Ugh

Ok. I knew I wasn't going to close today, but I thought there might be some chance that the bank would have gotten back to me by now. They pretty much assured me that the final paperwork would be looked at today. It is now 5:36 p.m., and I have heard nothing from them.

I'm not worried. They've already looked at everything else. They just need to look at the new sales price since the home appraised for lower that the sales price. I mean, but damn. How many people are buying houses in this economy? I'm being sarcastic of course, but this is ridiculous. They've had the paperwork since Thursday morning and (supposedly) a rush was put on it. We're now going on Tuesday. Sheesh.

It's not like it matters. I'm leaving in the morning to go home for the holidays. L said if I could stay until Wednesday morning then I could probably close by then. Are you serious? If I leave here on Wednesday afternoon/evening to go home for Thanksgiving then I might as well just stay here. It's not like it's a 3 hour drive. It's almost 10 hours (that's WITHOUT stopping for gas). No thanks. I can wait until I get back. Besides, it's not like I would be able to be in the house until I came back from Thanksgiving anyway...even if I DID close today.

However, it sure would have been nice to have the keys in my hand right about now.

The good news is, I got the appraisal back in the mail today. I was pleasantly surprised. The house was listed as having almost 2800 square feet. Well, I found out today (per the appraisal) that it has almost 3200 square feet. That doesn't include the unfinished basement. When I get around the finishing that (which WON'T be any time soon), the house will have over 4500 finished square feet. I'm really excited.

...but who the hell is going to clean all of that?