You mean I own this House?
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You mean I own this House?
That’s all I have to do? I just sign a bunch of papers, nod my head, shake someoneís hand and the house is mine? Supposedly this is how you buy a house. At least this is how it came about for me yesterday at 13:00 (1:00pm EST).After I purchased the house everyone ask if was excited beyond belief. To be honest, I don’t really know how to answer that. Of couse, I’m excited but I think it’s more for the availability of having yet one more place in Holland I’m welcomed. It’s one more place I’ll be able to play at or be online. But, am I excited because I’m a 22 year old that purchased a home? Not really!
So why doesn’t all this excite me? Why am I not jumping up and down and bragging to everyone that I am now a homeowner? I’ve only come up with a couple ideas on why.
One option is that of society and it’s desensitizing of such things. Society just sees a young man and says - “Yea, good job buddy. Now welcome to eternal payments and hidden fees. I hope you know what you’re doing.”
Second option is how I change during times of intense change. When out of the norm things happen I seem to turn into this analyzer. Someone that doesn’t let emotions get in the way of facts and keeps an open mind to things that may happen. Always ready for something to happen. I’ve been told this is a good quality. Having the ability to stay focused during intense time.
That’s great but I want to be excited right now and all I can do is sit and look through everything to make sure I didn’t miss something. It’s as if there’s someone out there laughing at me because I made this decision and planning on making a lot of money for the items I’ve foolishly looked over.
Third option I’m thinking is - I’ve simply lost all my emotions. It’s been known to happen to people. I see people on TV all the time that haven’t had feelings or emotion for anything.
I’m somewhat banking on the second option. Despite all these things - I now own a house. Later today I’ll be spending some time taping and painting the walls. You’re more than welcome to stop by - I’m planning on some people showing up and help’in me out for awhile. So if you’re board today, drive on over to 1699 Perry Street for some fun with paint.
Thom Says:
I remember the day that my wife and I closed on our house. We began the closing at 2pm and finished at 5pm. At 6pm I walked into the house with my sledge hammer. About 3 hours later the bathroom was gone..good thing I still had 3 months on the lease of my apartmnent.
If you need a sledge hammer…I still own it. The kitchen is next.