I bought a new house. I bought a new house. I bought a new house!
Pending an inspection, I am the new owner of a house in the middle of Duluth, with a limited view of my favorite, big lake (Lake Superior), a fenced in yard with doggy door, 3 bedrooms and 1.5 baths, and a bonus hot-tub built into the deck.
I only had to spend $18,000 over the asking price to get it, but it checked every box on my list of wants, so I went for it. (I may need to get a roommate, but if so, that shouldn't be a problem, as the house is located very near my alma mater and another larger university.) When I asked my tax-accountant/ financial-planner sister-in-law how much I should offer, as I was concerned about future affordability, she quipped, "Offer just below what would make you puke!" Okay, fair enough. That's what I did.
This all happened over a 16 hour period, from video tour to offer to ownership, between Monday evening and mid-day Tuesday. I've hardly had a moment to sit down since, and I still haven't seen the house in person. That won't happen until next week.
Instead of traveling to Duluth to see my new house, I've been frantically completing projects and cleaning my current home to get it ready to sell. In fact, I had a young couple walk through yesterday already. Did I mention the housing market is off the rails??
Speaking of off the rails... I've got more big changes ahead. After the house inspection on Tuesday, I'll be staying in Duluth to begin my new job on Thursday! With all of this change and stress (even good stress is stress), I'm pretty impressed I've been holding it together thus far. My energy and mood have been good. But I'm still worried about what's ahead.
Jet and I will be moving into our new, temporary home in Duluth on Tuesday. We're renting a room in an apartment. The woman offering us the space is wonderful, though we don't know each other beyond one in-person meeting and several phone calls. Jet has never met her, and he doesn't handle environmental changes very well, so I'm worried about him... and, well, me.
I'll be beginning my new job on Thursday; in a new facility, with new coworkers, with unfamiliar policies and documentation procedures, in a new city... no stress there! Should be a breeze, right? Ha! I'm glad I have my next ketamine infusion scheduled for the following week. I think the timing will be perfect.
I'm feeling excited and anxious, terrified and thrilled, boisterous and reticent, enthusiastic and reluctant. I'm grateful for the new opportunities even as I mourn the soon-to-be past. My head is spinning, but my heart is full. I'm a lucky woman.