Well, I am nearly moved into the new place. I have only a few things left to bring over and I will have that which I need to live in the new apartment.
It seems a little weird after 9 years in the same place to be someplace different. I miss the constant trains going by, Not so much literally, but at night it has been hard to get to sleep without the clickety clack and WOO WOO and the Ding-Ding-Ding every 15 minutes or so. Sounds strange, but you can get used to things.
The other day I got served papers. The forclosure date is drawing closer. On sept 3 they will set a court date for the final takeover of the house. It’s all good though. My costs where I am are going to be far less. No taxes, way lower insurance, shorter travel, less utility usage without the brother watching TV all day. From what I can tell, it will be as much as $500 a month cheaper. If I apply that to the remaining debts, I’ll be out of it by next school year.
I’m wondering if I can reinvent myself some here. Be a little more open with people. My neighbors in the house seem to be like I am, quiet keep to themselves types. We all keep kind of differing hours so often the differing neighbors are home at differing times. That keeps the place pretty quiet.
My cat is adjusting ok to the new place. She still keeps going by the door and looking at me like she is saying, are we going home now? When I leave for the store or mickey D’s, the cat just sits and stares at the door. When I am home, she won’t let me out of her sight. At least she is not totally freaking though.
Another thing nice… I don’t have to worry about mowing the lawn, or fixing anything. Owning a house takes quite a bit of time and effort in keeping it up. Having that time freed up will be a good thing. Now what I do with that time (and the extra time I get from shorter travel) is another matter. I would like to promise myself positive use of that time, but I know me, for a while it will just be used for recreating, LOL.
I think for the time being, this is where I need to be. It’s up to me to make the most of it.
2 comments:
There is definitely solace in not having to mow. I hope you end up liking the new place. It will take time but it will feel like home. So many people are going through foreclosures right now, I think there's going to have to be some forgiveness in the future for anything that happened during this time of crisis in our nation.
To forgive is divine. It would be nice if losses in this era would get some sort of an asterisk beside it.
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