Countdown Homeowner... 22 hours, 9 minutes

So. This is it. One day from now, I will be a proud joint owner of a 1960s side split in the booming metropolis of Woodstock, Ontario. It has been a stressful week. I, like blythe, made the mistake of waiting to the last minute to transfer money into my chequing account. I called last Thursday thinking I had plenty of time, but neglected to account for the fact that it would have to do two bank transfers – one from Manulife to CIBC (my investment banker is CIBC Wood Gundy) and one from CIBC to my chequing account at Scotia. My CIBC account isn’t a regular account that I could go to any branch and get a bank draft. Anywho, CIBC apparently got the money on Friday but forgot to send it on and it takes 48 hours between CIBC and Scotia. Aka, Laura is screwed, but I talked to them first thing yesterday morning and the money was still sitting there, so they prepared a bank draft and walked it over to the scotia branch in downtown Belleville and deposited directly into my account – Crisis averted thank god.

I am very preoccupied at work today, and am not being very productive. I keep getting excited/stressed about our house and impending home ownership. On top of that my IBS appears to be acting up today so my lower digestive tract is giving me grief. I may go home sick early today because I’m in quite a bit of pain right now. And from past experience it is just going to get worse. I’m sticking it out to lunch since I have to go to the bank, but if it doesn’t get better, I may leave early this afternoon.