Who said it would be easy buying a house in PEI when you live in the Arctic?

Argh! Another day exchanging emails, coordinating details through three different time zones, trying to sell stuff off between phone calls.... We have been waiting for the bank/mortgage company to forward the mortgage & instructions to our lawyer, who in turn needs to contact my mother, who has kindly offered to sign our mortgage documents via the Power of Attorney we have signed over. Of course my mother lives in BC, the lawyer is in PEI. It's a 4 hour time difference between them and 3 hours for us East and 1 hour for us West. The documents have to be signed in front of a Notary and then couriered back to PEI in order to be filed/registered by 26-Aug.

So...the documents are ready, the lawyer who has unfortunately been named Bobbi-Jo (I have now typed her name in error as Bobbi-Ho & Boobi-Jo), has sent an email saying she needs confirmation of the arrangements made for signing the documents from my mom - ASAP! But mom's at her office- the golf course. Many of you know that I am a tad bit of an alarmist, but I think I have some competition.

I called to speak with Mom - got Dad. In my frustration, I tried to explain to him the issues we are up against, not wanting to completely explain all of the details....(they are on a need to know basis) and advise him that they are 4 hours apart from PEI. He says no, I say yes, he says no....I give up! I google a North American time zone map, email it to mom to print off and deposit in Dad's lap. Enough said!

Mom's home, reads all the emails from me, listens to phone messages from the lawyer, calls me, says "Hello", I hear footsteps up their exterior stairs, advise Mom I have to call her back, invite in Rose & her son who are here to buy STUFF, sell her STUFF, escort her out, call Mom back & realize we can't do anything now because the lawyer's office in PEI is closed. Enough spinning my wheels for one day!

It's just about time for Ev to come home so we can all go for a walk on the beach at Jack's Bay. Time to reflect on yet another hectic day plotting our move.