Hola! So not much to say really but it's been 2 weeks since I last wrote which made me think I should.
Still no news on the house. We're going on 2 months now but it looks like things are progressing, that or they are just telling us that to keep us sane. Either way it's kind of a blessing that this has all been taking so long because we're still waiting on little documents and bit of paperwork here & there to actually get approved for a loan anyway! Which good grief if we don't after all the crap we've been through preparing for this loan and house hunting I will go nutty. You won't even have to read this to know, you'll just hear me wherever you are! So we've still been looking and bidding in the process. A couple weeks ago we asked our realtor to take us back to "our house" (the one we've been waiting on) just to make sure we still liked it after seeing all these others and it literally felt like home when we walked in. It really felt like that's where we're supposed to be. So that was a relief; I was worried we wouldn't even like it once we saw it again. We've seen some pretty amazing houses since then and when we walked back into "MJ" (this house is our Michael Jordan. Others we've bid on have been nicknamed LeBron and Shaq) we both agree it was like getting our priorities straight again. LeBron was pretty amazing though...beautiful house and didn't need much to it but we found out too late that the bank had accepted an offer. Shaq, well, much like Shaq in real life is a HUGE house, 5 bedroom, huge dining & living rooms, etc. Great big house with lots of potential long term, but needed some work and was higher priced for needing the work. We bid, and raised our bid once, but then it went beyond what we wanted to pay and that was ok. I was feeling a little panicky actually at the thought of actually buying Shaq. So we continue to look, just for the hell of it now I guess because we know deep down we love MJ. Shaq was too big but we got carried away. And we looked another that was just beautiful but that was the day we went back to se MJ and realized we were getting carried away with the giant houses! Not that MJ is a little guy by any means, but he's no Shaq. Did you follow all that?! hah
What else...work has come to a screeching halt on the second job. Which I am totally ok with. Our busy times are over, plus there have been budget cuts so they have cut a lot of part time hours. Work at my 'day job' has been going so fast, we have so many meetings since it's the end of the year and everything. Only 19 days of school left!
And then I head to New York for a week to see my girls from Africa-- Heather (Scotland) and Stephanie (Canada). It's gonna be so unreal to see them again, and on my turf-- that being America, although I've never been to NY so I'm really excited about that. I'm not sure what I'm most excited about, aside from seeing them of course. I think Central Park. I'm sure seeing them again will spark some crazy need to travel the world again. Africa was like my end-all be all and I kinda got that out of my system. I still love traveling but I don't have that need like I did. It's kinda scary because I'm worried it means I'm getting old. Like I don't really want to leave Ivan for that long again, and I don't really want to travel alone. It's great for meeting people but I know I'd love to share it with Ivan. I think I'm just at a place now where I feel a little bit more settled and am happy and I really think mostly that Africa was THE place for me. We'll see what happens when I see them though! haha Ya know I also think it's kinda hard because it was so amazing but can be kind of isolating when you get back because nobody understands it because they didn't experience it. That's why it'll be so nice to see Heather & Steph, and that's also what makes it so special, all the while though it kinda makes this lonely type feeling. I can't quite explain. All I know is that from now on I'd prefer to share it with someone but I did what I needed to do, to see & do what I wanted, and I don't regret that for a second.
Alrighty well I'm gonna get out here. Peace
