I'm allergic to Ohio

Yep... seems I moved to one of the worst allergy towns in the country.  No one seems surprised when I tell them I've been having sinus headaches.  Modern medicine makes life much better (at least for me...)

On the housing front.  I spoke with the mortgage person today and it seems I can comfortably afford a mortgage that will let me buy in the area I'm looking.  Unfortunately, the no down payment programs have disappeared.  It seems I'm going to have to loan myself the money out of one of my retirement accounts.   Fortunately, the government will give me a $8000 tax credit for buying a house if I amend my 2008 taxes, so I should be able to pay back my retirement account in short order.

I extended my reservation at the hotel to cover myself in case buying a house takes a while and it turns out the rate goes down even more if you're staying here for more than 60 days... so it's a bit cheaper than I expected. 

The part that sucks... is that I need access to some stuff I left in NJ, so I'm going to have to send dad on a search and rescue mission this weekend to find it all for me.

Yes mom... this post is for you.