This marks the first time I’ve ever seen Startrek: The Next Generation in an airport. Even if it’s all fuzzy, Worf still saved his son Alexander from certain death in bio lab four. Wheeew, that was a close one. I will now recap the few days in Springfield. I will try and get you graduation details someday in the future.
After arriving on Wednesday, I did very little. I went to the Chili’s across the street for dinner then drove around town for a bit. The Springfield area is incredibly beautiful. Then I went home and watched television. [Holy crap, MacGyver is on now. This also marks the first time I’ve seen MacGyver on television in an airport. I sure hope he’ll be able to make that jet engine out of toothpicks. And he’s playing ICE HOCKEY! It’s the only hockey I’ve seen all year.]
Anyway, the good stuff began Thursday. If you ever need to purchase a house, this is how the inspection goes. When I arrived at the house, the pool inspector had already checked out the vinyl-lined pool. He said it was in great shape. So I wrote his $100 check and proceeded to wait zero seconds for the house and pest inspectors to arrive. Long story short, if you ever have your potential house inspected, make sure you’re there for it. It’s a great learning experience. Every inch of the place is examined, and I learned about several things I didn’t previously know about. I learned that the meter socket needs to be sealed, GFCI circuit breakers are required for outlets within five feet of water and in the garage, if a crack in the wall makes a V and offset, you probably have signs of settling, basements that don’t smell musty probably don’t have water damage, water meters should have bonding jumpers, a sink needs a trap which is constantly filled with water so that sewage doesn’t flow retrograde into your sink where you’re washing asparagus, child safe stairs need those vertical posts, the temperature of water entering the bathroom should not exceed 111 degrees F, a bathroom vent shouldn’t empty air into the attic, it’s good to seal and lubricate almost anything (windows or garage door) with paraffin, incandescent lights in closets are possible fire hazards because they burn hot and can light things on fire, roofs need ventilation to help the shingles last longer—a ridge vent is recommended, and finally termites suck. Now you know what’s wrong with my house. The termite thing is the big problem. The pest guy didn’t find evidence of active termites, but there was damage. However the sellers treated the house in 1983 when they moved in. Why they didn’t repair the damage and was the current damage old or new is unknown. So it will cost me $2,000 to repair the damage and treat for termites then it will cost around $1,500 more to fix everything else and get the house up to code. In MA, the house only has to be at code when it’s built, not when it sells. This is different from Texas where each house must be at code when it sells. So hopefully the sellers will give me some extra money to help with the termites and the electrical work. If not, we’ll see what happens.
After that I ran over to the hospital to turn in all of my papers. I got out of a few preliminary classes which I took in med school and took care of all my scheduling and such. That was a good move on my part, as it will save me a bunch of time in a few weeks. I’m also happy to say that my Massachusetts license has been approved. This means I am now licensed to practice medicine in the Baystate Medical System and affiliated hospitals. Get ready for THAT world.
Friday was a breeze. I met up with Jewett to make the final addendums to the purchase and sale agreement. Then I drove into Northampton for brunch. I landed at this Moroccan café across the street from Fitzwillie’s. I had an omelet stuffed with feta, mushroom, and spinach. It was quite good with my cup of hazelnut coffee and my cup of cinnamon coffee. Then I started off for the airport and got a call from my mortgage lender that my loan rate had changed, because we hadn’t locked in the rate yet. This was because she was under the impression I was closing on August 1st, and one can’t lock in rates more than 60 days. This pisses me off, because now my rate is 5.325% instead of 5.125%. I will be talking with her next week to see about all that. My flight to Baltimore was quick and weird, because we flew through a continuous cloud which didn’t clear until we were 500 feet from the ground. The pilot touched the plane down very softly which ruins my theory about my recent hard landings. We’ll see what happens in hobby in four hours or so.
After arriving on Wednesday, I did very little. I went to the Chili’s across the street for dinner then drove around town for a bit. The Springfield area is incredibly beautiful. Then I went home and watched television. [Holy crap, MacGyver is on now. This also marks the first time I’ve seen MacGyver on television in an airport. I sure hope he’ll be able to make that jet engine out of toothpicks. And he’s playing ICE HOCKEY! It’s the only hockey I’ve seen all year.]
Anyway, the good stuff began Thursday. If you ever need to purchase a house, this is how the inspection goes. When I arrived at the house, the pool inspector had already checked out the vinyl-lined pool. He said it was in great shape. So I wrote his $100 check and proceeded to wait zero seconds for the house and pest inspectors to arrive. Long story short, if you ever have your potential house inspected, make sure you’re there for it. It’s a great learning experience. Every inch of the place is examined, and I learned about several things I didn’t previously know about. I learned that the meter socket needs to be sealed, GFCI circuit breakers are required for outlets within five feet of water and in the garage, if a crack in the wall makes a V and offset, you probably have signs of settling, basements that don’t smell musty probably don’t have water damage, water meters should have bonding jumpers, a sink needs a trap which is constantly filled with water so that sewage doesn’t flow retrograde into your sink where you’re washing asparagus, child safe stairs need those vertical posts, the temperature of water entering the bathroom should not exceed 111 degrees F, a bathroom vent shouldn’t empty air into the attic, it’s good to seal and lubricate almost anything (windows or garage door) with paraffin, incandescent lights in closets are possible fire hazards because they burn hot and can light things on fire, roofs need ventilation to help the shingles last longer—a ridge vent is recommended, and finally termites suck. Now you know what’s wrong with my house. The termite thing is the big problem. The pest guy didn’t find evidence of active termites, but there was damage. However the sellers treated the house in 1983 when they moved in. Why they didn’t repair the damage and was the current damage old or new is unknown. So it will cost me $2,000 to repair the damage and treat for termites then it will cost around $1,500 more to fix everything else and get the house up to code. In MA, the house only has to be at code when it’s built, not when it sells. This is different from Texas where each house must be at code when it sells. So hopefully the sellers will give me some extra money to help with the termites and the electrical work. If not, we’ll see what happens.
After that I ran over to the hospital to turn in all of my papers. I got out of a few preliminary classes which I took in med school and took care of all my scheduling and such. That was a good move on my part, as it will save me a bunch of time in a few weeks. I’m also happy to say that my Massachusetts license has been approved. This means I am now licensed to practice medicine in the Baystate Medical System and affiliated hospitals. Get ready for THAT world.
Friday was a breeze. I met up with Jewett to make the final addendums to the purchase and sale agreement. Then I drove into Northampton for brunch. I landed at this Moroccan café across the street from Fitzwillie’s. I had an omelet stuffed with feta, mushroom, and spinach. It was quite good with my cup of hazelnut coffee and my cup of cinnamon coffee. Then I started off for the airport and got a call from my mortgage lender that my loan rate had changed, because we hadn’t locked in the rate yet. This was because she was under the impression I was closing on August 1st, and one can’t lock in rates more than 60 days. This pisses me off, because now my rate is 5.325% instead of 5.125%. I will be talking with her next week to see about all that. My flight to Baltimore was quick and weird, because we flew through a continuous cloud which didn’t clear until we were 500 feet from the ground. The pilot touched the plane down very softly which ruins my theory about my recent hard landings. We’ll see what happens in hobby in four hours or so.
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