Today our offer on 703 Fort was accepted. In a month's time our life will be consumed with remodeling, furnishing, renting out and maintaining a 5,000 sq. ft building that signifies an amount of commitment to a certain goal that we have never had. Sure – marriage was a commitment but it was mobile. We have kids but they don't even know that we just kinda expect them togo with the flow. There is very little “flow” involved in a home purchase of this size. In fact. There is no flow. From this point on, there will be bills, and there must be employment and responsibility. And strangely for a “glass is half empty” kinda girl such as myself, there is very little regret and “what if” involved. There is very much a sense of, “How, Dear God, are you going to make this all happen?” There is anticipation.
But, before we go anticipating our life away, let's take a quick moment to review the season of “unknown.” The “basement months” if you will... where we have grown strangely comfortable living out of our suitcases in my in-law's basement (Yes Chrissy, I did empty out your sock drawer for storage and Jude has very many questions about your art décor, but soon you can have your room back and Joan and Bob can have their life back.) They have been good months – and the way the kids grow and relationships develop and opportunities arise are constant reminders that life has very little with what you do in a day, but who you become because of it.
So, before my blog becomes a giant running commentary about how to best strip wallpaper and acid stain floors, I'd like to say, it hasn't been half bad waiting around to see what comes next. And I never would have guessed the “next” would be this.
(P.S. The photos have been minimal lately because we purchased an "outdoor" camera for Honduras which is worthless in low light - meaning it pretty much isn't a Kansas Winter camera.)
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