h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Oh yes! I see! You absolutely should have the house. I love it.
Bigger house? Noo.. Think of all the cleaning. It doesn't look small. I love the front deck. No, I like it all. I'll cross fingers for you and hold thumbs (as the Estonian tradition goes). Toes too, if needed.

Thanks.

Now I just have to get a solicitor to read the proposed contract and tell me about any problems. I also have to make sure my finances are in order. Then I have to go to the auction and win it... There are almost three weeks to go and I'm nervous already.

Oh yes, sometimes 3 weeks is next to eternity.

There's also the horrible thought that I might not get this house, which would leave me to resume the hunt for a different house which couldn't possibly be as good as this one. The thought of *not* getting this house bothers me a lot.

So you are quite attached to it already.

Yes, quite attached. This is foolish; I shouldn't have allowed myself to get attached to the place. Everything depends on events at the auction. *sigh*

One thing in my favour is that the house is small. A lot of people would expect to have a larger house, with more than one bathroom (why?) and extra space for unnecessary rubbish. The second and third bedrooms are quite small really; I saw a family of four leaving the house looking disappointed. The thing is, I grew up in a smallish house with smallish bedrooms so I'm not worried about that.

For you and your books there's room enough, methinks, judging by the photos. You wouldn't enjoy living in a huge empty-ish house.
Or maybe it's me. Living in a small country, lot of forests and such, I prefer things cosy. You know, like borrow or den.. Or hobbit house.

I'd be perfectly happy with a lot of small rooms rather than a couple of large rooms. In that house, there will be bookshelves in the lounge and cookbooks in the kitchen and other books in the third bedroom (not shown in the photos) which I would call a study. There would also be some books in the bedroom and the guest room. (The nursery will be the guest room. I might redecorate in there.)

But I have to keep looking at other houses as well, I remind myself for the fifth time this morning...

Been there, done it. Whatever it'll be, it turns out to be the best. You are making it home. The house itself doesn't.

Yes, that's true enough. When it's all over I'll be able to be rational about these things, but right now my brain's more than a bit muddled...

If that's how it is then enjoy it as it is. Or as long as it lasts. Play with the idea for 3 weeks. Or forever.
Even though it's all kinda stressful, I usually find it great fun as well.

Yes, there's a lot of stress. I was expecting stress on auction day, but not now. Never mind, it's a nice counter-irritant to w*rk-related stress. In an ideal world I'd take a month off to deal with real estate issues, then go back to the office, but I don't have that choice.

I am not sure if that would be the best thing to do anyway. Focusing on something 24/7 could drive most of the people nuts. Can you imagine yourself spending the whole day thinking 'what if I don't get the house I want?'

Ah, but I'd have time for looking for alternatives and seeing a solicitor and checking my finances - all things I'll have to do while I'm at w*rk, thereby doing nothing properly.

You don't like multitasking?

Multitasking is OK, but I'm already doing that at w*rk - and we're so busy, I'll only be able to spare about 5 minutes a day for my own concerns. I'll have to take a few hours off w*rk to see the solicitor; this will be a problem.

That's too much w*rk.

It's definitely too much w*rk, but the Prime Minister doesn't seem to think so. It's all his fault. It was a public holiday today but I still did some w*rk here at home. Not fair. Of course, with it being a public holiday I couldn't do anything about buying a house today.

Well, except perhaps looking around for other houses.

There was nothing new listed today because it was a holiday. It's all so frustrating. Sometimes a public holiday is nothing but a waste of time, or so it seems to me.