Hurry Up. No, Wait!

My husband and I are buying a house. This is the first house either of us have ever bought, so it’s a whole, brand new adventure.

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(In waiting.)

It feels like months ago that I received the e-mail notification about a house, forwarded it to Bear at work, and made an appointment to go see it. The day after we saw it, we submitted our initial offer, which was accepted fairly quickly. This all happened at the end of May/beginning of June, which really wasn’t that long ago, but it feels much longer.

Since that time, we’ve gone back and forth on the tiniest of details – (proposed) closing date, sellers’ concessions, etc. Each one has required its own set of initials from us and from the seller, until finally all the t’s were dotted and the i’s were crossed. Or something. Today, we finally (2 days from our 7 day deadline) were able to schedule the home inspection. Finally, the process is moving forward again.

Those of you who are not new to this process are probably groaning and rolling your eyes, remembering your own piles of paperwork and weeks of playing the “hurry up and wait” game.

I know it will all be worthwhile when we sign that final piece of paper and a set of keys are placed in our hands. I know that the first time I take Bug outside to play in our very own backyard, all the red tape that got us there will vanish into the ether.

And I know there will be other bumps along the way, both in the buying process and once we officially become homeowners.  Still, that knowledge doesn’t making the waiting game any more fun, nor me any less anxious to get the ball rolling.