I think we are buying a house

[cahn]

Our offer got accepted. I am having buyers remorse like crazy. (We could still back out -- we have 17 days -- but barring the home inspection finding some awful problem, which is unlikely, we probably won't, now that we've made the offer.) Not surprising given that this house is, lemme see, more than thirty times as expensive as anything else I have ever bought in my entire life. Ever. And it's a little bigger than we were originally looking for, and therefore more expensive. And we are wiping out our savings to get this place on a reasonable mortgage -- we will actually have to live check-to-check for a couple of months, which we have not done since grad school. And yes, I believe the market is headed down short-term. And it's not in the extra special awesome school district. The high school it goes with is not the totally-kicks-butt one. (And yes, I know, in 14 years who knows what will happen?) And the kitchen is still not big enough. And I am going to have to change church wards from the one that I dearly love, which fills me with a large degree of trepidation and insecurity. What were we thinking?? And it has lovely light-colored carpet which is just crying out to be vomited on by an infant. And it is ten minutes away from work instead of five; are we going to be really annoyed now that we are totally spoiled for a commute?

But it has a laundry room!! That alone makes me so happy I can't even describe it to you. (And now that we have guest space... all of you should come visit!)

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[nolly.livejournal.com]

Hey! I'm a train ride away; I could totally visit some time. After you're settled and all, of course.

[charlie-ego.livejournal.com]

Yes!! Please do! Maybe around Christmas/New Years if you have some time off and will be in the area then? That will be before the baby madness (I assume you would like to SLEEP while you are visiting) but hopefully enough time we can get moved in. Always assuming the deal goes through (which looks likely unless we find vast quantities of lead in the water or something).

[nolly.livejournal.com]

By mutual consent, I'm swapping a Christmastime visit home for a springtime one, when travel is cheaper and less insanely overcrowded, so I do have some time off and will be around. Let me know when would be good -- I've working an anime con in LA Jan 8-10, but have no plans for the actual New Year's weekend. (or Xmas weekend, at the moment, but I wouldn't want to crash if y'all have family visiting planned or whatever.)

[(Anonymous)]

At present we have no plans for either - Dave's parents are currently visiting and my parents are coming for Thanksgiving, so I think Christmas and New Year's are both free... let's talk more, maybe once we close (near Thanksgiving) :)

[charlie-ego.livejournal.com]

Um, that was me, don't know why it didn't log me in :)

[ase.livejournal.com]

But it has a laundry room!!

If there are two exclamation points, it's probably worth a little buyer's remorse. I guess the other option is that the home inspection does find some ghastly irreparable fault, you back out, and then you go back to trying to find a house. Being done might be worth any - okay, almost any - other hassles.

[charlie-ego.livejournal.com]

haha - yeah. I'm feeling much better about it now, too, and am starting to think things like, "Hey, we have a fireplace mantel that I can put pictures on!"... having a place that feels permanent, even if we end up moving several years from now, is sounding better and better. But we'll see what the home inspection shows (though I'm not anticipating anything awful).

If you come to Southern CA next winter/spring, I would love to have you stay with us, though if you come in the Feb/March region you may prefer to stay somewhere where you could actually get some sleep :)