Just another update to say that legal advice is being considered. I called my little sister for emotional support about last night; she then talked to my dad and told him about the sitch, and my dad then called me to suggest a better way of going about this than what I had agreed to.
He said, in no uncertain terms, that I should not sign ANYTHING until I had a lawyer take a look at it. I told him that I couldn't afford a lawyer, and he told me that he actually knows some really good, really experienced lawyer buddies in my old hometown who could help me out with making payments if need be. He said that rather than me sitting down and signing something on the 23rd, I should probably just have my W mail me the paperwork, meet with an L and have him/her look it over, then mail it them back to her to file.
I felt a lot more comfortable with this agreement. It would make me feel a lot safer about going into such a groundbreaking agreement. Plus, I wouldn't have to feel like this is such a "deadline" sitch. I'll just calmly tell W that I want to have my L look things over, and when things look good, then we can proceed.
