The McMansion...

So I've decided that this McMansion is an emotional vacuum. And I'm not sure how much more of it I can handle.

When Jeff and his parents had gone to visit the house on 1/2, our realtor had told us that both banks had verbally agreed to our offer and we should hear back on paper by the end of the week. Woohoo! So excited! This might actually happen!

Then on 1/5, our realtor e-mailed Jeff to tell him that the selling agent had called to tell her that there was going to be a delay with the 2nd bank and it would be another 2 weeks. Sigh...here we go again with "2 more weeks". I've lost count with how many times we've heard that in the past few months.

On 1/7, Jeff got a bunch of texts and e-mails from our realtor saying she had gotten the paperwork from the 2nd bank (wait, I thought it was going to be 2 more weeks...), and they had written on the paperwork that we needed to have escrow closed in 30 days, or 2/7. OMG, this is really happening now!

So we are now in hyper-drive to get everything closed on time, or goodness knows what would happen. Totally love how the banks kept us waiting for so long, on pins and needles and with all fingers (and toes...sometimes even eyes!) crossed, and now that they decided to make up their minds, we get to run around like crazy. Thanks for nothing, banks!

We signed papers this morning, and are officially in escrow. Jeff spoke with our lender yesterday about our options, and we are meeting with him on Thursday to finalize things. Then onto inspections, transferring utilities, and more hoops and paperwork I'm sure we'll have to deal with before this is all finished.

And then there's the shopping! We've spent the weekend pricing out and researching refrigerators, washers, dryers, paint, flooring, blinds, beds, smoke detectors, door locks, cabinet knobs/handles...the list goes on. So many options, and it has become the trend that I always fall in love with the most expensive options. Guess I have good taste! Or I'm a sucker for gimmicks...

It's all quickly becoming very real, very exciting and very overwhelming. I can't believe that in about a month we'll be moving into the McMansion. Stay tuned for the excitement (and hopefully minimal drama) of moving!