judecorp | House drama

So the skinny on the house is that the sellers are total asshats. Apparently they are pissed at us because we pushed for a sooner closing date (even though we ended up compromising with them on it) and they are also pissed because they received an offer that was higher than ours (full price, actually) but with the contingency that those buyers needed to sell their house first. So they picked us and were pissed that they weren't getting full price. Also, they told their realtor that they think we are jerks.

I feel like we were being totally reasonable. We weren't pushing for money for the roof that will need to be replaced in a few years, but there was a problem with the heating system that we wanted them to take care of. (There is no cold air return duct in the house. It is in the basement. Which kind of defeats the purpose.) They refused to have someone come and fix it - the stupid seller said that the only way he would fix it is if we agreed to let him fix it himself. And is he an HVAC tech? No. And would he agree that if we got an HVAC dude out there to check it out after and that person said it wasn't done right, he would pay? Absolutely not.

After having three sleepless nights about this house, we decided it is probably cheaper and easier on everyone's mental state to just cough up the money to install a cold air return duct in the house by a licensed technician ourselves rather than try to move twice or look for a new house or whatever. Jen can't couch surf forever and we can't afford to rent two places. Also, moving is a bitch on top of being expensive. So we finally just decided that we would let the asshat win and we would pay for the repair.

I just don't understand mean, inflexible people. I mean, when we sold my dad's house, we totally had the furnaces serviced because the inspector was concerned about them. It's what you do, people! Don't hold a grudge out on me, asshat, because your beloved buyer hasn't sold his house yet. But I couldn't take another night of going back and forth about not having a place to live.

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I called my doctor's office about trying to get a follow-up beta hCG test and progesterone test. I wanted to get SOME sort of reassuring news in the midst of all of this drama. (See also: untold work drama story that is screwing me out of a month's health insurance.) I wanted to be able to go in tomorrow to make myself feel better but they won't take me on the weekend unless I'm bleeding. I guess that's fair but it will be hard to wait until Monday!

Also, I have been having cramps for days now. They make me very, very nervous.