I'm a homeowner!

Somewhere in the middle of all the excitement of the wedding and moving and general life craziness, I actually bought a house! Well, the bank bought a house and I get to pay them back for it. It was so exciting! The actual day didn't go nearly as planned--but really, does moving ever go as planned? I had gotten up at 5 to watch the wedding, and then got myself ready for closing at 10 am. By the time 1:30 pm rolled around, I was just beginning to sign documents, had a pounding headache and was literally eating bites of sandwich in between signing my life away.

Luckily, dad and I had left mom at the apartment to finish up the packing. The movers ended up showing up before we were finished at the lawyer's office, and has already packed up half my house before we even arrived! I guess it ended up being a good thing, and everything went really well from that point on--it just would've been nice for the bank to get their act together.

Mom and dad and I moved all my personal items ourselves, and were finished moving the very last box by lunchtime on Saturday. It felt so fantastic to turn in my apartment key! No going back now.

So in the meantime, I have not had any cable/internet/phone since Friday, which has been torturous for me. Its forced me to do a lot of unpacking of boxes which is good, and a lot of reading in my special Royal Wedding collector's edition of People Magazine (even better). I adore the new place, and already feel so much happier there. I've gone on neighborhood walks, I walked to meet Jenn for dinner and met Erica at our favorite Mexican place too. I can definitely see my life being a lot more enjoyable and full at this place, instead of my life-sucking apartment. I also have a lot more motivation to clean and fix things up and actually change them to be exactly how I'd like because it's actually my own place! I can't wait for all my friends to come visit and enjoy it with me.

Pictures to come soon once most everything is looking pretty!

Waiting.....

Realtor called this afternoon and said we should expect to hear something from the seller's bank about my short sale tomorrow! Please everyone cross your fingers that we will actually hear some news, and that it will be good!

My future home!

xoxo