we met with our agent this weekend to do the final walk through for the house and on our way to the house, i get a call from the agent and he tells me, “there’s a problem.”

my heart sank. was there a problem processing the loan? is the house on fire? what could it possibly be??

it turns out that the owners of the house were currently occupying the house. WHAT?? the house was supposed to be empty 5 days prior to the close of escrow so they shouldn’t be there anymore. it turns out that the selling agent didn’t make this clear and the sellers were just hanging out in town for a little bit before leaving back to their other home.

we ended up canceling the inspection and rescheduling it for later. so that’s going to happen later this week. it should just be a formality, but while we are there, i think we are going to take some measurements to see how much carpet there is in the house and where we can put some furniture.

there’s something going around the office and people are dropping like flies. in my row of cubes, there are only two people who are in the office out of eight! the other person is showing signs of illness, too. things don’t bode well. it’s an epidemic, i tell you!

i’m trying to avoid everyone in the office. i don’t want to get sick. just thinking about it makes me feel a little sick. =P

today is the signing of all of the loan documents for the house. crazy as it sounds, i’m excited about it. sure, i’m basically saying that i’m gonna be in debt for a bazillion dollars for the rest of my life, but this is just one of those big milestones that you have to sit back and appreciate.

or you just completely freak out.

i was driving to work today and at the on ramp to the freeway was a homeless guy who was begging for money. what set this guy apart from the others was that while he was holding up his cardboard sign asking for money, he was listening to music on his ipod! there’s something wrong there.

so we’re in escrow now.

the above statement carries with it so many implications it’s hard to know where to begin.
1) we have to pay a lot of money to buy this house.
2) we no longer have any money. =P
3) we have to clean up and furnish this house now…did i mention that we have no money?
4) we still have a wedding to pay for…how that works out, i’m not entirely sure.
5) but mostly, i’m always left wondering, where did all my money go??

still, having a house is exciting. we get keys next week if everything goes to plan. hopefully a few weeks after that, we’ll have all of the things that need fixing fixed up. my mom doesn’t have a lot of faith in my home improvement skills. i guess we’ll have to see just how much i remember!

outside of the house stuff, wedding planning is still moving along fine. we’ve still got some time left so there’s not too much stress there.

i’ve been working on a new gallery and posting some new pictures up that have been waiting forever to see the light of day. hopefully that’ll be coming soon.