Goodbye Condo, Hello House!

20134 Leadwell Street, #333

Winnetka, CA 91306

$155,000 - 2 bedroom, 2 bath

884 sq feet

Goodbye condo. You've been good to me. I lived in you for 20 years. TWENTY YEARS!!! I'm 39 so that's half my life. We received several offers right after you went on the market and now we will go through escrow so I can make some money and stop paying for you. That would be really nice! But I am sad. It was sad seeing you empty. I was not expecting to feel so many things but I know it's for the best. I hope your new owners take good care of you. I will miss you and will keep the many memories with me forever.

Forever and ever like it or not... aka "I do, yes".

My husband means EVERYTHING to me. We are no longer newlyweds. Our 1 year anniversary is coming up in 2 weeks. Wow, that was fast! How the hell did that happen? We have accomplished alot in the last year. Putting big red check marks on our Dream To Do List as we go. Our biggest dream, other than meeting each other, was fulfilled recently when we purchased our first home together. Neither one of us ever thought we'd be married or own a house and look at us now.

Along with all these wonderful dreams come some not so wonderful stress and change and problems and more stress. Sometimes I feel like I'm going to snap... and I do or I should say we do. We snap at each other alot lately and this makes me sad. So I cry like a big baby and I feel sorry for myself. Then I get mad at myself for doing this because I should only be happy and grateful. I have everything I've ever wanted. So what gives? Well, I've never been so tired in all my life. I'm sure that has something to do with it. I don't handle being tired very well. And there are alot of unknowns and new bills and new things to learn and deal with and I guess I don't handle those things very well either. Lord knows I'm trying!

So here we are, 1 year later and things are very different but one thing remains the same. . . Our love.

I'm still here!

It's been so long since I've blogged. I'm still here. Actually, I'm usually on the freeway sitting in traffic for over 2 hours to get to work and 2 hours to get home. It's my worst nightmare! But as my husband says, it's a means to an end. I wish it would end. And soon! This is week 2 of the horrid commute from hell. Yesterday was the worst so far. It took me 2 hrs and 45 mins to get to work! Can you believe that? Almost 3 hrs to go someplace I don't even want to be. Insane! Now, if the roads looked like the lovely picture above then that wouldn't be so bad but that is not what I see. I see brake lights and lots of them. Woe is me.

On a much happier note, the house is coming along nicely. Slower than I would like it to. Having money to do things is always an issue but we are making it nicer and it's feeling more like home everyday. My kitties, Sam & Sophie, are getting used to it. Sophie was much quicker than Sam at liking her new digs. Sam tortured me yowling nightly and keeping me awake the first week. He's better now thank God and dare I say, he is actually starting to like it. He has more room and an exciting birdie show to watch every morning as he lounges on his (my) bed. Lucky bastard.

So all in all the transition is going smoothly. A few more big things need to happen soon... like selling the condo. The sooner the better. I really hope it doesn't sit on the market for months. We have to pay for both places until it sells so SELL SELL SELL.