All this talk of financial crisis and credit crisis makes me really nervous as I’m currently embarking on the largest financial purchase/life change I’ve made so far in the span of my short 32 years of life. I feel good about the house I’m buying, relatively good about the mortgage I got (went with the 30 year at a slightly lower interest rate than I first thought), and believe that my job is stable, but I can’t help wondering what is going to happen with the prices of food and other items I’ll need to survive. I already feel like I can’t seem to go grocery shopping without going over the budget I’ve set for myself. Things are just REALLY expensive (and I don’t think that stuff in general is much cheaper in Texas than in California).

I guess I just feel anxious… but maybe after I finally get paid at the end of this month and start to figure out how I will manage this new life, I’ll start feeling better. I’m feeling really independent, which it turns out is encouraging and depressing at the same time. I can manage all of this on my own… but that means I’m out here in the world on my own. Blah.

Clem and Bear aren’t exactly getting along yet, but I think that things are going to be okay. If nothing else, neither of them are hiding - they are still strolling around the house and okay with each other in the same room for the most part, Clementine just pulls out a hiss every once in awhile. I think sometimes she forgets she’s supposed to be pissed at the “new kid” because she’ll be there all quiet and he’ll be sleeping and then suddenly out of nowhere she stands up and hisses in his general direction. It’s quite humorous actually.

<a href=”http://www.rvthereyet.org”>My parents</a> are coming to Texas for the next month and will be in Waco next weekend and then for about 10 days at the end of October. I’m glad I’ll have some help for the move and for settling into the new house. Maybe they will even help me weed the front garden and taken me to IKEA in their pickup truck. I’m going to contact the current owners to see if we can stop by the house next Saturday so we can look at what projects might need to be done. Plus, I just want to see the house again… I feel like I miss it.

Must head off now to a string of meeting.

P.S. I’m so glad that Waco has an NPR radio station and a PBS TV station.