home search update and out of town guests

So the saga last left me going to meet with the lender. I have done that. The meet was a good one - I like the people I worked with. But, my credit is on the low end of happy, so they can't automatically approve the loan. That means that someone, somewhere, will go over my stuff and make a quasi-arbitrary decision. *sigh* So the woman I worked with suggested writing a letter of explanation to accompany my application materials, which I did. She's had it all now since Tuesday,but I have no idea as to the timeline for a decision.

Meanwhile, ¡vamos a ver unas casa mañana!

The realtor (remember Moose?) and I have been working via e-mail to fine tune the houses she refers to us. One is very near the school Son #1 attends this year, where Son #2 will be the year after next. Like, the athletic fields are a half block away. I actually saw this place before she sent it to me, and had the flier in hand. Between when I saw and when she passed it on the list price has dropped $30K. I think they must be very motivated to sell... We will also look at another home about 2 blocks from our current residence. That's a great neighborhood where our kids know classmates. The outside doesn't look quite as nice as the other so I don't know what we'll find. We'll also look at a third with her that I know very little about but met our criteria.

In among all the home search madness we had a rare treat. We had a visit from a very old friends - as in my first boyfriend - and his wife and son. we had not seen him for about 12 years, and had never met his wife and son. They were in town for a long weekend because his parents are moving from the house he was raised in into a condo and he came to farewell the homestead, etc. They came for dinner Saturday and stayed very late. We didn't mind but the kids were all dragging the next day...oops. His wife is a very interesting and insightful woman, and his son is delightful. And of course it was marvelous to see him again. Mi esposo commented that it's too bad they live so far away, he could see our families socializing a lot. Hijo número 2 y el hijo de mi amigo se llevaban requetebien. Jugaban a Legos y Mech Assault (en el X-Box). They didn't want to quit. :-)

*Whew* makes me even more tired to read about everything.