Yesterday

Yesterday was the sweetest day of the summer despite the failure of the Mets and the Yankees dramatic win, both of which dampened an otherwise lovely day. Jill and I went to see a lawyer about the difficulties we are having with our mortgage servicer, American Home Mortgage Servicing, Inc. They are really nasty folks, and I believe they are fundamentally dishonest. I can site numerous examples of their fraudulent behavior, but I won't bore you with yet another complaint from the consumer side of the mortgage crisis. Suffice it to say, they are the subject of a number of class actions law suits and were Dante alive they would have their very own ring in Hell reserved with a bronze plaque. But back to our meeting with the lawyer. Essentially she indicated that we can forestall any foreclosure proceedings for a number of years, pay her a nominal amount relative to our mortgage payments, and that is the end of what we will have to shell out. Over a two to five year span, we should save in the neighborhood of 50,000/year. This is wonderful.

Next, I heard some very goode news about my work from this very same lawyer, as she is representing the same guy I am, and she indicated it is quite likely the deal we are working on together could very well go through, thus providing Jill and me with enough money to get through what we were expecting to be very difficult times financially. After, we went to a Peruvian restaurant and drank good coffee and ate wonderful desserts. During a delightful bread pudding, Jill got a call from an oil company in Texas wanting to buy some forgotten piece of land for a ton of money.

Next, one of my best friends, who has been very sick in the hospital, took a wonderful turn for the better, and it looks like he will be able to go home in a week or two. In fact, it is fairly clear everything will be alright if he takes his medicine regularly. I was so elated and overwhelmed by all the good news, I grew nervous on the drive home from visiting my friend that I would have a terrible accident to counterbalance the onslaught of good cheer.

Didn't happen. Watch Friday Night Fights on Espn360 and fell asleep next to a great and beautiful woman who loves me. On top of that, 3 out of our 5 kids come home from camp today. We pick them up at the airport in less than 3 hours. Not too shabby.