while we are by no means done with the horrific process known as “home buying,” we have completed all the major hurdles and are on track to be getting the keys to our new home around the end of september.
i have already begun researching satellite dish packages. since i came out of retirement 5 years ago, i have been yearning for the return to affordable, digital television. it’s not so much that i want to watch a lot of crappy television, it’s just that i want my damn satellite dish.
some of my fondest lazy memories were of sitting in the basement of the condo, watching satellite tv, eating sour patch kids and rice krispies treats. i was the embodiment of sloth and it was glorious. i’m surprised i didn’t gain 500 pounds (curse this metabolism).
but this time will be different. this time i want to have it so that i force myself to do other things. think of it as dangling a carrot in front of a donkey. the donkey knows he wants it, but he can’t have it, so he keeps going after it until he has arrived at his destination. i’m trying to arrive at my final destination.
i got a bottle of champagne for valentine’s day and we didn’t drink it. we decided we would save it for our house. we now know that we will be owning that house, but we still haven’t drunk the champagne. so now, we will drink it when we get the keys and we can actually go into our beautiful new home. some things are worth waiting for. and i hope those things don’t taste like ass after such a long time of waiting.