Cops and Robbers

Jordan is in Tampa for a football game. It would have been a perfect night to go out with the girls, but they seem to all be at work. Instead I went to my parents house and took the dogs. Mom made a great dinner, Mamaw came to stay with them (she still hasn't slept at her house since the break in), and Vernon and I fought like we were teens again. After dinner about 8 o'clock, Dad went in the front yard for something, and there was a young guy walking back and forth on the sidewalk opposite our house. It's a small neighborhood so my dad knew he didn't belong there. So after about 10 minutes of him walking back and forth, eyeing my brothers brand new Mustang GT, they called the police. Before the police showed up, another guy appeared with him and they were seriously casing the car. As soon as the police car pulled in the neighborhood the two kids ran off between some houses. The police went after them and called for backup, but didn't catch them. My dad had alerted the nosey neighbor down the street and he got the whole thing on video. So after having the car for 2 days, Vernon almost got it stolen! Unfortunately, Mamaw was at the house for the whole thing. The last thing she needs is to fear my parent's house also. And it is a pretty big coincidence that her house was broken into a week ago tonight.

If it wasn't a manual, I might be tempted to steal it too



For house news, tomorrow is a pivotal day. The sellers haven't agreed to change the closing day to Monday, so they could potentially cancel the contract. The mortgage company is trying to give us a higher rate because they don't want to give us what they originally quoted (all due to the recent loan colapse). The underwriter is getting the mortgage package tomorrow. We will know if the lender gave us our orginal 5.625% rate or the higher 5.875% rate. We will also have the number that the bank has to write the certified check for that covers the down payment and the closing costs. Buying our condo was so easy. We didn't do all this craziness.