RE DaVinci house ... supposedly the owner said "deal".  Our broker is supposed to contact my company and start the lease execution process.  In the meantime, the owner is supposed to start the renovations and required improvements.  If the world is perfect then we will be in the house about month end.  I can't hold my breath that long ... so I'm not even going to try.  BTW, in case of doubt ... the world is NOT perfect.

Decy closed on the second car - - a CrV.  We are supposed to make a 1/3 down payment on each car before the end of this week.  And, by the end of next week pay both off in full ... can you say NEGATIVE CASH FLOW ???

Decy and I have started the "move-in checklist" to list all the things we must have before we can spend our first night there ... not trivial when (a) there isn't any furniture in the house at this time, and (b) our shipment won't arrive for months ... think:  soap, towels, dishes, food, cooking utensils, sheets (and a bed), bottled water ... yadi yadi yadi.

On a different subject ... had to go register for my work permit Monday.  Had two stops. First one was straightforward.  Second one, I couldn't find the person I was supposed to meet, didn't know where I was supposed to go, handphone number I was given was in err ... nice challenges.  Security kept asking me questions in Bahasa Indonesian.  About all I could do is answer "Saya tidak tahun de mana kantor; Saya tinggal orang" .. which was the best I could do to say "I don't know where is the office; I will wait for a person".

Time to call it a night .... hope the stock market is good to me this week. I think I want to sell some stock to help pay for the cars.

ciao ciao