Waiting Gamely
I’m in that twiddling my thumbs stage of the home buying process. I’ve done pretty much everything. I’ve given all the information to the lender and the sellers and the escrow/title company that any of them wants from me. I’ve had the home inspected and appraised and gotten a contractor’s quote on doing the repairs that the sellers are paying for.
But now I have to wait.
The lender has already set all their terms. They’ve guaranteed a rate. We’ve set the amount of the loan and the length of the loan. I’ve arranged for insurance so the loan will be taken care of should the house suddenly burn down.
But still I wait.
I’m sure they’re doing something. We’re actually going through a short closing from their point of view, moving aggressively to finish this deal at least a week faster than they prefer. So there must be something going on within their system. Some checks and cross checks that need to be completed.
While I just wait.
I asked God if this is what Purgatory is like. He said actually this is more like the waiting in line at the supermarket. You’ve already done your shopping, put everything in the cart, but now you have to wait your turn to actually get rung up. This is not like the queue to get into Heaven, it’s more like that period of boredom that the tabloid papers are counting on to pull you in, to entice you with their lurid headlines. Well, I won’t be lured. I’ll patiently wait my turn. Of course it couldn’t hurt to just look at one or two of the articles while I wait. Maybe just chuckle over the table of contents.
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