A Busy Week

Drop the price $5,000 and suddenly everyone is interested. A flurry of home visits from prospective buyers and two offers on Thursday night. Conveniently, they came in at the same time and we were able to play them off against each other to get some conditions dropped and the price upped. That settled on Thursday so we went and finalized our offer on the house in Markham on Friday. Now a week of waiting for the remaining conditions to be dropped on both houses, then we are in the clear. Moving is set for early December.

The commute continues to be long - see my CCABlog entry on the matter - and that, coupled with house buying and selling prevents me from doing many things I would normally do. Next week it is off to the US for a business trip. So it goes - quickly, quickly down the river of life.

Changes

Looking for a cute little house in a small city, away from the hustle and bustle of big city life, yet still accessible to big city services? Look no further! This is your place. Swimming pool, new deck, new kitchen, garage, 4 bedrooms . . . and charming! Check it out the listing.

We went house shopping on Saturday and came across a couple of possibilities: one brand new house in a brand new subdivision, so new that the streets weren’t even on the map (I’ll have to speak to my people about that), the other an older 50’s type house, backsplit, semi-detached with a long property in downtown Markahm, within walking distance of the school. Looks good. If we could only now sell our own house.

The past week at work has been good. Alot of it is trying to figure out what I should be doing. Since the position is new much of it is up to me to figure out. The boss is good, the people are good, the challenges are interesting but not too daunting yet. The driving is long - check out my posting on the Cartography blog (which I have neglected because of busyness) on my travels for the first week of October. I can’t say that I really miss my old job because there is too much going on at the new one.

So far, so good.