Accepted Offer

Saturday Travalon, Tiffy, and I went to look at a condo on the north side of the lake. It comes with its own boat slip and was surprisingly affordable for something in that neighborhood. I had really wanted to see it because it has a loft, which was every bit as cool as it had looked online, even if Tiffy and Travalon didn’t care for the spiral staircase. It also has a solarium – perfect for Plant World! Travalon could have his man cave in the loft or in the second bedroom. There is a screened-in porch that would be lovely on summer evenings, since it overlooks a bit of a marsh. I thought how wonderful it would be, awakening to the sounds of the birds in the marsh, and Travalon agreed that it was cooler than the four-bedroom condo we had looked at on the west side. Then Richard Bonomo called, so I told him to stop by, and he looked at the condo. Did I mention it has two and a half bathrooms, including a hot tub? We also called OK Cap, who lives less than a block away, and she came over too. Then Jilly Moose joined us for dinner at the Nau-ti-gal, and Travalon noted that they made an outstanding seven and seven, and he could indulge in one and then walk half a block home if we lived there. The only downside was the one-car garage, as compared to the west side condo.

Yesterday we submitted an offer and figured we wouldn’t hear anything until today, so we felt like little kids on Christmas Eve: “Why can’t tomorrow come faster?” I took half a day off of work, and we went to apply for our marriage license and then had lunch at a little Italian bistro just off the Square. After that we went back to the neighborhood (can it be called “maritime” if it’s beside the lake and not the ocean?) and looked around a bit, thinking what a great place it would be to live. It would certainly be a lovelier place to walk Rodney the Poodle than the busy road the other condo was on. We thought how great it would be to get a canoe and go canoeing across the lake. Then we took care of some business, meeting with the cake guy to give him a final count, and going to David’s Jamaican for some dinner and to give them a final count. While we were there, our realtor emailed us that our offer had been accepted! They hadn’t even counter-offered! So soon we will be living by the lake.

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