This Sunday was wonderful. I was scheduled to close the restaurant which allowed Adam and I to sleep in (til around 10). When our tummies started grumbling, we decided food was in order. Lucky for Adam, he's allotted ONE buffet visit per month so, for brunch, he chose Shoney's. (FYI: I really loathe buffets but Adam LOVES them so we compromise and go as seldom as possible. There are no rollover-buffet allowances so Adam redeems them whenever he remembers.) The food was on the terrible side of mediocre but it didn't even cause a hiccup in my good mood. Afterward, we went exploring our favorite Norfolk neighborhoods for FOR SALE signs. As I mentioned before, the house hunt is back in full swing and since we have to be out of our current house/lease by summertime, the pressure is on. We drove by and inspected the closed windows and doors of dozens of homes. Eventually we saw an open house for a hideous, small starter home and for some reason we decided to go inside. (Neither one of us particularly liked the curb appeal so perhaps we were both waiting to be shocked and awed by the inside.) We were NOT shocked OR awed by the inside; however, we ran into a realtor who showed us a property a while back named Linda. After talking for a bit we ended up sharing our "Potentials" list with her and she invited us back to her office. We followed, she did some research and got us inside half of the addresses we'd written down...the SAME afternoon. Not only that but she introduced us to what could possibly be our future home. It was in a similar area to the one we'd been looking in but with similar features and space. Adam and I LOVED the final property she showed us. It had all of the criteria we were looking for in a home AND...drumroll...it's in our price range! Our only issue is that it's a short sale which might end up taking more time to close than the average by-owner sale. The house will be sold as-is and there are a few TINY cosmetic kinks (minor kitchen renovations and the ugly, redone, closed-off front porch) but nothing a few weekends at Lowes couldn't fix. An inspection might turn up more issues but if the house couldn't be considered sellable, the V.A. wouldn't allow the purchase to go through. Long story short, we have every intention on placing an offer on the home as soon as we get our financing preapproved and secured.
Feel free to check out the house on zillow but remember, the pictures don't do it justice:
http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/116-E-41st-St-Norfolk-VA-23504/79230065_zpid/
Also, congratulations to Sean Middlemas...just-about-new home owner...on his FINAL walk through!!!!
Alas, all good things must come to an end so after a quick wardrobe change, I headed off to work. It was a profitable but LOOOOONG night. My last guests left at 10:49 and we close at 10. The other closer and I were there until almost midnight. Gaaahh.
Now, it's 2am and (surprise, surprise) I can't sleep.
Book updates: The BUY 2 GET ONE FREE table at Barnes and Nobel is my favorite. Adam and I had a glorious Saturday together and while we were out I bought The Devil in the White City. On top of that, I've decided to add any book by Augusten Burroughs (who is actually Christopher Robison but goes by the alias Augusten Burroughs...probably because it's MUCH more interesting and fancier sounding so it tends to stick in people's minds). He writes a lot of memoirs and I've read great reviews on his work.
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