Quote by Walt Disney.
Anticipating my impending change of residence, I am starting to pack my things slowly but surely. I'm waiting for the final decision from the bank on whether or not I get the condo, and until then I can't make any other plans. Waiting around is irritating since being in this house is driving me nuts! Plus I'm really not a fan of moving and I'm definitely not a fan of knowing nothing about where I'll be living in two weeks.
Negativity aside, I'm so excited that I'll be living alone again! You don't really value your alone time until it's non-existent!
Also, thank god for my wonderful boyfriend who's so perfect for me it's ridiculous. Spending a ton of time with him has seriously saved me the past three weeks. I'm having so much fun that it's pretty easy to stay positive most of the time! The other day we went to the Magic Bag in Ferndale and saw a pretty awesome band called Pistol Day Parade. Check them out! The headliner that night was Fifth Way. Definitely worth a listen too!
We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths
Monday, July 14, 2008
Quote by Ann Douglas.
Rereading that last post makes me feel like... a total cheeseball. Oh well.
In new news, I've made an offer on a condo subject to short sale which means that I am getting a ridiculously good deal. A short sale is basically the step before foreclosure, which makes me feel bad for the current owner but what a great opportunity for me! The offer has to go through the bank and I'm sort of wondering how long that will take but the realtor told them I want to close by the 31st so we'll see! My parents are being fantastic and are helping me out in a big way, which means that I'm going to have a very flexible loan agreement. I'm so excited but I can't wait to see if the bank takes my offer. I keep trying to remind myself I don't have it quite yet, so I can't get too excited, but it's hard to stay detached. There are only a couple downsides to impending home ownership: 1) I have no furniture of any kind 2) I have to buy the washer and dryer from the current owner 3) the furnace/air conditioner (yes, it's the same unit) is 22 years old and will die at any moment and will have to be replaced. However, there are about 1 million great things about the condo like the layout, the paint colors, the flooring, the new appliances, etc. etc. etc. What an exciting new experience!
Rereading that last post makes me feel like... a total cheeseball. Oh well.
In new news, I've made an offer on a condo subject to short sale which means that I am getting a ridiculously good deal. A short sale is basically the step before foreclosure, which makes me feel bad for the current owner but what a great opportunity for me! The offer has to go through the bank and I'm sort of wondering how long that will take but the realtor told them I want to close by the 31st so we'll see! My parents are being fantastic and are helping me out in a big way, which means that I'm going to have a very flexible loan agreement. I'm so excited but I can't wait to see if the bank takes my offer. I keep trying to remind myself I don't have it quite yet, so I can't get too excited, but it's hard to stay detached. There are only a couple downsides to impending home ownership: 1) I have no furniture of any kind 2) I have to buy the washer and dryer from the current owner 3) the furnace/air conditioner (yes, it's the same unit) is 22 years old and will die at any moment and will have to be replaced. However, there are about 1 million great things about the condo like the layout, the paint colors, the flooring, the new appliances, etc. etc. etc. What an exciting new experience!
Quote by Albert Einstein
I am head over heels for a man that I met for the first time a month ago today. It's strange for someone like me, who's used to being logical and thinking things through. Acting mostly on emotion is not something I do often but it happened, and I'm enjoying every minute of it. I feel lucky and special and all sorts of other things that you're supposed to feel in a relationship. Being with him is so unbelievably easy. Wow. I don't know how it can get better than this.
I am head over heels for a man that I met for the first time a month ago today. It's strange for someone like me, who's used to being logical and thinking things through. Acting mostly on emotion is not something I do often but it happened, and I'm enjoying every minute of it. I feel lucky and special and all sorts of other things that you're supposed to feel in a relationship. Being with him is so unbelievably easy. Wow. I don't know how it can get better than this.
And homeless near a thousand homes I stood, and near a thousand tables pined and wanted food
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Quote by William Wordsworth.
I'm not exactly "homeless," but I sure feel as close to it as I would ever want to! The whole situation is that I was invited into a pretty generous but also mutually beneficial situation that involved me renting/house sitting for a coworker. I paid $600 per month, no utilities except cable and internet, and in exchange I took care of the house and some of the yard work. Unfortunately, the owners of the house and their 7-year-old came home for a "visit" that is actually permanent because there is another baby on the way. So a seven-week visit (which seemed ridiculously long to me anyway) turns into permanent and now I have to find a new place to live. They said I could stay as long as I wanted (even until I graduate in May), but that seemed like a really long time to stay in a home with another family. I was fine with finding a place before school started and didn't feel like I was in a huge hurry until today, when I found out that I will be paying exactly the same amount of rent as I was when I was here all by myself! I don't love using swear words in my blog, but I think this is bullshit. I'm so annoyed/stressed that all of these little facts are leaking out drop by drop that I want to scream. So my "casual" move-out-in-two-months feeling has now changed to a hectic find-a-place-as-soon-as-possible feeling. My parents threw around the idea of investing in a condo that I could live in but at this point I'm so stressed out with everything that I just want to find a cute apartment with a one-year lease and curl up in a ball inside it. I want to feel like I have some degree of control over my life!
