Okay!

[flea]

Whoa, it's already one heckuva day, and looking like one heckuva week. In positive news, Dillo slept from 8pm to 5am last night. Turns out if I get 7 hours of sleep in a row I wake up fresh as a daisy and find the strength to do a month's worth of Quicken AND bake zucchini bread, all before 7am!

At work a search committee I am on is phone-screening, and it's a lot of time and also intense. And another search has 2 candidates coming in this week, so more time & intense.

mr. flea has formally turned down the job offer he had in Singapore, and will accept the one with the EPA in Athens, GA. He's really mourning the loss of the Singapore opportunity. He compared it to the time when he took off for unspecified points West in a panel van after college, and really wanted to get a dog, and went and got a dog at the pound, but realized he wouldn't be living in such a way that would be fair to the dog, so took the dog back. I hope that analogy makes sense. He knew what the right choice was, but he really really wanted to be in a position to make the other choice. His letter was good - expressed keen interest in continuing to be in touch and possibly finding a way to work together in the future.

I emailed two realtors we've been referred to last night at about 9pm, and heard from one at 7am and one just now; both say they will call today. I suppose it's endemic to the profession of realty that the people are incredibly perky, isn't it? I don't suppose Snarky Real Estate Inc. would be very successful. Sigh. Must gird loins. Don't know much about buying a house except that I have a lot to learn and it will be a lot of work.

Comments

[serrana.livejournal.com]

My father was in the real estate business for some years; if you have questions, holler.

(The short guide: get a good agent, particularly when moving to a new town where you won't be as familiar with what is and isn't a good price; pay for your own inspection; look at a lot of stuff before you make any offers; if you don't get the first thing you offer on, don't worry, something else will come along soon. As my Nana says, houses are like men, there's always another one coming along. Erm.)

[lili-beth.livejournal.com]

Do you want my copy of Nolo's Buying Your First Home?

Also, congratuations to mr. flea! I wish I could say I had contacts at the law library to introduce you to -- but I don't know any of 'em! Maybe Lee and I can find them this summer at the annual meeting and make friends.

[casperflea.livejournal.com]

Ooh, that would be great! We have Homebuying for Dummies and I find it a little - I dunno. Maybe I'm not THAT much of a dummy.

[lili-beth.livejournal.com]

This one is a little dummy-oriented, too, but at certain points in the process I found it useful as a go-to text.

I have an e-copy, so let me know what address to dump it into.