I weighed in last night a pound down! And that was after a fairly hearty meal, so I feel good that it's real progress. I have half a pound to go on the Dietbet and about 7 lbs. to reach my ideal weight.
I contacted my mortgage broker last week to see if a refinance would be in the cards considering several negative factors (such as our not selling the condo, taking on some debt and credit scores being lower). He got back to say that there's a kind of FHA "streamline" refinance that might save us some money without needing an appraisal or even much in closing costs. He said he'd also weigh a traditional refi to see which one would be best for us. I'm going to follow up this week if I don't hear more from him about that.
Our cats are still in separate rooms for now. We try to get them close to each other on either side of a door from time to time, and they always hiss and growl and swipe. Especially the new cat, who's nice to everyone else in the house, including our neighbors' dog. I think she's really mistrustful after whatever it is Noodles did that first night when he broke into her room while we were out. We swapped their rooms last night so they could experience each other's smell (and not get too territorial about the rooms we've been keeping them in). If the hissing never gets better after a few more days I suppose we'll just have to start the next phase and hope it gets worked out eventually.
Today is a kind of waiting day at work; I have several meetings this afternoon and during the week that should set work in motion for me, but right now all I can do is read background materials on several projects and try to get my thoughts together on them without knowing much.
So I've been doing that off and on with taking care of personal business. First, I printed off the tax forms that didn't come out clear at home.
Then, I read in my email that the people interested in the condo are still interested but have "lots of moving parts" to manage before they can make an offer. No feedback from the other showings, so at present they're our only actively interested buyer.
Then I signed the kids up for swim class mid-Feb. through mid-April. $84 apiece, but I'd already planned for that so it's OK.
Then the tax guy called and we set up an appointment to meet Friday. I reserved a carshare for that since he's in St. Paul.
Tonight is a little treat; we're going with our downstairs neighbors to redeem our free Chipotle burritos we got for trying the tofu sofritas earlier this month. All five adults will get free food, so we'll only need to purchase one for the kids to split and maybe some beverages. And I plan to only eat half of my free burrito so I have lunch tomorrow as well!
Weight loss, condo non-news, etc.
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