My weekend fun to unfun ratio is entirely out of whack. Over the weekend, I:
- Went to the City Clerk’s office to get a replacement sticker since I was issued one without adhesive. (Smooth move, city sticker makers)
- Went to state vehicle emission testing center to get a smog check (shouldn’t Priuses be exempt? I mean, seriously.)
- Went to the post office to mail packages, where the line stretched out the door
- (For those keeping track, yes, that is one city, one state, and one federal agency visited in a single Saturday morning.)
- Took knives to get sharpened (the “fun” errand)
- Filled out property purchase contract
- Dropped off earnest money check at broker’s
- Fought with broker over his attempts to add conditions to the contract after it was fully executed. (Lawyered!)
- Applied for mortgage
- Wept with frustration
So, yeah, it appears we are buying a house. This was not my idea, though I’ll admit that it feels pretty exciting, and also terrifying. Did I mention that we saw this house for the first time on Thursday morning and decided to put an offer in that afternoon? And that the seller accepted what we thought was a lowball offer, without countering? And that my husband then left for a two-week vacation on Friday morning? Because he did. That was good timing.
So yeah. Busy, stressed, gnashing teeth, rending garments, etc. etc. How YOU doin’?
Oh, that’s SO EXCITING! HOUSE! House house house!
That’s how we bought our house, too: saw it in the morning, put in an offer after lunch.
We might have cyber-stalked said house over the weekend. And then, after our “fun” Saturday night errand of going to Target at 9PM, we might have done a drive-by. This is VERY EXCITING stuff. Sometimes, when you know, you know.
Yay house! So excited! Bad husband, though, running away on vacation just when all the headachey work begins.
Congrats! But dude, Hubby OWES you. I hope things move along well, and that the inspection is pain-free.
So exciting! Where is this house? I’m going to need more info!
Oh, wow! Excitement! And stress, and excitement! Also, your post title makes me smile.
Very cool, congrats. When is the move?
Wooooooohooo!
Congrats!
You know, minus the whole Errands From Hades stuff.
Can’t wait to hear more.
EXCITING! i mean, stressful as well. but EXCITING!
(also? i wish i was a lawyer EXCLUSIVELY so that i could yell “lawyered!” at people more often. i do it now but it just doesn’t have the same effect.)
Congrats on a low bid being accepted! I wish that happened to us when we put in our offer for our new house!
And yes, Priuses should be exempt from smog tests. My Prius was exempt from the testing in CO….hopefully it’s the same way in CT when we move into our new place next month.
That gives me nervous tummy just thinking about it. I can barely handle bill paying, let alone dealing with mortgage brokers and layers and such by myself. Yikes.
Also! Congrats!
First: love the title!
Second: a house! Holy crap! Big news! Congrats!
Oh, all of those things are so tedious and awful, but HOUSE! So exciting to buy a house!
We saw our house and KNEW right away too. We moved in 1 month later.