Pre-Changes

"Home is where one starts from." - T. S. Eliot

The good news I got today was that I got a pre-approval letter on a loan to purchase a house here in Austin. Now I can start shopping for a home. This is exciting and stressful at the same time because your commitment issues really come to the surface as you try to fight against your impulsive shopping decision tenancies. It is great news and follows a slew of changes that have characterized this new year.

I'm going to try my best to be responsible and make the best decision I can. I have a list of needs and wants and I hope I can get a lot of my wants at a good price. First need is a nice backyard for my dog and then the rest is mostly for me.


There is one thing that I must say that I am looking forward to. When I graduated from law school I received an expensive bottle of Whiskey as a gift from a family friend. I thought that I would drink it when I had something important to celebrate. The thing was that years passed and nothing ever seemed to merit opening the bottle. It isn't even that expensive where it had to be a huge event, but I wanted it to be meaningful and well life has been more of a slow and steady wins the race these past few years. So I decided, I am opening the bottle on the evening that I get to close on a new home. This is a huge goal for me that I have had for quite some time and I'm still working towards it, but it will be a moment that will be fit for that drink.


Thursday, I went to my cousin Rino's place to have dinner. His fiancée, Jessica, cooked for us. It had been a while since we caught up. I had a very good time. There are so many people in Austin that are so close, yet that I don't see enough, if at all. Rino and Jess are doing a lot of stuff in preparation for their wedding this coming November. I feel like I have no clue what goes into all that. I hope that when I get to the point of my life that I'm going through that, I'll get to be the stereotypical guy whose only responsiblity is to show up on the big day. That, I'm pretty sure, I can do. We also chatting about eating changes and they had some pretty good advice.

well handled