Our westward journey will end today as we head to California in about an hour. Our plan is to arrive around noon and look for a parking garage. I think it will be crazy there. Streets are going to be closed all over the Fisherman's Wharf/Pier 39 area for the July 4th festivities. Hundreds of thousands of people annually flood into the dock area for live bands, street vendors, and fireworks. It's just the sort of thing Mark and I would normally avoid.
Today we will plunge into the fray wholeheartedly and try to find a parking garage that is not going to be on a street that will later be closed so that we can drive out when the fireworks are over. If we can't, we are abandoning that plan and heading on to the EconoLodge in Santa Clara.
Yesterday except for too many calories at breakfast, I did well. For lunch, we walked to Subway, a mile away, where I had my 190 calorie turkey salad, followed by a mile walk back to the hotel. We lazed by the indoor pool for hours and also spent a lot of time on the phone and online with our agent about the house. After Shabbat ended, we went to Denny's for dinner. I ate an apple for a mid-afternoon snack and a banana at bedtime. It was a good day.
News about the house: the offer was very low but not contingent on anything except a radon test and normal inspection. The trick is they want to settle on July 29. We are ok with that, but it means a lot has to happen in a short amount of time. We are going to counteroffer and see if they take it. There is the possibility that this deal will still fall apart, but there is also a very real possibility that all will click and we'll be living in Florida the first week of August. Amazing.
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