I'm not exactly "homeless," but I sure feel as close to it as I would ever want to! The whole situation is that I was invited into a pretty generous but also mutually beneficial situation that involved me renting/house sitting for a coworker. I paid $600 per month, no utilities except cable and internet, and in exchange I took care of the house and some of the yard work. Unfortunately, the owners of the house and their 7-year-old came home for a "visit" that is actually permanent because there is another baby on the way. So a seven-week visit (which seemed ridiculously long to me anyway) turns into permanent and now I have to find a new place to live. They said I could stay as long as I wanted (even until I graduate in May), but that seemed like a really long time to stay in a home with another family. I was fine with finding a place before school started and didn't feel like I was in a huge hurry until today, when I found out that I will be paying exactly the same amount of rent as I was when I was here all by myself! I don't love using swear words in my blog, but I think this is bullshit. I'm so annoyed/stressed that all of these little facts are leaking out drop by drop that I want to scream. So my "casual" move-out-in-two-months feeling has now changed to a hectic find-a-place-as-soon-as-possible feeling. My parents threw around the idea of investing in a condo that I could live in but at this point I'm so stressed out with everything that I just want to find a cute apartment with a one-year lease and curl up in a ball inside it. I want to feel like I have some degree of control over my life!
Quote by Paul Géraldy.
So what do you do when you're dating the brother of a man who broke up with one of your best friends? Of course it's because of their relationship that I even met this guy but it's definitely weird having such polar opposite feelings toward two people in the same family. To be completely honest, I don't even know what I'm supposed to do if I end up in a more serious relationship. I want to be loyal to my friend but I don't want to make things awkward for the guy I'm dating or the rest of his family, for that matter. This is probably not even something I should be worrying about since it technically has nothing to do with me but I have always been extremely loyal to my friends and I have a hard time pushing that aside.
So what do you do when you're dating the brother of a man who broke up with one of your best friends? Of course it's because of their relationship that I even met this guy but it's definitely weird having such polar opposite feelings toward two people in the same family. To be completely honest, I don't even know what I'm supposed to do if I end up in a more serious relationship. I want to be loyal to my friend but I don't want to make things awkward for the guy I'm dating or the rest of his family, for that matter. This is probably not even something I should be worrying about since it technically has nothing to do with me but I have always been extremely loyal to my friends and I have a hard time pushing that aside.
We believe that electricity exists, because the electric company keeps sending us bills for it
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Quote by Dave Barry.
I'm beginning to doubt the existence of electricity since I haven't had any in my house for FIVE days. The worst part is that I'm actually adjusting to it! And I'm getting big muscles from lifting and lowering the garage door every time I want to park in the garage. Overall, it hasn't been that bad since I'm not home much. However, this morning I checked the basement this morning because I have a sump pump (a device that keeps ground water away from the footings of the house) and it runs on electricity. Sure enough, I discovered that the basement flooded! Fortunately it wasn't very much water but now is not the time for more things to go wrong. At this point DTE estimates that the power should be back by midnight tonight. We'll see! Luckily I'm working a ton and have classes and therefore don't have to sit in a dark house by myself all day long.
I'm beginning to doubt the existence of electricity since I haven't had any in my house for FIVE days. The worst part is that I'm actually adjusting to it! And I'm getting big muscles from lifting and lowering the garage door every time I want to park in the garage. Overall, it hasn't been that bad since I'm not home much. However, this morning I checked the basement this morning because I have a sump pump (a device that keeps ground water away from the footings of the house) and it runs on electricity. Sure enough, I discovered that the basement flooded! Fortunately it wasn't very much water but now is not the time for more things to go wrong. At this point DTE estimates that the power should be back by midnight tonight. We'll see! Luckily I'm working a ton and have classes and therefore don't have to sit in a dark house by myself all day long.
Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
So, it has been brought to my attention that I haven't posted in a while... It's "only" been 15 days! Oops! Needless to say, I've been distracted. Partly due to working lots more than normal but partly due to going out to bars and meeting people and having fun! I guess I'm enjoying the freedom of being a young single woman! And on that note, when it rains it pours! I got a text yesterday from I guy I knew from high school and have kept in intermittent contact with over the past few years. He "confessed" that he had a huge crush on me in high school (in hindsight, this was obvious). He lives in Atlanta now and said that I could come down and visit whenever I want, and all I would have to pay for is my plane ticket. I just have one question... What do I have to do deserve such generosity? It definitely seems like a strings attached situation to me!
Like I mentioned, I've been working my butt off. Full time plus school is a bit of a challenge but when I go back to my normal schedule and classes end I'll probably feel like I'm drowning in boredom. I got semi-offered an internship one or two days a week for the remainder of the summer so hopefully I'll get that and bring in some extra money to hold me over when I can't work as much when school starts up in the fall.
So, it has been brought to my attention that I haven't posted in a while... It's "only" been 15 days! Oops! Needless to say, I've been distracted. Partly due to working lots more than normal but partly due to going out to bars and meeting people and having fun! I guess I'm enjoying the freedom of being a young single woman! And on that note, when it rains it pours! I got a text yesterday from I guy I knew from high school and have kept in intermittent contact with over the past few years. He "confessed" that he had a huge crush on me in high school (in hindsight, this was obvious). He lives in Atlanta now and said that I could come down and visit whenever I want, and all I would have to pay for is my plane ticket. I just have one question... What do I have to do deserve such generosity? It definitely seems like a strings attached situation to me!
Like I mentioned, I've been working my butt off. Full time plus school is a bit of a challenge but when I go back to my normal schedule and classes end I'll probably feel like I'm drowning in boredom. I got semi-offered an internship one or two days a week for the remainder of the summer so hopefully I'll get that and bring in some extra money to hold me over when I can't work as much when school starts up in the fall.
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