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Is it Tuesday already?
Sep. 11th, 2007 09:38 amI went and spoke to a nice boy named Jonah at the bank on Friday. We crunched numbers for a good little while, and netted out that the lovely house with the 45 acres is beyond my means at this point in time. Even with the potential new job, I'd only just about break even, with no wiggle room for closing costs, insurance, (getting a car), and all the other little costs and large costs associated with owning a home like that.
While I'm disappointed, I'm not devastated. For one, I've been poking at the MLS listings, and there are a few other properties (none of which are as spectacular, I grant you) for considerably less money out there. I'm telling myself (once again) that I'm not in that huge a hurry, that I can wait a few years and amass some capital, and try again.
In other news, I had a very nice weekend. Saturday was a mix of good and frustration. It was the M&M birthday party (held every year by and for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sandman7 and pdaughter, and as usual it was a lot of fun, with a lot of really good food. The rest of the day was spent running around, and yet I managed to accomplish very little, on the whole. I also dropped a bag of groceries, which was annoying. No harm done, but I was tired and most of the day consisted of small annoyances which piled one on top of the other.
I spent Sunday with M. I spent three hours negotiating public transit, which was an adventure. One hour in the metro, nearly an hour's wait because I missed the CIT Laurentides bus, and then an hour in the bus. I am unimpressed by the new Terminus. It's not very well indicated, there's no sign telling you bus fares, and the ticket booth was closed. There was no ATM, either, for those hapless enough to arrive without the requisite amount of cash to travel out into the boonies. Oh, and the buses won't accept bank bills, only coins. Lemme tell ya, $6 worth of coins is cumbersome.
On the other hand, now that I know how long it takes, how much it costs, and what I have to do, I think it won't be a problem anymore. I may end up buying tickets, depending on how this works out and how often I end up getting out there.
Once the transportation snafu was taken care of, we had a great day. It wasn't very warm, but it was nice enough that we went apple picking, had a picnic, and then went back to her place (where I passed out for nearly two hours, oops.) and she taught me to make sushi. It was a great deal of fun. M. even drove me all the way home, which was really nice.
And, yesterday was work. Work was work, seasoned with some unpleasant politicking in which I was luckily not involved, but which was still unpleasant.
While I'm disappointed, I'm not devastated. For one, I've been poking at the MLS listings, and there are a few other properties (none of which are as spectacular, I grant you) for considerably less money out there. I'm telling myself (once again) that I'm not in that huge a hurry, that I can wait a few years and amass some capital, and try again.
In other news, I had a very nice weekend. Saturday was a mix of good and frustration. It was the M&M birthday party (held every year by and for
sandman7 and pdaughter, and as usual it was a lot of fun, with a lot of really good food. The rest of the day was spent running around, and yet I managed to accomplish very little, on the whole. I also dropped a bag of groceries, which was annoying. No harm done, but I was tired and most of the day consisted of small annoyances which piled one on top of the other.I spent Sunday with M. I spent three hours negotiating public transit, which was an adventure. One hour in the metro, nearly an hour's wait because I missed the CIT Laurentides bus, and then an hour in the bus. I am unimpressed by the new Terminus. It's not very well indicated, there's no sign telling you bus fares, and the ticket booth was closed. There was no ATM, either, for those hapless enough to arrive without the requisite amount of cash to travel out into the boonies. Oh, and the buses won't accept bank bills, only coins. Lemme tell ya, $6 worth of coins is cumbersome.
On the other hand, now that I know how long it takes, how much it costs, and what I have to do, I think it won't be a problem anymore. I may end up buying tickets, depending on how this works out and how often I end up getting out there.
Once the transportation snafu was taken care of, we had a great day. It wasn't very warm, but it was nice enough that we went apple picking, had a picnic, and then went back to her place (where I passed out for nearly two hours, oops.) and she taught me to make sushi. It was a great deal of fun. M. even drove me all the way home, which was really nice.
And, yesterday was work. Work was work, seasoned with some unpleasant politicking in which I was luckily not involved, but which was still unpleasant.
