The pinnacle of anti-climax

After the waiting we went through when we first submitted the offer, it seemed like there wouldn't be much more in the way of stress.

Silly me.

The back-and-forth of the counter process was a challenge, mostly because I worried about the deal falling through altogether, but the only thing that came close to the stress of the original offer was the final night, waiting for word as to whether or not we'd get through underwriting. I'm sure I shouldn't have been as worried as I was, but with as much momentum as we have gotten going - packing for the last 2 weekends - it would be that much more crushing for things to fall through at this point than it would have at the beginning.

That being the case, it was a huge relief this morning to get the call that everything was underway, and to get the scheduling details to go and sign everything to get the purchase completed. Ultimately, I suppose that was the climax, as that was the most critical moment - waiting for the call this morning.

When we actually signed everything and found out when we would get keys, I found it to be something of an anti-climax. While we can now be excited and relieved that we can pack everything up and leave the ants, the bad plumbing, the bad basement, and the other quirks behind, the reality of the uphill climb of finishing packing and actually moving everything made it hard to be quite as excited as I thought I might be.

Regardless, mulling it over as I write about it, I am damn excited!!! :-) And thankful to be such, as it'll make it easier to pack & clean, knowing that it only gets better from here!

Shopping for furniture is an odd experience. I haven't ever really thought about it, as it's never something I've done on any kind of scale. Up to this point in my life, it has been something I did as a purely functional pursuit - go to the second-hand or goodwill store and find a piece of furniture that will fit the need at the time. Between that, and hand-me-down furniture that either I or housemates had, most needs were covered.

Now that it's time to furnish a place that we'll call our own home, shopping for furniture is a very different venture, if only in my own mind. All of a sudden, the questions of color, style, feel, and durability are of critical importance. What do I want to come home to? On what do I want to relax, read, eat, play, and host guests?

In many ways, it's quite nice to think about, as I haven't had the opportunity to really consider such questions, since life really was more about the function than the form. I feel like I'm much more in a place in my life to consider such questions, where I should be considering some questions, however trite it might seem to be "settling down" to a home and family.

Now it's just a matter of all of the elements coming together to get everything to work in time for the family to actualy start!

I'm still freaky about posting personal thoughts to an internationally public site, but I figured I'd give it a shot, esepcially when it's only something I vent to when ideas strike me, and I only really publish to known entities.

For now at least.

Now on to some content.