Goodness. It is once again late and I am tired and I need to wake up
tomorrow morning. I'm looking forward to sleeping in this weekend.
Today at work I did things. I got a decent amount of weeding done
but had to spend almost an equal amount of time looking for books to
try and replace some of the really old Egypt books that look like
crap but are still checking out regularly. I was unsuccessful.
Apparently there haven't been a lot of good Egypt books published
recently. But even in the cases where we have a newer book on the
same topic, the old book checks out more often. I think maybe the
old ones are just good for school projects. I don't know. It's kind
of a mystery.
I also did other random things throughout the day but I can't
remember it all and I don't think any of it would be interesting to
write about. I spent forty-five minutes not too long before I got
off work helping a man make “no smoking” signs. It was a rough
process. I could have made him a really good one in about five
minutes but we scrolled forever on Google Images looking for what he
wanted. For one he picked a bicycle with a world for one tire and a
no-smoking symbol for the other. I didn't get it but whatever. For
the other one I put a no-smoking symbol in Publisher and then did the
text. I was just going to say “no smoking” but he also wanted
the word “sign” on it. So in cursive letters it says “sign”
above the symbol and “no smoking” below it. I don't know why he
wanted the word “sign”. It's obviously a sign. There was also a
bit of a struggle over the size. I started by making both of them
the size of a piece of paper but then he started pointing around at
the desk calendar and scrap paper saying he wanted it smaller like
that. I grabbed a ruler so we could get an exact size and every time
I tried to show him on the ruler how bit it would be he insisted on
resizing it on the computer until it looked right, even though it
wasn't to-scale on the computer. It was rough but we got there in
the end.
After work I went and met my mom and sister at the realtor's office
and we all went out to look at some condos/townhouses/duplexes or
whatever. The first two were across the street from one another and
I wasn't into either of them. The first had really steep stairs that
weren't very deep so it felt like at any step I was going to slide
off of them. The second one had a little yippy dog next door. As we
were standing there waiting for the door to be unlocked the owner
next door came out on the driveway to walk the dog and as soon as it
saw us it started barking. So that's a no. I also didn't like that
the garages were right next to each other. We also went two three
just outside the west side of town that were pretty nice inside but
the outside wasn't great on two of them because the neighborhood was
really crammed. On those two the bathroom on the main floor could
only be reached by walking through the master bedroom. I don't plan
on entertaining a lot of company but it would be nice to have a
“public” bathroom. The other one would probably end up in a
flood zone due to all the construction in the area altering the
terrain, and I imagine the population of the neighborhood is heavily
military, which means there would be a lot of turnover. And,
speaking of construction, not being around construction is on my list
of things that would be nice because I'm tired of getting stuck
behind dump trucks. There are also specials on all of those because
they're so new and still paying off all the crap that specials cover.
The night ended looking at a couple old houses downtown. I liked the
first one because it had a lot of character but it also needs a lot
of work done. I don't know that I would have the motivation to do
that work. And to spend the money on it after dropping all the money
buying the house. The second old house was also pretty cool but it
had a creepy dirt-floor basement and it would also require quite a
bit of work.
In the middle of everything we went two three places that are now in
my top three. The first is the one I've been watching since we first
drove by it in June. I think it lived up to the photos online. I
really liked it. The downsides are that the garage is pretty tiny, I
would have to walk up a flight of stairs to get to the main level and
then another flight of stairs to get to the bedrooms, the road
leading to the area is kind of steep so it might suck in winter,
there is a house on either side so it is boxed in (although it is
wider than the other places so it doesn't feel claustrophobic), and
there might have been a couple other things. On the plus side, it
looks nice, has plenty of bathrooms, the neighborhood is kind of
secluded and cool looking, and it lived up to my expectations.
The second is a place near one of the nursing homes I deliver to for
homebound. It's got a double garage which is really nice. I would
like to have room for my tools and maybe a workbench and area to work
on stuff, which a double garage would provide. It also looked well
taken care of and had plenty of room.
The third house was out past the east side of town. It was the most
expensive of the three but like the first one, recently dropped about
$10,000, probably because it has also been on the market for more
than 130 days. It only had a single garage but I liked the layout
inside. The shared wall included the living room and kitchen, with
the bedrooms on the other side, so I wouldn't have to worry about
hearing the neighbors when I was trying to go to bed. The basement
was also really nice and open, definitely the biggest we saw. And it
was the newest of the three places, only being twelve years old,
rather than forty-five or thirty years old. The downsides for this
one are dealing with the traffic on that side of town, which I've
heard can be annoying. They are also on rural water out there and
I'm not sure about the pros and cons of that. The basement also has
a sump pump, which I'm not sure is good or bad. And there are still
specials to pay. The neighborhood was pretty nice but it also
required a bit of driving through it to get to the house. I would
also need to check on the internet out there because the internet is
kind of a big deal. I need it.
So those are my top three, not only for tonight but also last night.
I really liked the garage of the one house with the workshop area in
the back but the house didn't really grab me. I'm going to be
thinking a lot of about these three and I'll start developing a
proper list of pros and cons when I'm not so tired. I hope that none
of them sell in the meantime but they have all been on the market for
over a hundred days so hopefully that means my chances are good.
Also, if one of them sells, that would make my decision a little bit
easier. So that's a plus.
When we got done my mom and sister headed back to the house and I
went to get Chipotle. I had to drive around the block a couple times
but I did finally manage to get a parking spot. Turns out Chipotle
is really busy at eight o'clock on Thursdays. After a decent wait in
line I got up to order and I got a girl who understands the word
“extra”. My bowl was brimming with rice and beans. I added a
little bit of cheese to that and I ended up only getting charged for
three sides. I occasionally get that but more often than not I get
charged for the full veggie bowl. It's nice when I don't.
Over dinner and after dinner we discussed the places we had seen. My
sister's top two were the first one and the third one. My mom's were
the first one and the second one. And there was no clear winner for
either of them. I need to ponder.
My green fleece jacket arrived today and it is great. The green is
even better in person and it fits well. I'm really happy with it and
I look forward to getting cold at work and being able to wear it.
And now I'm going to go to bed because good grief I'm tired. It is
after 12:30AM and I am once again going to get less than a full night
of sleep. Can't wait.
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