door for a long time, but the Riverton house doesn't have one. So, we may add one. My brother did it to a house he owned several years ago, so I know we can do it.

And I want to make the master bathroom bigger. :-) We don't know how (or when) we'll be able to do that, but we'll think about it.

Can't you see?! Buying a house is torture! It's self-flagellation! It's like a brutal autonomic masochism!