I bought a house!!
After three years of house hunting and several rejected offers, I finally got lucky and snagged one! It's a cute two bedroom bungalow built in 1920, pretty close to the heart of town. It's near the university campus, so there are college kids in the neighborhood - but I've lived in college neighborhoods as well as "family" neighborhoods and in my experience, college kids are a lot nicer.
It needs some work, mostly cosmetic and I'm lucky because my dad can do all of it. So I'm looking forward to that.
We are adjusting - my dog has bad anxiety and big time stranger danger so there's a big adjustment period for him. He's getting a bit better though, and I think it will be better still once I get a fence put up. Once he's settled in a bit more I'll bring my cat who is currently staying with my parents.
I just had to post because it's been a long road and is simultaneously a huge relief to not house hunt and a massive stress to have to care for a house
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