Closing In

“Write without pay until somebody offers to pay you. If nobody offers within three years, sawing wood is what you were intended for.” - Mark Twain

House events are going well and I'm inching closer to finally moving in. Below is what I started writing last week when I "thought" my closing got moved up, but unfortunately, it will not be moved up and I'll instead I'll still close on Tuesday, May 31st.

"I got great news this week, my closing has been moved to Friday, May 27th.  That means that I have the entire Memorial Day weekend to move and unpack.  I'm super happy about this. This also means that my family will be able to come up and help me, while also getting the added benefit of celebrating my brother and sister's birthday while up here. I'm one week away from something I have worked very hard toward for many years."

You could tell I was real happy, but I guess the later closing date does not diminish the the greater news that I'll be closing in about a week.  Sometimes I fixate on the small issues and lose sight of the big picture.  I will say that this entire process consumes me right now and it is all I seem to think about and unfortunately for my friends, talk about. I'll afford myself this momentary luxury though because I'm genuinely excited.  I keep thinking about all the check list items, getting moved out, all my accounts closed and then setting up my new accounts.  The packing and moving preparations, who is going to help me move, what I need to buy, like a refrigerator and living room furniture.  The part that keeps the anxiety going is that the loan still hasn't been officially approved, though I'm hoping that Monday this will be taken care of.  The approval should have happened a month ago, but I ran into unexpected delays. Ok, that enough of that, so I'll talk about other matters.

I have had the worst writer's block as of late.  I guess I have just been distracted.  I usually enjoy musing about random things on my blog (which gets reposted to Facebook), but I guess the cool stuff I find, I instantly share on FB or on my google reader feed. By the time I get to writing about it, it feels a bit outdated and less funny.  I mean, this is where I would probably write about my thoughts on all the rapture fun that was this past weekend.  My favorite part is how funny this past week was to the people "who do believe" in the rapture, but just think it is "crazy" to actually know the date as per Matthew.   I was raised in this rapture stuff, which made it that much more fun.  You know, I'm just going to avoid this thin ice and just move on.

The Austin City Limits lineup came out last week and I'm looking forward to it.  I had purchased 3 three-day tickets last year and sold one to my friend Efrain and the other to my friend Christina. Each year I say I don't have 3 days in me, but I always seem to go at least 2 days, if not all 3.  I figure this year I'll just go all 3 as well.  I'm really looking forward to it.

There is nothing like idle time and a wandering mind.  I'm pretty good about keeping a positive outlook and trying not to get lost in the past for too long.  Lately, that has been a bit harder and I don't know why.  I think it has to do with the fact that I've had the house to myself for quite some time now.  I like being alone, but I have, for the most part, always lived in a house with a housemate.  When you start to reflect on the path that got you to this very moment, you think about all the large decisions and small decisions that could have changed that.  I'm happy where I'm at and what I have accomplished, but I wonder where I would be if I got off path too.  From large things, like where I chose to go to college, the cities I decided to move to, the friends I made, the relationships I entered and ended to the small things, like the night I chose to go out vs. stay in, or just chance occurrences.  I feel like I have been very lucky, yet it does sometimes leave you wondering how others are doing or how things would be like if X happened.

The TV season finales are finishing up and I'm about to free up a bunch of time I was spending catching up on my shows.  You don't always need a cliffhanger, I mean, I'll be back next season anyways.  Plus, by the time it is next season, I will have forgotten what the cliffhanger was.  Who will be the new boss at Dunder-Mifland, was Becket wearing a bullet proof vest, is Red John dead, will Derek come home, who will Ted marry, will Pierce be back in the group, will Ned stay with Edna?  I mean, that is just a few of the many questions I thought I cared about, but not really.

always the lesson