Weekends are Too Short!

So Friday night was actually a really fun night. I had two friends come over as the plan had been a couple months ago to eat cheap pizza and watch Sex & the City. One of the two that were coming over had never seen the uncut versions…so that had been the plan that was put on hold for too long…we finally managed to do it on Friday!! So Cosmos, pizza and 4 episodes later, one friend had a headache and chose to go home, but the other friend and I went to my regular hang out, neither of us caring much about drinking, but deciding to go see what was going on and we had a nice chat, nice time people watching and just a great evening all around. I need more of those!! It even ended up being later than I expected but that was fine.

Saturday I was up and helping my sister and her boyfriend move. He bought a house and she rented out her townhouse and they moved to a much bigger space (and I swear it’s full already, no idea how they fit all that stuff in half the space!!). We loaded up, moved them and unloaded, all by 2 pm (and didn’t get started till 11). After we were done it was sunny and nice outside so I headed home and out for a run. It was planned to be 10 miles but I shortened it to 7.5 when my knee was bothering a little bit and I wasn’t properly fueled….came home to a hot back, hot chocolate and a nap and then an evening of football. I thought about going someplace to watch it, but didn’t really want a drink and knew I was going out on Sunday to watch games so I held off and went for the staying home thing instead. This was all fine as Sunday I got up, did some cleaning and then met my sister and her boyfriend for drinks and watching the game at a bar nearby…and unfortunately his Colts lost, but oh well. Went to the gym for a quick bike ride and then thought I’d stop for a while to have one more beer and watch some of the next game, but this didn’t happen when I walked in and all the bar stools were full. Oh well. It was fine. I went home, watched the game and vegged…kind of needed it. Tried to go to bed early but was just not feeling tired enough and didn’t sleep well, but I did manage to get up and get to the gym this morning…now I’m debating going to the gym a second time after work or if I’ll just go home and relax and maybe get some cleaning done that I didn’t get done this weekend…and that I’m really going to have to focus on during the week since it looks like it’s going to be a rough one this weekend!! I already had plans for watching a band on Saturday night and now had an invite for a happy hour at a place that proved to be a late night last time I went to it…sigh…

Home For Sale

Last Saturday I went and looked at two houses. They are on the same street that one of my best friends lives on. One is across the street and one is one house down and across the street. The first one was OK but needed A LOT of updates. It’s priced lower and if I could get it down even lower in price, I’d probably consider it a bit more…but the second one I just LOVED. I walked in and it felt like home. It does need updates. It’s been partly remodeled but still needs work, but it’s not things that would need to be done immediately. It has a lot of liveable space, and as I could afford it, adding and changing things would be great. It’s a twin home that is part of an association, so still no yard like I kind of want, but again, for the location (close to my friend and close to my favorite hangouts) I could live with the lack of yard and other things. After we looked, my realtor came to my place to get a feel for what I need to do to it to make it saleable. It’s not too terribly much, but then again it kind of is. I need to neutralize everything and declutter, which are the big things. Then I need to touch up some paint, do some staining and a few other odds and ends. I had needed to replace a doorknob on my patio door and my bathroom and those were taken care of by my dad yesterday. I’ve decluttered the kitchen and dining area as best I can and my realtor (he’s also a good friend as is his wife) is going to store some of the stuff for me so it’s more presentable for sale. I’m spending this evening spackling, sanding and painting where I need to touch things up. Packing up a few more boxes for storage at my friend’s place and painting the new bookshelf that my dad built for me and delivered this weekend (great timing on that huh? Oh well). With any luck, I’m going to have my place on the market yet this week. (everyone think good thoughts for me in selling, there are 4 other condos for sale in my association, one of them the same size and layout as mine but I think mine has a few better elements to it) Then it’s a matter of getting mine sold in a time frame that allows me to still buy the other place. I’m hoping to maybe make a contingent offer based on the sale of mine…but I don’t know if that will work or not. Thing is, I’ll be incredibly broke and have to stay at B&N and/or find a different part-time job and/or have a roommate for sure, but I don’t care…eventually I’ll have money come around a bit and in the meantime I’ll be in a place I think is perfect for me…