Got an email from my Realtor tonight telling me that the owners of the house I want to buy have dropped their price another $2000 as of this morning. It’s killing me because I have to wait until at least June 7 before I can run my credit report again which will then indicate whether or not I can obtain a mortgage. I’m stressing about it because it’s a great little house that would be perfect for me, in a great location very close to work and no further from the folks than I am right now. It’s a 2 story (something hard to find up here in the northwoods) Colonial styled but contemporary home on a corner lot in a nice area and it’s just the right size for me and Gavin the Wonder Dog. It’s been on the market now for 89 days and has not sold yet although at this point I am starting to ask myself why but that might be beside the point. My Realtor continues to tell me they are very motivated, the short of it is, I want this house but I have about 3 weeks yet before I will know for sure if I can get a mortgage for it and I have made the decision not to pursue anything until I have a guarantee on financing, something I still realize may not be possible at this time. Stay tuned, you can be sure I’ll be writing about it here if I end up buying a house this summer.
On that note, with this pursuit of home ownership, I have in many ways now officially committed myself to living in this area for at least the next 5 years or more. This of course makes the parents happy but at the same time they are not necessarily the reason I’ve chosen to stay up here. Regardless of all the bitching I do about the people around here, I do actually like this part of Michigan. It has done amazing things for my photography skills and I like the fact that pretty much my entire extended family lives up here even though I don’t get to see them all that often. I’m not the type of person that just randomly goes out and makes friends with people and knowing that, it’s important to me to have family near me so that I don’t cocoon myself which I would be very prone to doing if I lived in a city where I did not know anyone. That’s not saying I don’t have friends, but it is saying that I place more emphasis on my immediate and extended family than I do many of the other random people that I know. I deal with the public 50 hours a week which is more than many people have to deal with people in a month. It’s nice to be able to go to my folks house and not be forced to make small talk about stupid shit. I can have quality conversations when I feel like it. So, even though my boss at work has started pushing me again to promote with Menards and move into store level management, at least for the next 5 years I’ll be working on my management skills here in Traverse City. I refuse to buy a house and not live in at least long enough to make a little money when I sell it. Lord knows, I’ll need a profit if or when I decide to take that next step at work which I think can happen any time I want it to. It’s a nice feeling knowing that you have a steady job with very little chance of loosing it unless I fuck up in a big way and I’m just not the type of person to do that anymore. I’ve become old and careful before my time and it’s paying off.
So tonight is Saturday night and I’m home enjoying a couple of cold beers and a little internet time before I head off again to work tomorrow. It’s going to be in the upper 80′s for most of this week which means it’s going to be CRAZY busy at work. Tuesday is my day off and it promises to be the hottest day of the week. It’s of course the day I am acquiring new furniture from the relatives but oh well, free shit is worth a little sweat.
Anyhow, just a short update, you know in the summer it’s very hard to find time to write or post things. Most of you reading this follow me on Facebook anyhow and thats about all I have time for right now. I’ll leave you tonight with a recent picture taken this past week.
