My attentions have been on anything but my blog lately. I have this dysfunction that does not allow me to express anything remotely personal - not just on my blog - in everyday relationships too. You know, vulnerability and such. (In fact, as a wrote that, I wondered if maybe I was sharing too much.) Recognizing the problem is the first step to recovery, right? Well, I've known about it for many years now. Surely it will go away soon.
File under "not sharing too much":
*Today is my last day at Progressive Bank. In the interest of not showing any emotion (see above), I have not really thought much about how much I'm going to miss it here. I truly love my co-workers here and will miss them more than they or I know. I've got everything squared away and I have a load of stuff to take home with me today like certificates I've earned and dishes I've left up here. This is not like the last day of anything else I've ever done - school, housing, other jobs - when I left them, there was a sense of relief. This is not relieving, since I know I'll be right back at a new job on Monday. It's not relieving in a since of "I'm glad to be done with that stage of my life." I don't feel like celebrating - or crying. But I suppose, in a sense, it is the close of one part of my life. Not that work is my life, but I've spent 40 hours a week here for two and a half years. My life is changing.
But change is good, right?
Even though I almost always hate a job when I first start, I'm looking forward to this one. I hate new jobs because I don't like feeling ignorant. I like to know everything there is to know about my job and to be able to do it well, and it's pretty much impossible to do that in a new job - this one in particular - since I'm admittedly ignorant when it comes to mortgages. I think I'll like it once I know what's going on (and once I get that bigger paycheck).
And to all my friends who have banked with me: I'm not going to ask you to change banks, but if you're buying a house, come see me.
How much do you know about programs for first-time home buyers? I hear programs are available that allow you to put no money down and not really be penalized for it.
Or will you be working mostly with non-first-time buyers, second mortgages, etc?
There's a house for sale (by owner) on our street for $70,000, and if I could ever coordinate with the owner to look inside, I might be tempted. And fwiw, several months ago, I talked with Brent Pilgreen at Assurance Financial Group (but we decided against that house); he still has our file active, and I think he can help us if you can't.
Posted by: jon at December 9, 2004 01:15 PMJon, sorry it's taken so long for me to answer this. There are ways to buy a home with no down payment and not have to have private mortgage insurance and some of the other expenses usually associated with no down payment mortgages. If you're already preapproved with someone though, I'd go with him since you've probably already paid him some money and he's already done some work for you. If not, let me know.
Posted by: Christin at December 14, 2004 09:43 PM