Thursday, September 2, 2010

World Traveler in Training

17 houses and 4 mosquito bites later I still haven't found what I'm looking for. The bungalow I was interested in got sold late yesterday. Going forward it's going to be a test of my patience and tenacity. I'm ok for now as long as I can stay in the temporary housing. The meeting with Wells Fargo went well and gave me couple options for mortgage and numbers to keep in mind. Houses are like cars unless it's a collector item it's money down the drain. Having seen all of the available houses in my price range I'm a bit disappointed with what I have see here but I'm not giving up just yet.

On the bright side, I got connected with basic cable and wifi at my apartment. Gives me something to do in the evenings. I also made two friends in my apartment building, a young single mom and her 3-year-old Gracie. Both of them are extremely friendly. We went out to dinner together at the Chinese buffet in town. Although I would have opted for pizza the little girl insisted on Chinese food. As soon as we sat down at the table Gracie was absorbed by the large wall-size display of the Temple of Heaven and insisted that she go visit there. Kate told me she liked Chinese food as well so I offered to cook them a spicy meal one of those days. She was pretty disappointed when I told her I can't make the fried cream puffs. I didn't have the heart to tell her that's not Chinese food...either is any of the stuff at the buffet. Bad food was compensated by good company. The little girl was happy to get a ride in the lady bug. We plan to go for a road trip to the big city on Saturday: Grand Forks, ND. Another neighbor gave me two cucumbers and my Realtor gave me three tomatoes. Things are going well.

As the weekend gets closer so is my first day of employment. Time to get my mind back on work again.

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