inspections and radon and stolen glasses oh my!

Some days are better than others..........some however are just generally crappy. This morning Tia came in shortly after leaving for work to tell me that someone broke into our car. It isn't clear if it was just unlocked, or if it was if that was a benefit since it meant no broken windows. Bizarrely, they managed to not see my Kindle under the car seat (which I accidentally left in the car), but did steal about $2 worth of change, the car manual (?), and my prescription sunglasses and glasses (??). My only guess is that there is a hefty retail market in second hand store brand glasses or tweakers are dumb.

Shifting topics, we had our house inspection last week. It went spectacularly well. All the work that was done in 2007 and since was evidently done very well. The only thing that came up was a broken light in the basement, the a/c and furnace need servicing, and the outlet on the back of the house doesn't work. However, Tia also insisted upon a Radon test (which is a good thing, but something that I just never really considers). The EPA states that, ideally, you would want your radon levels to be below 2 pCi/l. Most indoor spaces are about 1.3 pCi/l. The level that starts to be problematic is 4pCi/l where the EPA states you should 'fix it'. The results we got today were 4.1. So, we are asking for that and the other problems be fixed. The other fixes are likely less than $400. The Radon however, is closer to $1800. So the game of home buying continues, seeing how much we can get before we get push back from the seller and so we don't have any further outlay of cash. I guess we'll know by Friday. Hopefully before.

4 more days til vacation. I actually have a second person at work this week to boot. It almost like a vacation in itself! More to come as events warrant.