Have you ever dreaded something so much but when the day comes it is not nearly as bad as you thought it was going to be. Well that was yesterday for me. If you read yesterday’s post you know that it was my father’s birthday and thus you know that I was anticipating that it was going to be a rough day. Well if I am going to be fully honest, it was that bad.

Starting my day with writing that blog post provided me with a space to think about how I wanted my day to go yesterday. I could have been sad at home and wished the world away, which is perfectly acceptable, or I could take the day for what it was and try and make the best out of it. Though the day got to a slow start with the making the best out of it I will say that yesterday was fun.

House Update

I am currently looking to buy a house. Truly something I never thought I would be doing let alone in my late 20s. I for sure that I would be almost in my 40s when I was able to finally start the process. But I have now become the owner of a house full of stuff, couch, washer & dryer, tables, and so much more, and sadly all of the things that I actually want are just not able to fit into the apartment we live in currently. So with a lot of hope and no idea what is going on, my Fiancé and I entered the housing market. *drum roll* It has not gone well. I mean we have looked at a few house, and we are starting to get an idea of what type of house we want to live in.

• 2 bedroom
• 1.5 bathroom
• Decent sized kitchen
• Dining Room
• Living room
• 3rd bed room or office space (can be basement if finished)
• Useable basement
• Yard, small
• Forced air
• Garage / Driveway

Now you may be looking at the list and thinking “Trevor, that is not too big of an ask” well let me tell you reader. It is. You go onto Zillow and you see hundreds of red dots. And on the listing side it states how many house are for sale. Currently without filters it is over 1,200 houses in the Buffalo area. However you put in my list of wants at the price we can pay the number drops to 68. But wait… now you go over to the area of Buffalo that you want to live in, and the number drops to…

9

Of these 9 though 3 of which need to be completely flipped leaving me with only 6 options. Okay last thing, you have to go under what you are willing to pay (because the market has not cooled down) so subtract some money and I am left with 1 house, that has been on the market for almost 2 months.

So… yeah not the best process for us. However, I hope to be selling my father’s home soon and I can maybe afford a bit more. I say all of this because I want to be clear its hard to find a house. I mean when you find a house you like you have to decided what value you want to put on the house when you put in an offer, because the asking price is never what the house sells for. How much money can you put down right away (outside of the closing costs), and do you want to waive your home inspection and just take the house “as is”.

So that is why I have only put in two offers and have been greatly outbid both in price and “terms”. But as everyone has told me “The right house will be yours” and let it be mine in the year 2050 when it goes on the market. But all of that aside its just a process that I am quite enjoying even though a few tears have been shed since my dad isn’t around to talk me though some of these steps and decisions.

Story Time

I want to tell a quick little story that made me laugh yesterday and is really what turned my day around.

On Sunday I saw a house online that I was really interested in. It was on the smaller side but it had 2 bed 2 bath, and it had everything we were looking for. I sent it to Nick and my mother and within my mom was calling me telling me that she got such a great feeling from this house and we needed to go and see it before it was sold. I sent it to my relator and he was available yesterday, 11/26. My mom messages me and wrote “I sweat to God!! When I started looking at the house IT WAS 11:26!!!”. So I call her back and we started talking how this was a sign from my dad and that this could be the house. So I was excited to see this house.

Flash forward to yesterday and we pull up to the house. As we walk up the steps I see the moss growing on the porch and under the carpeting they have on it. As we walk in the smell that just was in the living room, was interestingly horrible, the living room had a missing vent cover, outlet covers, and just had dirty carpeting. We walked into the bathroom and the toilet was small enough that if I sat on it, I truly think I would have been able to like my knees without trying. The shower was a color yellow that I believe can only be achieved my being old and made in the 1980s. The stairs into the basement would knock my head clean off if I were to just walk down them without ducking. Okay I am being harsh but truly this house looked cute but underneath that cute was a mess. I mean I found the owners stash of blades, I saw a katana and a machete for crying out loud. The 2nd bathroom I don’t think was used in a few decades and the basement just felt wrong. We even went out and looked at the garage and the roof of it was starting to bow inward, doomed to collapse.

BUT… what made me laugh the hardest was what we saw last. The upstairs fridge. I was walking out when Nick opened the French doors and said “oh my” and my brain thought “Oh they must’ve just left some beer or something in there.” Reader I wish that was in there, truly because what I saw would probably make a microbiologist or a mycologist scream. The first thing I saw was red, some liquid or goo on the floor of the fridge. Legends say it was the blood of those that have lived there before while others say there was some spill that never got cleaned. But because of this goo, and the fridge was unplugged and enclosed, it became a breeding ground for mold. Think The Last of Us, because I am sure if I smelled it any longer I would’ve become a zombie. Nick shut the door, forcing out more of the smell and we all ran. I started cackling it was so funny to me, because how in hell was this house being shown. It looks like the previous residents just booked it and there was no cleaning done before the showings.

I will report back when I see the house goes under contract and eventually report the asking and selling prices.

But I laugh because my dad for sure sent me there as a joke to make me laugh. He hated me sad would always make a joke whenever I cried to make me stop and to see me smile. So I am sure that my dad was sitting wherever he was and just orchestrated this whole thing. So good on you dad! You got me to laugh.

Thanksgiving

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and tomorrow I will talk about it but I want to know what you are making. I am just cooking for myself and Nick but I did go a little overboard.

• Vegetarian Turkey Cutlet
• Green Bean Casarole
• Stuffing
• Mac and Cheese
• Cheddar Bay Biscuits
• Corn

I am so excited to get into the kitchen and start cooking. But we will discuss all of that tomorrow.

Until then

-Trevor