I need time to slow down...
Feb. 14th, 2025 08:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mousmeThere are not enough hours in the day these days.
It turns out that the house I put in an offer on went for $70,000 over asking price with no conditions. *lies on the floor* There is no way I can compete with that. The friend-shaped house from last week went for $30,000 over asking, but with conditions, at least.
The real estate market is back to losing its mind, I guess. It was nice to have a period of time during which I didn't have to deal with bidding wars, but I guess that time has come and gone, thanks to slightly reduced interest rates. Don't get me wrong, the interest rates are nowhere near as low as they were in 2019-2020, but they're lower than the craziness we had in 2023-2024.
Anyway, the search continues. I may hit pause for a while to let my soul recover a bit and also to amass a bit more money for things like inspections (if I ever get that far again) and deposits and eventually closing costs and whatnot.
Today was super uneventful. I got to bed at about 2am and then had to be up less than four hours later to go get blood drawn, because the DynaCare blood services opens at 7am and there is usually a huge wait if you don't get there ahead of time. I arrived at 7am on the nose and there were already eight people ahead of me. Luckily DynaCare is very efficient, and even though the tech who drew my blood seemed a little confused (he tried to call me from the waiting room when I was already in a cubicle, then came in with someone else's paperwork because mine was already in the cubicle with me), I was in and out within half an hour. I did keep a close eye on him to make sure he labelled my samples correctly, just because he seemed so confused initially.
I had intended to get other things done today, but getting less than four hours of sleep and working an overtime shift last night meant that I desperately needed to get more sleep today, so a chunk of my day went to napping. I can't bring myself to regret it, because my eyes were burning when I got home, and by the time I got up I was feeling more than halfway human again.
I was also planning to make borscht today, but I didn't have a couple of key ingredients, so the borscht is now on hold until I can get those. I did try a new roasted balsamic turnip recipe, which I really liked, and made a very adulterated version of African Peanut Soup for dinner, which unfortunately KK found too spicy, probably because I used a new garlic/ginger/chili paste since the one I was using doesn't appear to exist anymore. So, note to self: use slightly less next time.
Tonight is D&D night! It has been a minute since I was able to play with this group, so I am excited to get back into the swing of things!
It turns out that the house I put in an offer on went for $70,000 over asking price with no conditions. *lies on the floor* There is no way I can compete with that. The friend-shaped house from last week went for $30,000 over asking, but with conditions, at least.
The real estate market is back to losing its mind, I guess. It was nice to have a period of time during which I didn't have to deal with bidding wars, but I guess that time has come and gone, thanks to slightly reduced interest rates. Don't get me wrong, the interest rates are nowhere near as low as they were in 2019-2020, but they're lower than the craziness we had in 2023-2024.
Anyway, the search continues. I may hit pause for a while to let my soul recover a bit and also to amass a bit more money for things like inspections (if I ever get that far again) and deposits and eventually closing costs and whatnot.
Today was super uneventful. I got to bed at about 2am and then had to be up less than four hours later to go get blood drawn, because the DynaCare blood services opens at 7am and there is usually a huge wait if you don't get there ahead of time. I arrived at 7am on the nose and there were already eight people ahead of me. Luckily DynaCare is very efficient, and even though the tech who drew my blood seemed a little confused (he tried to call me from the waiting room when I was already in a cubicle, then came in with someone else's paperwork because mine was already in the cubicle with me), I was in and out within half an hour. I did keep a close eye on him to make sure he labelled my samples correctly, just because he seemed so confused initially.
I had intended to get other things done today, but getting less than four hours of sleep and working an overtime shift last night meant that I desperately needed to get more sleep today, so a chunk of my day went to napping. I can't bring myself to regret it, because my eyes were burning when I got home, and by the time I got up I was feeling more than halfway human again.
I was also planning to make borscht today, but I didn't have a couple of key ingredients, so the borscht is now on hold until I can get those. I did try a new roasted balsamic turnip recipe, which I really liked, and made a very adulterated version of African Peanut Soup for dinner, which unfortunately KK found too spicy, probably because I used a new garlic/ginger/chili paste since the one I was using doesn't appear to exist anymore. So, note to self: use slightly less next time.
Tonight is D&D night! It has been a minute since I was able to play with this group, so I am excited to get back into the swing of things!
