Why We Aren't Going to Worldcon

[sdelmonte]

We really wanted to go to Worldcon. It's fairly close, a lot of our friends will be there, and we figured that such an opportunity wouldn't be likely for some time. (We are not going to Scotland, I can almost guarantee.)

But life has a way of shifting your priorities. Last Tuesday, we looked at an apartment. To buy. We liked it. And all of the sudden, our bank account looked different.

We knew, of course, that someday we would stop putting off the step from being renters to owners. We just didn't think much about it. And had this apartment come in our sights a month later, we would have most likely headed to the con anyway.

Instead, we are now looking into a mortgage, a real estate lawyer, plans for moving, plans for packing, and so on. I think that we really need a con to unwind at, but there's a down payment to think about first.

This is all rather big. I know millions of people do this every year, but I sometimes thought we could just keep renting. This is a good thing, buying our own place. But man is it daunting.

So them's of you out there going to the con, have fun and say hi to each other. And hopefully, in a few months, we can invite at least the locals to our place for a housefilk or for tea.

Comments

[cadhla.livejournal.com]

Wow.

I am very happy for the both of you, and can't wait for the chance to come over and sleep in your new living room!

Owning is daunting, yes, in ways that rental can never be. But it's rewarding, too; there's something wonderful about knowing that you can so paint your kitchen canary yellow, if you really want to...

[sdelmonte]

Actually, if everything goes the way it ought to, you will be able to sleep in your very own guest room. Hopefully, on a fully fucntioning bed! (Part of the reason we are buying is so that we can have a second bedroom, with the usual hope to fill it with guests at first and later with children.)

[filkerdave.livejournal.com]

Wow. I'm going to be sorry to miss you guys there, but mazel tov on the new place!

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

Mazel tov! But you will be missed.

[stakebait.livejournal.com]

Mazel Tov! Daunting as the process was, buying my apartment was the best thing I ever did. Good luck with it, and I can't wait to see!

Mer

[chaos-wrangler.livejournal.com]

Wow & congrats! Same neighborhood? Let us know if you want help with the packing & moving.

[sdelmonte]

So much the same neighborhood that we will be two doors down from Mom.

We will let everyone know about getting help once we are ready to start the moving process.

[sdelmonte]

Update: We have a lawyer lined up.

Next up: getting the sellers to make a few repairs (or to lower the price a bit) and getting the mortgage in place.

[sdavido.livejournal.com]

While we will miss you, you're are definitely doing the right thing.

[redaxe.livejournal.com]

Mazel tov! Of all the reasons not to go to Worldcon, you picked one of the best!

[cleverthylacine]

Congratulations!

Will we be seeing you and Batya at OVFF? I hope to be there and this time not to be too sick to sing!

[sdelmonte]

We are most certainly planning to be there, though when we get in depends on the largesse of my boss.

BTW, I cannot figure out who you are from your LJ profile, and for reasons known only to the computer gods I cannot read your LJ posts. So may I ask who you are?

[cleverthylacine]

I'm that girl who is always with Maureen O'Brien at OVFF in the Slytherin outfits. Azalais Malfoy, aka Kiri :)

I wrote "The Secret Rose" but everyone thinks Mark Osier did (I think he did help me with the tune, but the poem was written by me in 1988 before I ever met him) because he was able to travel a lot more than me the couple of years after we first sang it at OVFF in 92. I also wrote "Tisselen's Dance", the Good Die Young parody with Tom and Ginny, and the really ose one that has Snape bemoaning the fact that his lost love is in Azkaban.

Only "The Secret Rose" is well-known. I think.

[doeeyedbunny.livejournal.com]

Mazel Tov! Homeowning is a big step. Good for you!
(will miss you both this weekend though)

[acrobatty.livejournal.com]

Good luck!

We haven't made the move to houseowning yet, and are sorta torn between that and child-related investments. Either way, a lot of money can suddenly look like very little!

[xkranda.livejournal.com]

mazel tov!