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I'm proud of that.
Monday I'd started an entry because I couldn't focus at all, waiting to hear about our offer. I got as far as sharing my kids' lingo: Brainulate: "I cannot brainulate TOO well right now."
Anywho. Monday afternoon she accepted the offer although a) she had until tuesday afternoon and b) other realtor said another buyer was about to make their third offer. I mean, honestly she'd reduced the price a month back, and it's very justifiable/reasonable so we offered asking price and that was the right move.
And now we're in 'oh shit' mode, basically. Alternating between excitement and 'we gotta sell our house' and 'eek are we doing the right thing' and 'hope my coworkers/theschool doesn't feel like we don't trust them or something' and 'all the things.'
as YOU know, it wasn't an impulsive decision to move out of state. It's been something we hadn't fully made a decision on (staying in our house was one of the possible outcomes of all of this, after all) and then we looked at this branching path and became reallly fkn excited.
There are still a ton of variables with school stuff that I can't predict but the whole baseline is higher with the new option. (I will think/write about that later).
One thing I mentioned the other day but didn't get into:
ON the way back from looking at the house we were just thinking really hard. One of my thoughts was 'it's a little bland for me, and I didn't jump for joy/excitement like i did with the farmhouse' and then my brain reminded me it has a medieval door (with a little wrought-iron grate window in it) and that was the tipping point -- 'see? it has a quirk!' And again, I'm exaggerating about the whole blandness thing, but up here you can get 1800s farmhouses or cool woodsy chalets and they're amazing and epic so this lil suburban house wasn't what we envisioned...... same as last time we bought a house and ended up here!
TBH, many of the things we like and will miss about our house are elements repeated in the new one. There are still things we'll miss, and things we won't miss.
Our house, it just feels like someone else's turn for it.
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I have lots more thoughts about new chapters, grief, going over the border to become a vermonter. I also at some point want to write up my medium visit because it was very cool.
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One last thing for now. I was thinking how the bathroooms are just, like, beige. Then I realized - I can dress them up with repurposed hardware from the antique shops! We can put in the pretty filigree brass hinges or light plates! We can install crystal doorknobs if we want to!
Then I decided at least one room should feel like it's in the Arconia from Only Murders in the Building. Boho Glam (deep rich tones). Don't know if I'll succeed but I'm happy about the idea and my pinterest board is fun.
I'm proud of that.
Monday I'd started an entry because I couldn't focus at all, waiting to hear about our offer. I got as far as sharing my kids' lingo: Brainulate: "I cannot brainulate TOO well right now."
Anywho. Monday afternoon she accepted the offer although a) she had until tuesday afternoon and b) other realtor said another buyer was about to make their third offer. I mean, honestly she'd reduced the price a month back, and it's very justifiable/reasonable so we offered asking price and that was the right move.
And now we're in 'oh shit' mode, basically. Alternating between excitement and 'we gotta sell our house' and 'eek are we doing the right thing' and 'hope my coworkers/theschool doesn't feel like we don't trust them or something' and 'all the things.'
as YOU know, it wasn't an impulsive decision to move out of state. It's been something we hadn't fully made a decision on (staying in our house was one of the possible outcomes of all of this, after all) and then we looked at this branching path and became reallly fkn excited.
There are still a ton of variables with school stuff that I can't predict but the whole baseline is higher with the new option. (I will think/write about that later).
One thing I mentioned the other day but didn't get into:
ON the way back from looking at the house we were just thinking really hard. One of my thoughts was 'it's a little bland for me, and I didn't jump for joy/excitement like i did with the farmhouse' and then my brain reminded me it has a medieval door (with a little wrought-iron grate window in it) and that was the tipping point -- 'see? it has a quirk!' And again, I'm exaggerating about the whole blandness thing, but up here you can get 1800s farmhouses or cool woodsy chalets and they're amazing and epic so this lil suburban house wasn't what we envisioned...... same as last time we bought a house and ended up here!
TBH, many of the things we like and will miss about our house are elements repeated in the new one. There are still things we'll miss, and things we won't miss.
Our house, it just feels like someone else's turn for it.
----
I have lots more thoughts about new chapters, grief, going over the border to become a vermonter. I also at some point want to write up my medium visit because it was very cool.
----
One last thing for now. I was thinking how the bathroooms are just, like, beige. Then I realized - I can dress them up with repurposed hardware from the antique shops! We can put in the pretty filigree brass hinges or light plates! We can install crystal doorknobs if we want to!
Then I decided at least one room should feel like it's in the Arconia from Only Murders in the Building. Boho Glam (deep rich tones). Don't know if I'll succeed but I'm happy about the idea and my pinterest board is fun.