A Busy Week

So today I went around town with my realtor checking out houses.
I have to say that I was underwhelmed.
Out of all of the places we looked at, only two were at all appealing, and even they have some problems.
The one I liked most – 4 bedrooms, 2 ½ baths, with a HUGE yard – is way up at the extreme end of my price scale. It also suffers from some odd choices on the inside. For example, in the half bath, there’s a curtain that hides the full-size washer, which is sitting right next to the toilet. The dryer is located in a storage area outside. Also, what should be the dining room has been turned into a second living room/family room, forcing them to place the table in the kitchen, which would otherwise be a decent size, but ends up being cramped.
The other one I liked had no major issues, and was a decent price, but it wasn’t in a great neighborhood.
There was one other that was nice, a good price, and in a decent neighborhood, but ultimately was just too cramped.
As for the rest…yikes. Most of them fall under the category of “What were they thinking?” with crazy color and decoration choices. Sure, these things could be changed, and wouldn’t be so bad individually, but cumulatively they just add up to too much work and expense.
Others had good bones, but just weren’t maintained well enough, and certainly didn’t warrant the price tags.
In one home, David, my realtor, said, “I can’t let you live here. I wouldn’t be able to sleep at night.”
So it’s pretty much back to the drawing board, I think, but at least now I have a better feel for what’s out there, and David has a better feel for what I’m looking for, and even though the buy-back will be settled soon, I still have some time.
Tonight I’m going to see Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer with Scott and Stacy and possibly Jamie and Casey. It means going out later than I like, and having to travel to Manassas, but oh well. I had figured on Scott and I just catching it in Sterling right after he got off work. I hadn’t factored in Stacy and the others wanting to see it as well.
Oh well, though that does mean having to miss the premiere of The Closer tonight, though I have it set to record, and I’m sure they’ll rebroadcast it a dozen times between now and tomorrow anyway.
Tomorrow I’m taking this career management workshop thing that my company offers. It’s easy OT and the way things are going (what with being the only one out of the people I started out working with who hasn’t gone on to do something different), I figure it’s worth looking into. I already did some pre-work for it, which was kind of irritating. I mean, it was a bunch of questions that led to their system making some conclusions that I could have just told them without all the questions.
Oh well.
And on Wednesday evening someone from the condo developer (that “thick in a good way” chick, I think) will be here for some sort of final signing dealie.
So this is actually a pretty busy week for me.