The Sunapee House Saga...

......it's off, it's on, it's off, it's on, and now it is off again permanently.

You know, people say there are a lot of headaches with owning a house and I think that all starts right with the buying process. For those of you that may not know, Bapple & I were in the process of buying a house in Sunapee. We signed a purchase and sales agreement a month ago when I went to school. This agreement was pending a septic & a home inspection. Well, we never made it to the home inspection part of it, the septic failed first. So, in haggling back & forth and with Bapple doing a lot of the leg work over 3 weeks, the owners had agreed to replace the septic(something they would need to do either way) at their cost. That is UNTIL there less than professional agent realized that her commission could grow and said we were taking advantage of the owner, and talked them into demanding $7K+ more on the agreed price (which means we are paying for a new septic). Well at this we have finally had enough of that bull sh!t and had our agent tell their agent to take a hike, we are all done. And you know what, say what you want about renting, but our place is not that bad, I am minutes from everything and with heating fuel prices the way they are and our heat is included..... I'll stay right here and save a few bucks in the process.

It has also been my first week back at work, albeit a short one, but long none the less. I return to my area a "rated man" which means all the 1ST Class lineman can now work the higher primary voltages with me on the ground as a set of eyes/rescue.
This means overtime, which except for horse shoe night at Maggot's, has been every night I have been back. So, if I am not buying a house I want.......

"Never hate your enemies. It clouds your judgement."-Michael Corleone, Godfather II