when hope is all you're hoping...
Oct. 15th, 2009 05:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ordinarygirlSo, we MIGHT have a house! :D!
It's not, y'know, a permanent solution, but it's only a 5-10 minute drive away from central Ithaca (depending on where you're going), and it's got a yard, and allows pets, and is... cute and cozy! The downsides of it are that there's no dishwasher, and no washer/dryer (or anyplace to PUT a washer/dryer), but a couple hours at the laundromat once a week won't KILL me, and we can deal with hand washing for a while longer.
We're not CERTAIN we've got it, as the guy is showing it to one other person... about now, and he'd like his girlfriend (who's a vet) to meet Ace to make sure she thinks there won't be problems (as he trusts her judgement on animals) if he decides to potentially go with us, but if he does, I don't foresee any problems, as any vet we've ever seen has LOVED Ace, once she got over the "RUN AWAY!" portion of her response.
So cross your fingers, folks - we may be able to not have to get a temporary place in Syracuse after all!
(Apropos of nothing, it was SNOWING on top of the hill when we went to see the house. Just... WHAT? SNOW? AUGH! TOO EARLY! TOO WARM! And then we followed it up by getting stompy boots. I had to get brown ones, 'cause WalMart is stupid, but since they're for function, not fashion, it's not a big deal.)
Also, if I can find my skirt, I have my halloween costume in the BAG. Though I should start on bleaching my hair. Which means I need to start by showering, as they require your hair to be clean. Oh, my hair, it is a good thing I will be shaving you all off come the day or two after halloween, because I will have to... SHAMPOO YOU! *GASP!* dun dun DUUUUUUN! Yeah, I know, "ew, grody, you don't shampoo your hair???" but to be honest, shampoo does very little but strip the natural oils off of your hair, which both a) dries your hair out, making it less healthy, and b) causes your oil glands to go into overdrive to try to replace it, often resulting in c) oily hair. And yes, when you first stop shampooing, especially if you have much length at ALL, it can get really oily at first, because your glands are still over-producing when they don't need to be, but in 2-6 months, usually, it's all evened out, and you're left with gorgeous, soft, shiny, healthy hair. And ironically, even before I started taking Humira (which I think I need a stronger dosage of, sigh), as long as I washed it (read: rinsed, scrubbed under the water, and conditioned) every couple of days, I was flaking and itching way less than when I shampooed, even with medicated shampoos.
Clearly I like to abuse mine. XD My poor, put-upon hair.
ANYWAY, that lovely tangent aside, we're hearing back from the potential landlord as early as tonight about whether or not we can possibly have the lovely little house! :D :D :D :D! And if we can, then I will fucking write him a check (after I find my checkbook, erm) the moment his girlfriend gives him the okay, and will beg his bank to put it through like NOW so it won't bounce and he can give us the key and we can be both rid of Ushas (the trailer) and out of Julie and Caroline's hair! (I'd say Pat's, too, except a) his sleeping arrangements are not at all compromised by us being here, and b) I don't think he minds a couple extra quiet people, especially when we haven't eaten any of their food or anything) Not that they're making hatefaces at us going "ZOMG OUT OF OUR HOUSE" but I'd like to fix this ASAP. If we DON'T get the house, we get a storage unit tomorrow and unload everything and return Ushas. I think U-Haul is getting a little tetchy. *sheepish*
So yeah, that's the state of the Cavanaugh household at the moment. Thrilling, isn't it? :|
ETA: WE MIGHT HAVE A HOUSE! He's meeting us tomorrow at noon to see Ace (which I'm a TAD worried about, since she's shy of guys, but if she's not putting off actual aggressive signals, which I've NEVER seen her do outside of playing, we should be okay) and then if that goes well, we get to the "write a check"--*makes a note to dig out the checkbook*--"and make sure it doesn't bounce" stage, and THEN?
