we made an offer on a house yesterday ... as in, an offer on an actual real-life stand-alone house with a front yard and a back yard, with a master bedroom that has a master bathroom, and a real kitchen that has both a dishwasher AND a garbage disposal (the fact that this is amazing to me is really sad), and palm trees, and a pool, and with walls that i can paint if i wanted to, and with a separate formal dining room, a walk-in closet (heaven, it really does exist??), and so on.
so no real details on the house for now because the offer could totally fall through (especially since we used this way nutty -- or balls-y, as our Realtor put it with an "are you freekin' kidding me" face -- negotiation strategy that Sam learned in b-school). but holy cow, am i a full-grown adult now or what? we'll see what happens. given the balls-y-ness of our offer, i wouldn't be surprised if it fell through tomorrow. ANYWAY, the point is that we just made a giant step towards adulthood and it feels scary.
sometimes people like to think that getting married equals the official entering of adulthood. mmmmm. or perhaps it's when you get your first real job out of college. eeeehhh, sort of kind of yeah. but putting down an offer on a house? man, i feel like 40 years old. and once we actually sign a final stack of papers and actually move in, that will just feel OLD. but exciting at the same time :)
maybe you're thinking, "yeah, wait until you have kids!" pets first, my friends!! pets first! and um, yeah, once we get a house we are getting a kitty right away, so ... i guess kids are closer than i realize.
and what am i going to do in a house (i.e. huge place) when simply saying, "hey Sam" will then have to either turn into shouting, "HEY SAM!!" or me having to actually walk over to speak to him. that will be a major adjustment.
but i think we are ready for this. we have been working and saving and planning for a looong while, and it's time people. time to grow up and be adults. time for this new chapter in our lives. "it's our time now" (to quote The Plain White T's, and whatever happened to them anyway????).
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
guess what?
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4 comments:
How exciting! I hope everything works out.
YAY! It is so fun to have your own house and you're going to love it and fix it up so cute! You'll find another one if this one doesn't work out...we did...and it was better.
Congrats!! It's so nerve-wracking to bid on a house - I hope it works out and that you get a great deal. I'm excited to hear what happens!
Congrats! Do you know what really makes me feel old? The fact that my parents owned their first home when they were like 22 years old. I'm almost 30 and my husband's almost 35 and we're nowhere near the American dream. It stinks. I guess the fact that they paid like $15,000 for their first house and a starter home around here costs like $500,000 is the problem but it still makes me feel like a loser... I hope you get the house!
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