Major life events

I've been meaning to update this blog for the longest time. However, I seem to have the best writing thoughts whenever I'm not at my desk. I always seem to have them when I'm at walking home, or at the dinner table- and then I'm too lazy to get to the computer to write it down. Or, as it has been happening lately, my modem dies and I can't get online. Sucks.

I bought a house. With my friend K. Well, not just a house, but a whole building with tenants and all.

I should have blogged about the whole process, but really, it was such a CRAZY process, I had no time to even think about it. And of course all this happened during the worst time of work. Close of the academic year, finals etc etc. Looking back, I don't even have a clue how we pulled it off. I used to wonder why people needed a realtor to look at houses with them... after all you don't need a personal shopper to go shopping with you (although it would be nice), but gee whiz... now I know. And if you need one in the SF area, let me know. I'll tell ya who to call.

Given our limited budget, we looked at the weirdest buildings. The funkiest there was to offer. Even our realtor said so. He couldn't believe we were interested in some of them even. But hey, we like to see the diamond in the rough. Even so, we faced tough competition from tons of people. We thought we were the only folks who liked funky, but hey... there are lots of funky people out there who like funky too. Just to give you an idea of funky, we saw one with red shag carpet, lace victorian curtains and every door in the house had peepholes in it. It apparently was a doctor's office/ residence previously... Don't ask!

I didn't think I would buy a house before I got married, but here I am. K and I are doing the urban single woman thing. Aim to be independently wealthy. Can't depend on the marriage factor these days. If it happens it happens.

Anyway, that's what's been happening. Oh and I made the best bolognese sauce last night ever. I wanted to put this out there cos I cooked til midnight last night for this sauce to turn out well. Something I would NEVER have done two years ago, or imagine doing.

So there you have it. Two major accomplishments to begin my thirties.