A Pat on the Back

We are finally under-contract with a house again. It hasn’t been that long, but it feels like it in some ways. Its the house I was talking about the other day, and the counter offer was 128k with buyer-paid inspection (since there is a Septic system, they (the seller) has to pay for that to be inspected and pumped we reasoned that’s why they wanted us to pay for the typical inspection). That was a good offer, under what we really wanted to pay and has enough room for us to opt for a rehab loan. The seller wanted the inspection to be done within 7 days and so we will comply so we arranged for that to get done Friday.

I have been very metered about this whole process. What I mean by that is I really am taking a step-by-step approach. I haven’t been too overly excited, but I’ve never been all that low either, hence metered. I can’t do pictures at work, so it may be some time before I am able to provide pictures.

On the other hand, I was finally able to get a nice gift for Twin for her birthday. Historically I am very poor at giving gifts. My parents never expected much from us, and as I grew older I started to desire more practical items such as razor blade for my facial shaver and deodorant. Yes, I’m a weird guy. When I was dating, gifts were rare if I even bought any. I may have won a couple of gifts at arcades. Fast forward to Twin and I, after years of being broke and not feeling comfortable financially to give or receive gifts we finally were able to the last couple of years.

It started for her birthday last year. I bought a $25 Astrological Report for her, but I ended up submitting the wrong Time of Birth (I bought this same report a year or two before we met and found it interesting and useful). For our Nov. anniversary I bought shoe-covers for her to wear while bicycling. I thought they would be useful everyday and for STP training. Also, it was a gift for another gift I knew she wanted for a long time. That gift I was able to get for her for Christmas, and that was Purple/Black Adidas shoes. I couldn’t find the Nike ones she had originally wanted. Now she had shoes she was happy to wear style wise, and they would stay dry so after being in the rain they wouldn’t have to dry and smell forever afterward. Those are very un-romantic gifts though.

I knew going into her birthday this year I can step up and be more romantic. I couldn’t think of anything until she mentioned needing a white gold chain for a pendant. I tried on Monday to find that without spending too much and came up empty. I slept horribly into Tuesday morning and came up with an idea for Massage Oil. I could try to put a poem together possibly if that didn’t work. I thought it would be nice if I were to get that and give her massages regularly. I again started doubting. I realized I don’t really know much about the muscle/skeletal structures of the human body and maybe something more specialized would be better. She gets pretty bad headaches off and on so that came into thought as well. I did research and came up with…

A Gift Certificate for a 90-minute spa/massage session!

I won’t have the proof until the weekend probably other than the receipt. I’m really bad at planning with my passive-aggressive personality. I know at some point in the future I would like to sign up for classes to give Twin massages in the future. Also, I would hope to conduct some research on aroma-therapy to utilize that "art" or "technique." this should be a good start to addressing some issues with the headaches potentially. It should help rejuvinate her body a little after the stress of school and planning a wedding last year, then this year schooling and after that was done working with Real Estate Agents and Mortgage Brokers. I’ll stress that we can afford her to go more regularly into the near term at least until I’m able to take over or recouperation is no longer needed.