... a different outcome

(another blog that was written awhile back, but pulled down in an effort to avoid having a home seller see it and know i was in dire straights)
 

so, let's talk this week.  ok, i will do the talking.

monday | work. chat with realtor, still no seller's issues resolution/close date.  check atx realty listings.  try to relax.

tuesday | DellWorld, on my feet for 6 hours. relax (mainly because every inch of my body hurt). chat with realtor - see monday notes for the rest.

wednesday | DellWorld, on my feet for 10 hours (wore better shoes). chat with realtor, see monday for the rest.

thursday | chat with realtor and realize my contracted home situation is really truly falling apart, set myself into a FOUL mood. head to cedar park to manage a golf tournament.  mood improves (maybe due to the social lubrication).  realtor convinces me to go look at another home after.  Hate it.  Go home to search ATX real estate and new listings, find one to view tomorrow. watch glee and just hope for the best.

friday | DellWorld employee appreciate day, on my feet for 5 hours. come home and see the horrible news about the Connecticut shootings.  cry.  go check out another home.  cute.  hate the neighborhood.  back home to check with apt complex if my apt is still available, just in case.  turns out - it is not.  immediate realization that i am homeless after 12/31. mom calls, cry.  kind of start hoping for the 12/21 end of the world.  

so what are the seller's issues ... as much as i want to just unload here, i continue to feel it unfair to share.  the house is a short sale.  it was not when i started this process, i made the decision to continue forward.  at times things seemed like i should walk away (post-inspection).  at other times they were seemingly moving along perfectly.  it's just a crappy situation.  at this point the title company will not accept the seller's paperwork.  something could change monday - but as of last week, the current contract and short sale agreement are expired. additionally my rate lock-in is ending.

more to follow ... just hoping for a resolution on anything so that i am not homeless come 1/1/2013.  and really not hoping for the end of the world.  that seems horrible. 

... herself in a house

(i actually wrote this awhile back - but pulled it down when the contract mentioned below fell apart and i had to look again ... putting it back up now)


well i actually probably imagined a whole lot of things about my life ... but at some point i definitely imagined myself in a real home rather than apartment renting.

now don't get me wrong - renting definitely has its perks!  the A/C goes out - they replace it!  the fridge acts up - they fix it!  bugs - they send an exterminator!  lawn - they maintain it!  PERKS!

But this year ... with interest rates where they are ... a decent income ... an ever growing amount of stuff ... it's the right time.  right?  it sure seemed like a good idea when i got started.

there is a lot to this story.  a whole lot.  tonight is not the night to share all that though.  tonight is the night to kick this blog back up.  i considered starting a new one - but then i realized, the "robin imagined" was about as perfect as i could get.

i (i being me ... robin) imagined this would be a completely different process
i imagined a completely different house
i imagined ... well ... kind of a different life when going through the process
i imagined a lot of things

but my life is what it is ... and it's good ... and the house i picked is my reality ... and it's a been a BIG dose of it.  i don't feel it fair to the sellers to start telling the story of my choice, or share pictures, or get down to the nitty gritty (there's a lot of gritty).  or to start the tales of the $$ process and those joys.  After close - WHENever that is - i will get this little story started ...

the happy ... the sad ... the good ... the bad ... the glad ... and the mad

the story of robin ... and my first house. 

one day i will appreciate it all, right?  right?  :)