Monday, May 14, 2007

Long Strange Trip

It’s been a while. Since moving to Ohio I have: changed jobs, decided to work in a city that I don’t live in, seen my quality of life drop to less than that of the Saharan lowland gorilla’s, and been pissed off at my wife for about 2 months. I am happy to report that I can see light at the end of the tunnel. I don’t think it’s a train.

The quality of my life is awful. I drive 90 miles each way with my wife. I call my job the sensory deprivation tank. No cell phone, no email, no internet. I do get a small window where I can witness a tree and some grass. There was a family of squirrels I would watch… Anyway, I get to spend 1 hour a day unwinding before crawling into the sleep chamber so that I can get up at 4:30 am and do it again.

We have also been house hunting in Columbus. That means that the wife and I spend 2 or 3 nights a week in Columbus so that we can look at houses that we can’t agree upon for 3 hours a night. Our realtor has also been helping in that the first 2 houses we liked that she showed us were already under contract. That means that on the days I don’t lose 3 hours commuting I lose 3 hours looking at houses I not allowed to have.

Between the togetherness and the disappointment it amazes me I am still married. However things are looking up.

After looking at 41 houses, making 4 offers, having two of them not available, and 1 in the negotiating process with another buyer, we have a home. I think. We have agreed to a price and the inspection happens this week. I am very hopeful.

Now all I need to do is come up with a down payment, and figure out how to make the monthly payment. That doesn’t look like a train to you does it?