{"id":4421,"date":"2010-08-15T18:22:31","date_gmt":"2010-08-15T23:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/?p=4421"},"modified":"2010-08-15T18:23:41","modified_gmt":"2010-08-15T23:23:41","slug":"one-hell-of-a-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2010\/08\/15\/one-hell-of-a-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"One hell of a weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

F<\/span>riday morning when I woke up, I was expecting an ordinary day leading into an ordinary weekend with absolutely nothing on the go — a nice break from looping around the country to just take it easy for a change. <\/p>\n

Despite the best laid (non) plans, after a short-notice appointment to see a house on Friday after work, I spent an absolutely breathless and insane weekend taking a crash course in well and septic systems, bridge financing, real estate commissions and daycare in Manotick.<\/p>\n

!!!<\/p>\n

Yep, it looks like we found ourselves a house. *barely repressed squee* So now we’re going in 17 different directions at once: there’s decluttering and painting and repairing to be done, financing to be secured, inspections to be arranged, and the whole hell that is selling and packing and moving.<\/p>\n

Did I mention “!!!!!”?<\/p>\n

It’s all very exciting. Never in my wildest imaginings did I picture us living in Manotick. Then again, I also said I’d never work for DND, so I really ought to learn to stop starting sentences with the words “I will never…” Or, perhaps I should walk around chanting “I will never win a million dollars.” Or at least, “I will never have Jessica Beil’s body.”<\/p>\n

There are a LOT of details to work out before I’m comfortable sharing any of them. The offer hasn’t even been tabled yet, but that’s pending, and so is a lot of the first-stage stuff like inspections and financing and then (whimper) on to the listing and selling our place.<\/p>\n

I’d be very, very grateful for your insight on the two things that are currently keeping me awake nights: well and septic systems, and real estate agents. I’m getting comfortable with the idea of the former, pending a full inspection of the 40-year-old system. The five per cent commission to the latter makes me actually nauseous to think about, but the thought of negotiating the sale myself is far worse. If you know of an agent you trust with your life, I’m taking recommendations.<\/p>\n

What I *should* be taking is a valium… can’t we just fast-forward through this part and start unpacking the boxes in my new house tomorrow???<\/p>\n

(Oh, how I’m dying to tell you about this house!!!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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