I'm tired and this seems like it might be an entry that is mostly
typed with my eyes closed.
This morning at work most of my time was spent finishing up my
writing on customer service for our departmental meeting this
afternoon. I also helped another librarian tweak the Caution book
wraps she was making to go over the covers of the books on the Banned
Books display. I probably did some other things as well but they're
not coming to mind.
At one o'clock I drove across town to the bank to meet my mom for our
meeting with the lender. He previously asked me what price range I
was looking at and I found out today he actually got me pre-approved
for around $10,000 more than I intend on spending because he said it
would be easier to adjust the numbers down than up. Which makes
sense. It's actually nice knowing I have some wiggle room. But,
that pre-approval amount is at the extreme end of what I can afford,
at least in terms of percentages to my income, and I don't really
have any interest in going that high. Plus, there are only a few
houses at that price point and I'm not interested in them. Along
with letting me know I was pre-approved, he walked me through the
whole process, explained everything, and gave me a lot of good
information. I left feeling good about the whole experience. It was
a relief knowing that I can get the money and knowing that I can ask
him any questions that I have. The letter he gave me is generic, not
listing the approval amount, so the seller of a house won't be able
to use it against me, like if I put in a low bid and the seller
refuses knowing that I have been approved for more. That is one of
the things I was curious about when it came to negotiations so I like
that my amount isn't publicized. He also said that if I find a house
that I want to put a bid on, I can email him the address, he'll
double-check everything, and then type up a personalized letter with
the address of the house on it so the seller knows I am serious about
their house and my lender knows about it. I like it.
After the meeting I had just enough time to run home before needing
to go back to work. I actually had to start eating lunch on my way
home and I was still finishing it up as I was walking back out the
door to go back to work.
Shortly after getting back we had our departmental meeting. It went
well. I talked about the upcoming tech classes and our future goals
of doing more hands-on tech stuff that we are wanting to start in the
Spring. Then we each took turns talking about favorite reference
sources and going over what we found about customer service. We are
wanting to make a customer service statement for our department but
the library also needs one so my boss has kind of been put in charge
of that.
About seven minutes before leaving I decided I needed to pull a few
more books for one of my displays. I probably should have just
waited. I ended up getting two books for each of my displays and
none of them were on my list. So I added two books to both displays
even though my Tidbits display didn't need it and my Whimsical &
Witty display could use more. So tomorrow I'm going to go pull more
from my list for that display.
Tonight I had my leftover Chipotle for dinner and did laundry. The
washer lid nailed me in the head when I leaned down to get my pants
out of the washer and that part of my forehead is still tender. I
put an ice pack on it and I am hoping that will be enough to prevent
bruising. I would look awkward with a bruise on my forehead. I'm
also hoping I can sleep off the headache that Ibuprofen didn't do
much for.
At the bank today the lender emailed the approval letter to the
realtor that my mom has used and really likes. He called and texted
her about it today and I texted him back this evening. I mentioned
that we had met with someone else from his office back in June when
he was out of town and he said he would pass my text on to her. My
mom didn't really want that realtor, though, so she texted him back
and said she wanted to work with him. So it looks like I'll be
working with him. That is kind of what I prefer because the business
is named after him and he has decades of experience. Whereas the
realtor we met this summer seemed pretty new. I liked her but I also
like experience. We'll see how it goes.
Now I'm going to go to bed because I just go distracted for an hour
watching a guy construct a handmade guitar. Fascinating stuff but
I'm freaking tired and I have to open in the morning. At least I'll
get off at five o'clock.
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