Then we get the keys and move in to our NEW HOME. And call for cable. 'Cause damn, we NEED cable.
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
It's not, y'know, a permanent solution, but it's only a 5-10 minute drive away from central Ithaca (depending on where you're going), and it's got a yard, and allows pets, and is... cute and cozy! The downsides of it are that there's no dishwasher, and no washer/dryer (or anyplace to PUT a washer/dryer), but a couple hours at the laundromat once a week won't KILL me, and we can deal with hand washing for a while longer.
We're not CERTAIN we've got it, as the guy is showing it to one other person... about now, and he'd like his girlfriend (who's a vet) to meet Ace to make sure she thinks there won't be problems (as he trusts her judgement on animals) if he decides to potentially go with us, but if he does, I don't foresee any problems, as any vet we've ever seen has LOVED Ace, once she got over the "RUN AWAY!" portion of her response.
So cross your fingers, folks - we may be able to not have to get a temporary place in Syracuse after all!
(Apropos of nothing, it was SNOWING on top of the hill when we went to see the house. Just... WHAT? SNOW? AUGH! TOO EARLY! TOO WARM! And then we followed it up by getting stompy boots. I had to get brown ones, 'cause WalMart is stupid, but since they're for function, not fashion, it's not a big deal.)
Also, if I can find my skirt, I have my halloween costume in the BAG. Though I should start on bleaching my hair. Which means I need to start by showering, as they require your hair to be clean. Oh, my hair, it is a good thing I will be shaving you all off come the day or two after halloween, because I will have to... SHAMPOO YOU! *GASP!* dun dun DUUUUUUN! Yeah, I know, "ew, grody, you don't shampoo your hair???" but to be honest, shampoo does very little but strip the natural oils off of your hair, which both a) dries your hair out, making it less healthy, and b) causes your oil glands to go into overdrive to try to replace it, often resulting in c) oily hair. And yes, when you first stop shampooing, especially if you have much length at ALL, it can get really oily at first, because your glands are still over-producing when they don't need to be, but in 2-6 months, usually, it's all evened out, and you're left with gorgeous, soft, shiny, healthy hair. And ironically, even before I started taking Humira (which I think I need a stronger dosage of, sigh), as long as I washed it (read: rinsed, scrubbed under the water, and conditioned) every couple of days, I was flaking and itching way less than when I shampooed, even with medicated shampoos.
Clearly I like to abuse mine. XD My poor, put-upon hair.
ANYWAY, that lovely tangent aside, we're hearing back from the potential landlord as early as tonight about whether or not we can possibly have the lovely little house! :D :D :D :D! And if we can, then I will fucking write him a check (after I find my checkbook, erm) the moment his girlfriend gives him the okay, and will beg his bank to put it through like NOW so it won't bounce and he can give us the key and we can be both rid of Ushas (the trailer) and out of Julie and Caroline's hair! (I'd say Pat's, too, except a) his sleeping arrangements are not at all compromised by us being here, and b) I don't think he minds a couple extra quiet people, especially when we haven't eaten any of their food or anything) Not that they're making hatefaces at us going "ZOMG OUT OF OUR HOUSE" but I'd like to fix this ASAP. If we DON'T get the house, we get a storage unit tomorrow and unload everything and return Ushas. I think U-Haul is getting a little tetchy. *sheepish*
So yeah, that's the state of the Cavanaugh household at the moment. Thrilling, isn't it? :|
ETA: WE MIGHT HAVE A HOUSE! He's meeting us tomorrow at noon to see Ace (which I'm a TAD worried about, since she's shy of guys, but if she's not putting off actual aggressive signals, which I've NEVER seen her do outside of playing, we should be okay) and then if that goes well, we get to the "write a check"--*makes a note to dig out the checkbook*--"and make sure it doesn't bounce" stage, and THEN?
Then we get the keys and move in to our NEW HOME. And call for cable. 'Cause damn, we NEED cable.
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
