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It's that time again... time to be reminded that I am horribly ignoring my journal these days. :P (I still do pretty well with reading, though! Not with commenting, but still...)

Yesterday, I went to this community market downtown with barbed_whispers. It was not at all what I was expecting, but it was unexpectedly awesome. I got some soap for my new place, that I totally admit is pretty much just for decorative purposes, but still. barbed_whispers bought me some really yummy fresh juice, and I think I will continue going to this market just for the juice. No, seriously.

There was also a set of coasters I really liked but didn't match anything I have well and also were kind of expensive, so I passed. Not sure I'll be able to pass on them if I see them again, though, tbqh.

Everything with the house is going well. The contractor should be done in there tomorrow or Monday, I believe, which is super exciting. When he's done I just have to get my dad to go through and do some minor electrical stuff, and then we can move in! I haven't gone to see it while he's in the process of painting etc, so I'm super excited to see what it looks like when he's done. Hopefully I don't end up hating the colors we chose, hahaha.

Ugh, I think barbed_whispers makes it her lifes work to nudge me WHENEVER POSSIBLE. I was even going to update tonight anyway. :P

I have pictures of my new house! Which I have closed on! And is MIIIINE!!! This is all pre-painting / getting minor work done, but STILL.

Hopefully these won't be ridiculously large...



Kitchen/Dining/Part of the living room


Master Bathroom

(there's also a shower stall behind the door that you can't see, but mostly, OMG AWESOME BATH TUB)

Master Bedroom

(Yes, I AM aware there's no bed in there yet... too bad they missed the picture of me hugging the outside of the house ahaha)

One of the guest bedrooms (the bigger one)


Porch!


BONUS!!! I HAVE A HOUSE!!! YATTA!!!!




There's more pictures here, if anyone is interested in seeing them. :) Of course I'll have even more pictures when the house is all pretty-fied with colors I actually LIKE.

Met with a contractor today about painting the place, getting new kitchen countertops, and doing the few minor repairs that need to be done. It's gonna cost almost exactly what we were estimating, which is good because it means it's affordable. :P
Actually, we were estimating high, because I was originally estimating cost without including countertops for the kitchen, so that's pretty much excellent.

But OMG I am exhausted. Closed yesterday, met with contractor today, had to get insurance/power/water set up, run to the post office about the mailbox key, fight with my bank (because they are OH SO excellent wtf)... not to mention closing at work both days. I just want to sleep for a week now.

Okay, so. imthelobster made a post about it, but now I'm going to, because... omg.

I AM BUYING A PLACE.

Do you have any idea how terrifying this is? I'm not sure I'm ready to be a grown up (even though my parents say I've been one for a while, psh.) I'm not sure I'm ready to own anything like this. (I'm not sure what this means about being stuck in Orlando, at least for a while longer than I originally thought/planned.)

vnsdkvkl ahhh.

I took the downpayment over this morning, and if all goes right I should be closing a week from today. Living there by the end of June / early July.

I'm just... so in shock, and so excited. It's close to work, it's nice, and... it's mine. Or, it will be. Really soon.

I CAN PAINT IT HOWEVER I WANT. (okay, no, seriously. I am more excited about this than I probably should be. COLOR SCHEMES, YOU GUYS. cndsjklvnklsdnbvl.)

I keep getting randomly spazzy. And I really wish I had pictures to post right now, but... I don't. Because I kind of fail that way, since I had a damn camera with me (two, if you count my cell phone as one) and didn't take a single shot of the place. wth, self.

So... yeah. omg. ::flails::

OKAY OKAY I HAVE UPDATED.

HELLO.

HOW ARE YOU GUYS?