Yeah, cause I know everyone's still sitting on the edge of their respective seats since I'm soooo good about updating about China on a regular basis :)
Anyways, the impossible has happened. We have a contract on our house in Gainesville. Not just an offer, but a real, honest to goodness contract. I just sent it back to our agent with the necessary signatures so, God willing, we close on 2/27. Please be sure to pray to the real estate gods that all goes well and we are able to close this chapter that has been open for a year! Ironically enough, the offer came in exactly one year to the day that we put it on the market.
I'm having such mixed feelings about this, which I never thought would happen. I mean, I am SO thankful that we have warm bodies that actually like our house and want to buy it! But it's really bringing a close to our Gainesville chapter. When I moved there in September 2001, I hated that place. I mean, within a week I was telling Jerry "this places SUCKS, it's too small, I want to go back to the big city!!" But little by little it really grew on me. I finally got a job there I liked with the university, and we met some of the best friends we've ever had there. To this day I sorely miss being able to walk down the street to Jenn & Radley's house and see Ansley running around outside, or go over to Amy & Nate's house for a SuperBowl party, or have everyone meet up at Ichiban for some of the best (and relatively cheap!) sushi you've ever put in your mouth. And the decision to move from Gainesville was made even harder by the fact that a dear friend of mine, and Carrie's godparents, Amy & Aaron Aponick, moved cross-country from California to live in Gainesville when Aaron got a professor position at UF (Amy - I still miss our Chick-fil-A lunches!).
I know we will still be friends with these people....but it won't be the same. And I know we'll find a house here that we love just as much, or more than, this particular house in Gainesville. We bought that house with visions of raising our family there for a long time. Guess life has a funny way of throwing you curve balls. This has been a looooong road getting here, but let's hope it closes on a positive note about 45 days from now.
3 comments:
This is the best news so far this year - pray, fingers and toes crossed, hold your mouth the correct way, whatever it takes to get this sale CLOSED!
Kristy I know you all are happy to maybe sell your house. It has been a long year for you all .
Love Grandmama
Congrats! I am sure it is a little sad mixed with happy, but I know it's been a long time coming!
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