A Belated Foxcat Report
Wow.. It's been a while since I updated this! I could have, Given that I had been to another convention, Furfright, and all the adventures that entails. I've already made plans to re-attend both Anthrocon and Furfright this year (and have secured hotel reservations for both.. both of which were sold out at the respective hotels very quickly). Most of the people I saw and hung around at AC were there, so I would probably say that went a long way towards making that con seem awesome.
I just got through another horrible shutdown. Well, it wasn't -too- bad, but my nerves were a bit frayed towards the end dealing with some other folks every day. It was an emergency outage on a sulphur recovery plant that I halfway volunteered for to get more experience with the ins and outs of the process. Never again shall I volunteer my name because a supposed two week outage turned into a six week one. To make matters worse, I have an eight week turnaround coming up in april so I have to do the same thing, only for longer. Oh well, it'll depend entirely on where I get posted and who I'm with. By the time it's over, I'll be into June and looking forward to my first con vacation.
But the most exciting news so far is that I'm finally going through with buying a house! Enough throwing away money on rent for sure, it's time to get a place to actually call my own and invest in it to own/profit from(hopefully). The house would likely seem insanely pricey to some, 600k.. but it is an average home for up here due to the demand for homes and cost of living. Many go for $750k and up and the market trends indicate my house may be worth that in a few years.. After managing to save up nearly 90k in various assets, I feel secure in the ability to make the hefty down payment ($30k! 5%) and still have cushion for if the shit hits the fan. The nice part is, it has a downstairs apartment which I can rent out for half my monthly mortgage payment or more. To be honest, that payment is only going to be 500 more than my rent costs, and the interest rates were at 2.99% when I got pre-approved, an all-time low. The stars are aligned and I'm actually sticking my neck out to make a big purchase.
After I move in, I will have to post some pictures. It is a pretty nice place and I think it'll suit my needs perfectly.
I just got through another horrible shutdown. Well, it wasn't -too- bad, but my nerves were a bit frayed towards the end dealing with some other folks every day. It was an emergency outage on a sulphur recovery plant that I halfway volunteered for to get more experience with the ins and outs of the process. Never again shall I volunteer my name because a supposed two week outage turned into a six week one. To make matters worse, I have an eight week turnaround coming up in april so I have to do the same thing, only for longer. Oh well, it'll depend entirely on where I get posted and who I'm with. By the time it's over, I'll be into June and looking forward to my first con vacation.
But the most exciting news so far is that I'm finally going through with buying a house! Enough throwing away money on rent for sure, it's time to get a place to actually call my own and invest in it to own/profit from(hopefully). The house would likely seem insanely pricey to some, 600k.. but it is an average home for up here due to the demand for homes and cost of living. Many go for $750k and up and the market trends indicate my house may be worth that in a few years.. After managing to save up nearly 90k in various assets, I feel secure in the ability to make the hefty down payment ($30k! 5%) and still have cushion for if the shit hits the fan. The nice part is, it has a downstairs apartment which I can rent out for half my monthly mortgage payment or more. To be honest, that payment is only going to be 500 more than my rent costs, and the interest rates were at 2.99% when I got pre-approved, an all-time low. The stars are aligned and I'm actually sticking my neck out to make a big purchase.
After I move in, I will have to post some pictures. It is a pretty nice place and I think it'll suit my needs perfectly.