Big steps
by Chris on Nov.24, 2008, under General Thoughts
So, Char and I are — by virtue of the conditions of our current residence — about to embark on a second… adventure. We’re buying a house. Together. Like real adults, with real responsibilities. This falls firmly into the scary end of the spectrum.
I wrote the first part of this post with something firmly in mind, but for the life of me I can’t recall what that was. It’s worth noting, though, that blogging on an iPhone is not as effective as on a computer. It’s slower, by far, for one, and it’s a pain in the ass to do italics or bold text.
Anyway, house shopping.
Char and I are looking at some places tonight, some of which are just freaking gorgeous. We’ve got some nice neighborhoods picked out, and in general I’m pretty happy with the state of the housing market in Edmonton right now, which I suppose indicates that I’ve got radically lowered standards than I used to have. It’s grotesque, the prices I now consider to be ‘good’ prices for a house.
I hope that we’ll have more good news on this sort of subject soon, because we’d both like to get as little stress as we can out of this.
I’ll try to be more consistent, by the way; I’ve gotten right out of the habit of blogging (like some I could mention) and as a consequence I need to whip myself into posting. Rest assured, I’ve got a lot on my mind.
Update
Wow. What a pain in the ass.
So, I wrote this a week ago, and hit ‘publish’… or thought I did. Nope.
So, in the meantime, we bought a house. Nothing major, there 
December 4th, 2008 on 9:20 am
that was fast!
December 8th, 2008 on 12:42 am
I think how this is all falling into place is quite impressive. It is impressing upon me how I have watched you relationship evolve in a lovely fashion (and I have only seen near 3 yrs of it) and how gracefully you both have been handling the swiftness of it all. What does it say about me that it freaks me out at the same time? Oh right, that I am holding onto my selfish lifestyle quite happily and afraid my grip may be tenuous.
December 8th, 2008 on 4:16 am
Yeah, there’s definitely an interesting sense of momentum to this whole thing. It’s sort of been there for me since I found out about the baby; I’ve been swept along in events, with what feels like only marginal control over the direction of travel.
This isn’t to say it’s a bad feeling, but it’s certainly interesting.
I know that from your perspective there’s a lot changing too. Char and I both plan to ensure that the life we have — the friends, the interests, &c — don’t fall victim to the massive change in our family life that is coming. Moving doesn’t make this easier, of course; it takes us out of our current comfortable place, makes it a bit more of an effort to visit us, and more of an effort for us to see some of our friends. We hope that this won’t be too much of a change to work around, but obviously there’s going to be some.