Correction: "How we thought wewere a few days away from being settled from life" A healthy dose of pessimism helps a lot in cases like this. Getting your hopes

Correction: "How we thought wewere a few days away from being settled from life" A healthy dose of pessimism helps a lot in cases like this. Getting your hopes up does nobody any good. Leave the money out of it, and treat it like any other customer transaction. When the money actually comes, then you have something to talk about :)