http://heike.vox.com/library/posts/2007/03/page/1/ A welcome distraction from life's responsibilities en Vox Wed, 28 Mar 2007 11:42:56 -0400 Copyright 2007 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://heike.vox.com/library/post/round-and-round-we-go.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Heike) http://heike.vox.com/library/post/round-and-round-we-go.html?_c=feed-rss http://heike.vox.com/library/post/round-and-round-we-go.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 28 Mar 2007 11:42:56 -0400 Every day brings another fight with the developer. It's extremely draining and Adam and I have said many times that we wish we could just walk away. Yesterday, we FINALLY got a copy of the floorplan and the appliance information we requested. ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://heike.vox.com/library/post/round-and-round-we-go.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225279d8e604a00d414253332685e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> house drama http://heike.vox.com/library/post/house-update-i-mean-nightmare.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Heike) http://heike.vox.com/library/post/house-update-i-mean-nightmare.html?_c=feed-rss http://heike.vox.com/library/post/house-update-i-mean-nightmare.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 26 Mar 2007 20:53:22 -0400 So, three weeks have gone by and we are STILL waiting for our developer to get us a copy of the floorplan and a list of the standard and upgraded appliances. This should not be this difficult!!! Both our realtor and the selling agent have troub... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://heike.vox.com/library/post/house-update-i-mean-nightmare.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225279d8e604a00d4142b4a023c7f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> house drama http://heike.vox.com/library/post/long-overdue-to-write.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Heike) http://heike.vox.com/library/post/long-overdue-to-write.html?_c=feed-rss http://heike.vox.com/library/post/long-overdue-to-write.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 26 Mar 2007 20:47:16 -0400 Wow, it has been a long time since I have written, and I have so many stories to share!!! Between Adam and I both getting sick, incredibly busy days at work, lots of packing, and stupid dealings with our developer/realtor, I just haven't gotten ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://heike.vox.com/library/post/long-overdue-to-write.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225279d8e604a00d09e5f1ca3be2b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://heike.vox.com/library/post/adam-had-a-great-idea.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Heike) http://heike.vox.com/library/post/adam-had-a-great-idea.html?_c=feed-rss http://heike.vox.com/library/post/adam-had-a-great-idea.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 16 Mar 2007 21:59:43 -0400 Without furniture throughout much of our to-be house, and my propensity to purge old crappy furniture that is in sore need of upgrading, we will likely have some empty rooms between the time we move in and my August bonus hits. As it stands now,... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://heike.vox.com/library/post/adam-had-a-great-idea.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225279d8e604a00d41428d6c13c7f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> creating our home http://heike.vox.com/library/post/yuck---busy-time-at-work.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Heike) http://heike.vox.com/library/post/yuck---busy-time-at-work.html?_c=feed-rss http://heike.vox.com/library/post/yuck---busy-time-at-work.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 16 Mar 2007 21:54:37 -0400 Ugh. I got home from work today at 8:30pm - on a Friday... no happy hour! Luckily, Adam came and picked me up after he had dinner with his folks. I realize that we only live a block away, so this may sound ridiculous, but I seriously would not... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://heike.vox.com/library/post/yuck---busy-time-at-work.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225279d8e604a00d09e5cab7abe2b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> work heike http://heike.vox.com/library/post/our-developerrealtor-suck.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Heike) http://heike.vox.com/library/post/our-developerrealtor-suck.html?_c=feed-rss http://heike.vox.com/library/post/our-developerrealtor-suck.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:40:24 -0400 Can you tell that Ad & I are annoyed?? I was with the developer a week ago Tuesday, (so 9 days ago) and we are STILL waiting for him to get us a floorplan, which he said was easy to run off a copy.... we are also still waiting to hear what the c... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://heike.vox.com/library/post/our-developerrealtor-suck.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225279d8e604a00d09e5c4ababe2b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> house drama http://heike.vox.com/library/post/closing-only-one-month-away.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Heike) http://heike.vox.com/library/post/closing-only-one-month-away.html?_c=feed-rss http://heike.vox.com/library/post/closing-only-one-month-away.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 13 Mar 2007 22:15:19 -0400 I can't believe it - we close exactly one month from today. It will be here before you know it and we still have lots to do in the meantime, and plenty to plan for afterwards.... it would be nice if we would actually hear back from the developer... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://heike.vox.com/library/post/closing-only-one-month-away.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225279d8e604a00cd971a13624cd5?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://heike.vox.com/library/post/i-give-myself-a-b.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Heike) http://heike.vox.com/library/post/i-give-myself-a-b.html?_c=feed-rss http://heike.vox.com/library/post/i-give-myself-a-b.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 13 Mar 2007 22:03:53 -0400 Yesterday was our big conference in NYC. I think things went pretty well. Unfortunately, I missed last year's conference, it was during my "hiatus" when I was working at that NYC firm. It was a little hard for me not having been to one previou... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://heike.vox.com/library/post/i-give-myself-a-b.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225279d8e604a00d4142820d23c7f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> work heike http://heike.vox.com/library/post/todays-act-of-randomness.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Heike) http://heike.vox.com/library/post/todays-act-of-randomness.html?_c=feed-rss http://heike.vox.com/library/post/todays-act-of-randomness.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 13 Mar 2007 21:59:03 -0400 As I was getting out of the cab and dragging myself through the door of my building (after a long two days at the conference), an older man who lives in my building asked me my ethnicity - not normally a question I get very often since I don't hav... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://heike.vox.com/library/post/todays-act-of-randomness.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225279d8e604a00cd971a12a84cd5?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> random musing heike http://heike.vox.com/library/post/cant-wait-for-this-conference-to-be-over.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Heike) http://heike.vox.com/library/post/cant-wait-for-this-conference-to-be-over.html?_c=feed-rss http://heike.vox.com/library/post/cant-wait-for-this-conference-to-be-over.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 09 Mar 2007 09:02:54 -0500 I had a bad dream last night that I forgot to introduce some of our Water Industry Speakers and I screwed up the whole conference. That's not even my role in the conference! I can't wait until this is is over. Next week is going to be hell. N... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://heike.vox.com/library/post/cant-wait-for-this-conference-to-be-over.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225279d8e604a00d41424b1176a47?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> work