sweet fancy moses I need to calm down

[flea]

Is it stressful buying a house? Yes indeedy ma'am. I just nearly lost it when I called Vanguard to inquire about wiring umpty-thousand dollars to a lawyer, and they said, oh, here's the form for one-time wires, and MAIL it to us, we need it one business day before you need the money.

Good thing I called them today, and not tomorrow, eh? Also good thing we have overnight mail. Am now trying to slow pulse and breathing; form is filled out (good thing we have email so I don't need to run home to check documents for stuff like where to wire the money and exactly how much - that $0.23 is important!) and all it needs is mr. flea's signature and Mr. Fedex. So he'll come by at lunch and take care of that, I think (he was in the middle of a Skype to France when I IMed him. Good thing we have IM.)

Am also being made neurotic by having sent an Evite and being able to see who has responded and also who has looked at the invite but not yet responded. Obviously most of these people are simply consulting their calendars, spouses, etc., not chortling at my social dorkitude at inviting them to a party. (If you live locally and know me and have not been invited, please email me. I probably messed up your email address in the little box or was otherwise an idiot.)

Maybe I should be a little more diligent about taking my meds, eh? (I run about as much anxious as depressed, most of the time.)

Comments

[nestra.livejournal.com]

I sympathize, as we are doing the exact same thing. I had to come in late to work this morning, because there was no way I was going to be functional without some more sleep. Between offering on the house, getting the house, and having to arrange for the mortgage and the inspection, both of us had been waking up in the middle of the night, just due to the adrenaline.

[casperflea.livejournal.com]

I hear ya. I also want to see pictures of your house! Or at least hear about it.

[richtermom.livejournal.com]

I've run a newspaper, handled a wedding with a 600-person guest list, traveled cross-country on Greyhound in winter and done a presentation in a language I'm actually not very good at, but the one time I actually broke out in hives was when buying the house.

Big, welty hives.

Yep.

Take good care of yourself and best of luck.