House update

[cosmolinguist]

The solicitor rang me yesterday and, apart from asking if we'd returned a form I've never seen, said they're just about done and asked me if a closing date of March 20th was all right with me.

It made me a bit sick to my stomach. I got off the phone with my head whirling at all the things I have to do. Moving stops being something I can put off thinking about, and it is not going to be easy or fun. And while we are getting a lot of furniture and stuff from Andrew's family, all of whom seem to be moving house right now too, I'm going to have to sort out what we have, what we don't, and what we need.

I rang Andrew to tell him this (and to ask him if he'd seen whatever the solicitor wants us to sign, since I haven't), and he's like "yeah, I know, I was hoping it would've been the sixth of March." I might have told him he was crazy. In a loud voice.

I see his point; I do want all this over with. But it happens that March 6 was the only day last week that I had "off". It was a really really stressful time for me, and I think it could only have been worse by knowing that I'd just bought a house, even if it was just a nominal change. Too many things are happening at once right now.

I am still not at all happy or excited about buying a house.

Comments

[quirkytizzy]

Random DW'r stopping by, caught this via Latest Things. I just wanted to let you know that stuff like this really, really wears me out and makes me upset, too. Real world stuff, as I put it - just sends me straight into anxiety-ville.

ESPECIALLY forms. Like, actual panic attacks. Why? No idea. Just always has.

Just wanted to let you know some random stranger sees this, nods, and goes "Me too."

*hugs*

[cosmolinguist]

Aw, it's so kind of you to say so! Thank you so much.

My husband's like that with forms too; I do all of them for the household. (And there have been a lot, with house-buying!) I have another friend who's the same. So maybe it's an autistic thing? (They both are.) Maybe it's just a thing. You're definitely not alone, anyway.

Thanks again. You're awesome.

[nanila]

Even without all the other associated stressed with buying a house, it would still suck, because MOVING, ARGH.

[cosmolinguist]

Pretty much. And all the Stuff we have -- and that Andrew is both more acquisitive and has never had to emigrate means there is a big imbalance in the stuff -- has always been something difficult for me to think about, and you can imagine how much that is not helped by moving.