Ok… so I am about a week slow getting this posted. Our big end-of-June news was that we are going to move again!
The Independence Day weekend was jam packed with activities, so I didn’t manage to sit down and write up even a quick post.
Back to the move, Heather and I purchased a condo in West Des Moines. It isn’t nearly as sudden as it may seem, as we have been looking for quite some time, and trying to purchase this particular place for months.
Almost four months to be exact. You have heard of “short sale” houses? Well, don’t let the name mislead you, it’s a slow process. When people in real estate hear that we were able to close in under four months they say “well that’s a lot faster than I would have expected.”
I write this about twelve days after we closed, but it feels more like a month. The place needed only minor renovations, and yet it’s been completely exhausting to get those taken care of.
Heather and I have learned a lot during this process. The number one thing we have learned is that we cannot build a house… ever. Even the relatively minor work we are doing (and having done) to the condo has caused incredible stress at times. I think we are also learning at lot about each other, and how to work as a team… but it’s going to be 20 years before we have those lessons learned well enough to consider a project the size of building a house.
Aaand that was probably more on that tangent than I should have shared, but it’s worth noting.
The short version is that we are in the process of preparing a condo that we own such that we can move in.
(and besides, I have lived in this apartment for nearly two years! It’s overdue to move again! )
-Jordan
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