I had a sweet weekend full of nothing, which was exactly what I felt like. It was great. I found out that Bungie.net keeps incredibly accurate and comprehensive stats from every game of Halo that I’ve played online…. the obsession grows stronger still. I had chili and beer and watched the super bowl. I’m sure there was some other stuff in there too, but I’ve forgotten.So today is the big day. Today we consolidate our housing contract with Jayman and they begin building. Yikes. It’s not every day that I agree to spend a quarter of a million dollars. I’m really excited and nervous all at once. On one hand it will be incredible to have a house. On the other it will suck to be house poor. The other big downside is that I have to be steadily employed and attempt to increase my yearly income. That sounds a lot like something that a grown up should be doing…. not me. Actually, this whole house buying procedure has felt a lot like playing ‘grown up’. Five years ago if you would have said that today I’d be married and buying a house I don’t think I’d have believed it. 5 years ago I was living in ‘the house’ with Justin & Sean. It was a time of video games, McDonalds and filth. It was a time of loud guitar and late nights…. and I think I went to classes a couple of times. The fact that I was able to achieve passing grades at the U of A is more a testament to their lack of caring than my intellect.

Now I’m buying a house. It’s 1750 sqft too. That’s a pretty nice upgrade from our current ~800 sqft apartment in Bayhood. Our move in date is tentatively June 1st so far as I know. I figure that they’re building it in the winter though, so maybe they’ll haul ass getting it framed and insulated so they don’t have to work in the cold. I know that I would. The sooner we move the better though. We’ve been paying an extra $50 a month to avoid signing a lease so that we could move out on short notice. If we’re still living in Baywood come august that decision will have cost us $600 which would be unacceptable. Nothing would make me more angry than having spent extra money all year in order to live somewhere I don’t really like living. To tell the truth I miss my highrise….. sigh. Too bad the rent was over $900 a month.

Well that’s all for now. I don’t really have any interesting anecdotes or stories today. Hopefully something will happen tomorrow to drive me insane. I find blogging far more rewarding when I have something to complain about.