So today was a bit interesting.  I’m sure you’ve all seen what chaos Wall St. has been in.  Well, for the second time in a matter of days, it is effecting me.  First, one of my good friends was quoted in the Sunday Globe – check it out - Benay, Mike and baby Ryan also had a nice photo in the print edition.  Second, over the last couple of weeks I’ve been in the process of trying to refinance my house – to lock in a lower interest rate.  Today I found out that it isn’t going to happen.

For those of you who don’t know, I own a two-family with my parents – yes I know, I’m nuts.  Anyway, the issue is that no one can get a fair appraisal on my house – and why you ask?  Because the only two-families even remotely close to my house are being sold as condos.  Those being sold as actual two-families are mostly rental properties and kind of run down, so there is not an equal comparison out there.  What does that mean?  Either convert my house to condos or no refinance for me.  Oh well, we are fine with our mortgage anyways.  We’ll just keep paying and maybe when the market rectifies itself, we’ll try again.

Other than that – it was a Monday as any other.  The weather in the a.m. was a bit depressing, which made getting out of bed tough, but I muddled through.  Work flew by today – which was great, but it also means that I have more to do tomorrow.  That said, I’m keeping this post tonight short so I can actually sit and watch TV – can’t wait to check out the new season of dancing with the stars!!!  After all, I’m named after Erica Kane so the least I can do is watch Susan Lucci!

Ciao!

Erica