Surgery August 2nd 2012

[jsewell]

Actually this house i am trying to put an offer on now is a one story. 4 bedrooms so everyone gets one for now. Maybe in the future i can have a guest room. 2 full bathrooms which i decided was a requirement. I took Jamie and Tim to see it and they both said, not the best neighborhood, but they like the house. The little one has been too busy as usual to come with us. She will like the closeness of it and she does not want to live in a condo for some reason. So it being a house will make her happy. Almost the whole back is concrete , no grass. Some planters up against the house and one area with wood chips and some trees. The front has the driveway some spaces with pomegranite trees and some small amount of grass which won't stay grass. Jamie had taken a class in zero scaping (sounds like that , but i always get it wrong) so the front will remain the fruit trees and only native plants. No grass cutting for me. The planters around the house may contain veggies. Why not grow something you can eat.

I don't go anywhere.Just out to the hospital and my spine surgeons office . I briefly looked at the condo i was buying and this house with crutches. So painful. Not planning on doing that in the next 8 days. I'm just laying here doing the countdown.
judy

[Maria]

I do hope you get this house if you all like it that much. I think something has to give when we're looking for our "perfect" home unless we have enough $ to not give a dang about anything which is certainly not my position or wasn't!

Judy I so wish I could help you out.. if there was a way I could get there and just help you pack up dishes or something like that I would. I know if it hadn't been for dh helping me that very last moving day I don't think I would have gotten out of my place on date intended!

If I move again I'll have to plan for packers and movers tho then again that's no time soon hopefully.

Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers for less pain and just the endurance to hang in there till your surgery even if it does get moved up ~ honestly with all I've been thru tho I cannot feel your pain where you have it I can know how I feel when so constrained and I wouldn't wish that on anyone.

btw .. walked too much yesterday so right ankle tendonitis is a bit brutal today! UghhhH! Well live to do whatever another day right?!!!!! We will get thru it all somehow someway! hugs, Maria

[jsewell]

7 days till surgery and the house is under contract with me. Now the damn inspection and appraisal again. It all that works, it should be ok, but with me, i am never sure. I can't believe i will have done 2 inspections on houses while being in so much pain.
I really haven't looked around this house much. I went on crutches which was brutally painful and now not possible. I don't remember if one of the bedrooms is on the other side of the house from the other 3 or what. Don't remember if it has one dang closet besides in the bedrooms. Hopefully after surgery i will get to walk through it and take some pictures for home.
I have things i have to sell now that certainly won't fit.
did i say it has NO garage! I will have to look into storage spaces. I will be saving $700-800 per month compared to my mortgage. That is good, if it all goes through.,
Sorry about your overdoing it, I will definitely watch that. I hope.
judy

[Maria]

There's probably a lot you didn't get to check out being in so much pain so hopefully the inspection will be helpful there. Is it move in ready as far as you know? I guess if it doesn't have a garage it has a driveway? Is there space on the property to build a garage? How many square feet is it?

I hope you won't overdo it too much after your surgery considering you need to take your time to recover so nothing else happens.

I wore my ankle braces yesterday that I got from my podiatrist which actually help alot. Today my right ankle isn't bothering me tho my left one is because actually I just wore the right brace yesterday! Today I'll either put them both on or wear just the left one. They are rather hot and binding tho hate to wear them inside.

Didn't sleep at all last night and have people coming at 8 a.m. to put in a new countertop, sink, garbage disposal and they will be here nearly all day. Also have a mobile groomer coming to groom Lola at 9a.m. and Winston needs to get his fluids at the Vet's right after the groomer gets here tho I'm so tired I don't think I should be driivng.

Ok take care and hang in there. Almost there now...

[jsewell]

6 days to go to surgery. I am probably going to be one of the happiest people arriving for surgery. I am so tired of not being able to walk and being in pain. My dishes are all dirty now, the kids do not do a good job of keeping up with things. I'm sure all towels are dirty too.
I think they are believing once i get home from the hospital this time, i will just be ready to take over. Not so or something else will happen to the spine hardware. Then there will be that tired from surgery .
I am starting to worry about the neighborhood now, It really is not the best and does have a sex offender down our street. I am wondering if i have lost my mind by this decision. I know i can still get out of it. I better decide before i write out the check for the appraisal. I took my little one today and she liked the house , hated the neighborhood.
judy

[Maria]

Judy,
If you don't llike the neighborhood don't buy the house. What was the sex offender crime? I hope not pedophile or forceable rape. I checked that out everywhere I was looking...

I almost bought a condo in SD that I really liked with a great view, garage and everything but the 3rd time I went back to look at the neighborhood and then found out about the father son shooting and killing at the bus stop I was thinking I'd be standing at a lot I said "NO WAY!"

Call the police dept too and ask about the crime reports in that area. Maybe it's safer than it looks but I think if you have doubts now you're not going to feel better later and you're still in a contingency period.

Just the fact that you know there's a sex offender in the area and you have still one younger child at home you can just get out of it.

Keep me posted.

[jsewell]

Hi Maria,
I had called the police and had to wait until after labor day for the officer to return my call. He said it is a changing street in particular. One incident happened at my house, but it was a family dispute and i didn't care about that. I know the house across the street is being flipped and will soon be very nice too. So it is a mix of old and new. If you go in one direction it is better than the other. I'll have to decide soon , very soon.

So i called my pm office first thing Tuesday morning to see about getting a prescription. I am now going to run out soon, like friday night or saturday. Her nurse told me she would talk to the doc and get back to me. Never heard so i called this morning and the doc i knew , was not in on Wed. But no the nurse did not talk to her and just told me she won't give you anything, you have enough. I told her this is agonizing pain and i have had to take them every 4 hours .She still insisted i had enough but agreed to ask her tomorrow. Well she better give me some or i am going to go into withdrawals and be quite miserable when i get to the hospital on Monday at 5:30am I mean that is what their profession is all about. She should realize the increased need. We will see what tomorrow brings
judy