In temporary housing. We are under contract on a lovely little house. This is, I suppose the “wait” part of “hurry up and wait”. We’d been looking at houses online for months (ahem, for myself, I must say a year), so, when we got here, we had a darn good idea of which we wanted to see.
The best looking house online, was kind of a bust in person. The floors were wonky. I was reminded of the show “Mad About You” in which Jamie and Paul had a running gag about sloping floors in their New York apartment. But they never could agree on which parts were sloped.
Another house that had looked promising and I wanted to like had a really awkward layout. It was fine until you started looking for a master bedroom. And don’t give me guff about saying ‘master bedroom’. It’s not a reference to slavery. Anyway, there wasn’t a large bedroom with en suite and a big closet. It was just really awkward and they were asking too much for us to come in and have to do renovation.
The house we decided on looked better in person than it had online. It’s an older home, which doesn’t bother me. Actually, I’m delighted. There is lots of space for storage and two fireplaces. One of those is wood burning, which I love. And we plan to have a guest room. An honest-to-God guest room is a novelty for us. Even in some of the really big places we’ve had in the last several years, we weren’t set up for that.
We’ll have a little challenge putting in a fence due to overgrown hedges on one side of the property. But we’ll need a fence for the dog we plan to get. We had a dog for over fourteen years. After she passed, we decided to take a break from having a dog for a couple years. Mostly because it’s really hard to import a dog to the US from ‘high-risk for rabies’ countries. The CDC made new rules during 2020 for the importation of canines. It’s almost like the Centers for Disease Control was bored during 2020, like there was nothing else going on in the world that might concern them. We were tempted many times by strays in our travels, but we had to turn away. We’ll gladly take in a shelter dog in a few months. Heck, we might even get a little crazy and go for a puppy. That would give me writing fodder for months!
I’m basically spending days exploring and trying to learn more about our area and recuperating from the move and stress of living in a region that is unstable. I applied to a regional author exposition that will take place in January. At the least, I’ll be able to attend and meet other authors. (Ooh! I need to make business cards for that!) At best, I’ll have a table to meet people and be able to sell books. I hope to have a self-published novella out by then!
Tuvela Two-Step 