News

I've been relatively busy since the last time I posted - busy being an adult.

With the husband out of town, I've been doing lots of (very necessary) apartment cleaning - getting into those boxes and piles that accumulated when we first moved in two years ago - the piles I would "get to" eventually. Very interesting living alone for this month. It occurs to me that I have never lived alone... went from home to college, back to home, then moved in with the husband. It is lonely sometimes, but I like being responsible for everything at home (except this week when the cable died - not really equipped to deal with that!).

The NEWS though, is that we are currently in escrow! We put an offer on a house in Hawthorne a few short weeks ago, have sent in waves and waves of paperwork and reports (all of which had to be signed and faxed in CA to DC, signed and faxed by C, then sent back to CA), and now finally are in escrow. Major hurdle #1 was done last week (the physical inspection), which showed no major damage or deal-breakers - TONS of little things, though. Major hurdle #2 was yesterday (the appraisal), but we haven't gotten the results of that yet. Major hurdle #3 will be the OK from my parents, who are flying out to CA this weekend to see the house in person.

It's scary but very exciting to think that we might OWN this house by the end of the summer. My goal was to get all of this done and to be moved in by the time school starts - on our current schedule, we will be cutting it very close.

I can see why most law students don't undergo such a life-changing process during the course of school - the stress and anxiety and TIME spent merely finding a house and putting in the offer has already been astronomical. Once we close, we have to get everything packed, move it, unpack it, change our address, etc, etc. Many awesome friends have offered to help us when the time comes... which is sweet... but the prospect of doing all this is quite overwhelming. Exponentially more overwhelming is the prospect of doing all this while also trying to start my 2L year... definitely glad I got the "marriage thing" out of the way before starting law school!

More as this develops,

K