Hopes and Dreams
Dear Blog:
So, here I am, another nearly 3 months later between updates. Sorry! Its been busy...Ok, ok...admittedly these last few weeks Keith and I didn't have to play so much Guitar Hero on the Wii. But its fun! Fun in a way that regurgitating the day's/week's/month's events never is, especially when work's just so hectic busy. Mostly, I don't want to think about any of that.
The biggest eater of my free time has been house hunting. Yes, house hunting. From the end of January to about Easter time much time was spent in a Zipcar on Saturdays and Sundays, clutching a hot caffeinated beverage and driving around various parts of Boston. Eastie, Southie, Dorchester...eating lunch at whatever random bar or fast food restaurant we run across.
I've learned a lot more about this City I call home. Even between all this madness I've found the time to attend two Bruins games, hit the St. Patty's Day parade, and this weekend I'm headed to the ICA--which is also a F&M alumni event.
Our house hunting was actually enough of a success that we bid on a home right before Easter--13 Bruce Street. It wasn't amazing or anything, but had some charming characteristics that I knew made it a great fit for us and for our eventual family. But alas, the current owners did not want to let it go for less than they owe on their mortgage. Which I understand, but I can't be expected to pay more than the home is worth--based upon the last 6 months in sales figures. And I refuse to get that emotional about any place, even if it has the potential to be my home. So we told them to keep our offer on file and perhaps we'll revisit it if the house still sits (likely) this summer. The house will be on the market for a year next month.
In the meantime, I haven't seen any places that dazzle me within our price range so we're taking a house hunting break. And that's a good thing. Of course, we also didn't predict a couple weeks ago that our lender would cancel the program we signed up for, and hence, our mortgage agreement. They wanted us to stick with them with a different program that asked us to put money down and we said "no thanks." It felt like a bait and switch. That being said, the lending industry is doing some crazy things....and houses could drop more. Do we get other lending (still more than possible--this time with a small lender) or do we get a month-to-month lease come September? Or, can we find a housesitting gig or rental with some duties and hence lower rent?
Let me see... *sits and scratches Goblin's head as she launches herself on my laptop"
I managed with Keith to lose about 10 lbs each since January. Sadly though we've hit that plateau a while back. Ok, okay...admittedly we haven't been exactly sticking to our Nutrisystem diet, but you eat food that tastes like cardboard for a month and then come talk to me...
Oh, and a guy got killed in our neighborhood two weekends ago. So if you're thinking we should stay in Allston, guess again. I can't stand living in this student slum anymore. Enough with the beer cups on my front lawn and my scummy landlord. Arggggh. We're outta here!
More later when I can type a coherent thought...a cute black kitty is calling.
Labels: Boston, diet, Guitar Hero, house hunting, ICA, mortgage
posted by Alyssa at 6:49 PM
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