Sep 28, 2012 20:04
The big Stuff that was (still is) going on is that I have finally bought a house.
Four years of saving the down payment (my motto was "Scrimp"). Two and a half years of hunting (with periods of not hunting, because wow, that's exhausting). Something close to a hundred houses looked at.
Got myself a cute little house that's very like my grandmother's house. It sits on too much land, but I'm sure I'll find a use for it; apple trees and grape vines need space, right? Lots of sun. Cul-de-sac street, which is AWESOME, except that I suspect trying to get off my street onto the semi-major cross-street during the morning commute (I need to turn left*) will be a study in patience and timing. Hooray for a car with a peppy engine!
Now I just have to get some minor work done inside and I can move in. I'm doing all that stuff that's much easier to do before you fill a place with furniture, the most obvious being painting the walls and refinishing the floors.
Funny thing: the previous occupants refinished the floors all around the outside 4 feet of the room, but not the middle where the area rugs were. WTF? Wow, that's cheap, I tell you. Fortunately, they maintained the house in general very well.
All of that crazy is going to keep me off LJ a little longer. Maybe I'll pop in for an update or two. I just didn't want to talk about the pending purchase while it was still pending. This has been without a doubt the most difficult, frustrating thing I've ever done voluntarily, and I'm so happy it's all over but the painting and moving in.
Holy shit, I'm a real grownup now.
*Readers from countries that drive on the left should pretend that says "right" for full impact of the point.
someday i will own property