Isn't that how the saying goes? I guess it is a better way than SSDD - same shit, different day. :) I do not have good news, guess I don't really have BAD news. No news is good news? Ha! The cliches keep coming! Not much lately to post about. Still doing the house-hunting thing, still doing the missing-out on the nice houses thing. Rinse, repeat.
We've tried to get two more houses (three? four?) since the bad news about the bad-septic house. We were outbid on one house by a cash offer - the house STILL isn't fully under contract though - guess they made a bad choice there! Another house we actually were *this close* to getting (we were in the process of countering the counter-offer) until we found out it was really truly only a two bedroom house, and while that in itself isn't a bad thing (it had a TON of extra space - two family rooms, essentially, and the bedrooms were huge), it's a bad thing when the house is overpriced and the septic is only rated for two bedrooms. There was another house that we were really interested in, only to find out it was under contract literally an hour before we were to look at it. ...Jim looked at another house today without me, and it's a no-go as well.
I'm desperately trying to keep everything in perspective and to realize that sometimes things don't come as easily as one thinks they will or should. It is incredibly frustrating to not be in a house, OUR house. I do not feel like a newlywed. I have not been able to enjoy our wedding gifts. I cannot yet decorate OUR house, and start building the memories within its walls. I don't look to the future because I don't know what the future holds. Are we even going to be in a house by Labor Day? Will there be a Labor Day cookout? Or decorating for Halloween? Thanksgiving? It's entirely too depressing to think about having family over for dinner. We can't really do that easily right now. The apartment we share with Jim's roommate is not big enough for three people AND a family dinner!
Please don't get me wrong. I truly appreciate having the ability to stay in Jim's apartment AND having the option to stay at Mom's house. But it's just not the same. I realize that there are people out there with issues much more important than mine. And sometimes I realize that I'm being a little whiny about an otherwise really good situation (we do have both a house and an apartment to stay at, no lease at either place, and can be choosy in finding a house).
But how long do I have to keep my chin up and my fingers crossed?
:(
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