summertime, when the livin’s easy
if only that were the truth.
the realtor had called last week and said that joe’s grandpa wouldn’t sign the paperwork to co-sign our loan until he had a chance to go over our finances.
joe’s grandpa came over, and we really didn’t get anything accomplished. he told us to pray on it, and god would guide us in the direction that we need to go. i know he meant well, and means well, but praying is not going to get me into a house. an agnostic is not going to pray to get a house, but of course, if he knew that he would probably fear for me and my unborn son’s soul… and i just don’t need that drama right now… so we sat and he prayed and hopefully his god is going to help us out.
so, the next day we went and looked at a few more houses, with connie, the family realtor. she showed us a couple nice ones… a couple not nice houses… and the mother load of all that is nasty! it is a forclosure that cost $33,500. i guess i should have known that nothing good could come from it… it has been on the market for a while.
from the outside it doesnt look too bad, but AS SOON as you walk in the door, you realize it’s a fucking pile. the floor sloped down, and then the living room sloped up in the middle… so it was like walking into a fun house. the kitchen was completely gutted, and the living room had a kitchen cabniet in it?
i didn’t even bother going upstairs.
connie laughed, and told us that the house should be demolished, and the land would be worth $33,500 before we got there. i agreed after i had been inside.
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after we came home, i called ben, the other realtor, and explained that we most likely couldn’t afford the house i have been drooling over for the last two months. he said that bottom line, he could reduce the price to $130,000 and we needed to find out if we could get a co-signer at that price?
so, after being set on not getting that house, not living in a decent place, not having something i’ve always wanted… i am back on track to lust the fucking thing all over again!
we’re just waiting on the co-signature. and we want joe’s grandpa to see the place, so he can understand the value… i guess back in his day he bought countless houses and fixed them up and sold them… he even has a street named after him in wngo, so i guess he knows what he’s talking about.
i really hope he likes it, and thinks the house is worth it, otherwise we have been looking at a little brick house, one story, unfinished basement (thats a decent size, but gets wet during the rainy part of the year) that is about 5 grand cheaper… which could potentially be around 20 grand cheaper… cuz the house has been on the market for nearly a year, and the seller is sick of renting the place out.
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who knows. drama drama.
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other notes.
baby is going crazy all the time. he likes to stay up late, which i hear, will reflect into his cycle after he is born.
can’t wait.
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going to the demo derby tomorrow with lexa, laura, and jenny. should be super excellent hick event of the year!
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joe’s "new" band has the potential to open for slipknot when they come to rochester!!!! the local radio station is looking for a local band to open for slipknot because one of the other bands dropped out. pretty fucking crazy!