Basically, we are freaks of nature

So... I don't want to jinx us... but C and I are in a position to buy a house this summer. I've alluded to the house hunt in prior entries, I think. It's a tedious, frustrating, heart-wrenching, exciting and terrible process. Ever since finals ended, we've been on the hunt (well mostly C - he's very good at trolling the listings for potential properties). FINALLY found a place in our price range, in a neighborhood that we like, that wasn't a slummy shack (we saw several of these during the hunting process).

Again, don't want to jinx anything, but my fingers are crossed. We have offered, they have countered (with different provisions - we agree on the price), and now we have sent our counter-counter. I think the waiting part is the worst. I can mentally prepare myself for either getting the house or losing the house, but I can't stand being suspended in this limbo where any of fifty things could happen...

On top of that, C is out of town working on a satellite that was just launched - he'll be gone for another three weeks or so (I don't want to count down the days until it's July). Consequently, all the paperwork has to be signed, then faxed, then signed, then faxed (then send an email notification to the realtor)... much more difficult this way. I'll try to blog more about it once it gets closer...

I do wonder, though: how many law students buy houses during law school? Probably not very many. With the massive amounts of debt and the dearth of free time, it's probably too overwhelming for most law students to purchase property during school (many of my fellow students moved back in with their parents so they don't have to pay rent).

C and I have always been a little bit ahead of the curve - we were engaged during our last year of college while most people our age were living out their final glory days of senior year. We were married a little more than a year after that when most of our fellow graduates were still trying to figure out the "real" world (though to be honest, we were doing that as well). Now, while most of our friends are still focused on their education and careers (already not the norm for people our age), we're in a position to buy property on our own. I'm not sure if this is a function of our individual personalities or whether we have combined to create a new type of two-headed precocious aberration... but whatever it is, it works for us. We do always like to have a million things going on at once...

Hopefully this house purchase works out well (fingers crossed, breath held)... ... ...