Post-party clean up and thoughts on home

posted by Jeff | Monday, August 4, 2008, 3:35 PM | comments: 1

I got the place cleaned up today from the party, since we had other stuff to do yesterday and were really not motivated. The nice thing about running out of food is that there wasn't a ton to really clean up. Although maybe Diana made significant strides Saturday night in the two minutes between the departure of our last guest and the time we got into the hot tub. I was a little drunk.

I started to think then, and yesterday, that I don't really want to live here anymore. It's not that I don't like my house, I just don't want to be here anymore. Part of it is just that I'm tired of Northeast Ohio. Part of it is that I don't feel like this can ever truly be "our" house because of the history.

This is both the best and worst time to make a radical move. Best because I'm not tied to a specific job, and worst because I'm not tied to a specific job. That, and Diana's house hasn't sold, and I can't imagine mine would fly into the arms of someone else either. As much as I'd love to say that these are imagined obstacles, they're hard not to consider in my new cash-only way of life. We could really only do a life-makeover on credit, while paying two different mortgages and some other third place that we'd likely have to rent.

But I do understand that it's short-term. I'll start accumulating cash again soon, and the housing market isn't going to suck indefinitely. I'm just impatient. I want something different out of life, even if I'm not sure what that is.


Comments

Gonch

August 4, 2008, 9:22 PM #

Ignoring the housing market issues, I'd say when you're not tied to a job is exactly the time to consider a move. The door is wide open. Hell, maybe start nosing around for jobs in places you'd like to live or just throw word out and see where the offers come from.

Sounds pretty damn exciting to me.


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