06 July 2007 - 1:23 pm

Official News of the Day in Sarah's World:

They have verbally accepted the offer on the place. And for an extra $1000, I get the washer and dryer. Time to sell mine!

My realtor really wants something to be signed, some actual paperwork to document this, so hopefully the offer will be written up and signed as of tomorrow. I said I am available all weekend, I am at the beck and call of whatever needs to be done.

Wow, this was way too easy.

But, as I have noticed in my life, when things come together, I just know, and they always slip-slide to an easy conclusion. This is one such case.

Not that I am complaining.

And as for buyer's remorse, I think that might happen once I am in the space, all cramped up and trying to figure out where to put my furniture. Or do I just sell all of it now, and start with nothing? Makes moving a whole heck of a lot easier. But no. Even if I started with "nothing," I would still bring all my kitchen stuff, my stereo and music and DVDs and videos, my TV. And of course my bed. And my couch and chair. And something upon which to set my TV and stereo. And my clothes. And of course at least one of my desks and the computer(s) and as you can see, I have pretty much filled the place up with absolutely no effort whatsoever.

Phew! That was already a lot of moving. Thank god I just moved all that stuff out of storage recently, so I really truly know exactly everything I own. It's all in my apartment right now. All of sudden, when contemplating how much I have to get through, weed out and throw out, it doesn't seem that difficult. I have no room, all my money will be tied up with the purchase, I just need to throw things out and cull. End of story. That is what I need to do, that is what shall be done. Why on earth am I hanging on to all this stuff? Where do I think I will be putting it?

Oh, I am not about to get into buyer's remorse, I am about to go into complete and total overwhelm. Will I still have enough money to go to Lollalooza and Austin City Limits as planned? Going to Burning Man is now entirely out the question. The two tickets I have for that I now need to sell. I need to sell the washer and dryer. Probably my big, heavy, dark mahogany, media center. The dining room set. Where will I be putting bookcases in the new place? It would be cool to build a loft for the futon in the fake bedroom. Who can I hire to build that? And repaint the walls so they are lighter and the rooms appear more spacious. Where will I put all my large mirrors? Why does the bedroom have two entire walls of mirrored closet doors, and can I do anything to get rid of that? It leaves less wall space, that I know I will need. How will I get the desk out of my apartment that I previously had to remove all the doors in the apartment to get into my bedroom? Ah, goodness. Vacation just doesn't sound like it is in the cards with all these things to manage. But by then I will probably be in more of a need for a vacation than any other time of the year. We shall see how smoothly all this goes.

Thank god for Craig's List and knowing that a lot of posting and offering for sale will be handled over the internet, not needing a lot of attention on my part. I just have to say yes or no to the deal.

I still have to tell my Landlord I am moving, but that can wait until I have signed some papers and know when I might be out by.

Exhausted already, the journey is just about to begin.