Dating Again

I've been living in my condo for 8 years. Last year when the economy came crashing down and we got engaged, I decided to sell it. I used a realtor and definitely learned a lot from the six long months my house was listed with that realtor.

First of all, I was a nervous wreck, the day I signed the contract I woke up at 3:00 am and got sick. But, within the first month of my place being listed, I got two pretty decent offers, the first backed out, the second disappeared in the wind. And then...nothing for five months.

So after the holidays we decided to list for sale by owner, we could be really negotiable with the price since I bought so low and we can save a ton on the commission (we are offering 2% to agents instead of 6%). Plus, I can list it everywhere the realtors can by paying one flat rate.

I feel like I'm single all over again. My profile is up on every real estate website and craigslist with pictures, I have open houses every weekend, I check my phone for messages 3,000 times a day, I check my email constantly, I get excited when the phone rings and then disappointed when it's one of my friends or my mom.

It's like being back on match.com and Mr. P is the best friend I confide in when people want to "date me". We had a guy come to check out my place four times, four times!! Weeks later he still couldn't make a decision. If we were dating and we went out four dates, and he couldn't figure out if he wanted to continue dating, I'd kick you to the curb but instead I find myself being patient and polite to indecisive people and it's driving me slightly crazy.

It wouldn't be the worst thing in the world if it didn't sell right now, we have a backup plan of Mr. P moving in with me and I've rearranged my furniture in my head. One day it will sell, for now I'll try to focus on just starting our lives together. We are really lucky, we are both healthy, have jobs and we'll have a roof over our heads when we do get married. Where that roof is, is another story...

And So It Begins.....

Throughout my life I've written in journals and tried my best to hold onto memories. I have saved every card I've ever received and I have the rose petals from the first bouquet Mr. P gave me, they are in the same box with the rose petals from the night he proposed.

I learned how to type over 60 wpm in high school and over the years my journals have been forgotten about since I get a hand cramp after I write a sentence.

So the purpose of this blog is to keep track of our new beginnings so I don't forget anything. Within the next seven months we will be selling a condo, planning a wedding, getting married, moving in together, (with our pets, a cat she belongs to Mr. P and a dog, he's all mine!), hopefully we'll get to live in the town we want, which will be new for both of us, maybe buying a house and having fun along the way...here we go!