Let the chaos begin

It appears I will have a contract signed to buy a house by 11 am tomorrow. Then comes the inspection, locking in the loan interest rate, etc. My realtor and mortgage broker are awesome. Apparently they had something like 4 offers higher than mine (but close), but they liked mine best because of the obvious due diligence of my mortgage broker and my 20% down. Thank you, Ithaca housing market!

Turns out I was smart to hang on to that chandelier I never hung up in Fort Collins.

I won't post the address here for obvious reasons. You'll have to IM or email me for it.

Oh god - I may have to move soon. Yuck.

gee, I *thought* I was being genuine

Went on a hiking date today with someone I met on match.com. We had a lovely time.

Apparently, I absolutely suck at marketing myself. From a post-hike email:

"For what it's worth, you come across completely differently in person than in your profile (maybe everybody does), and I like the real you better than the profile you."

So how does one make a self portrait in words more accurate? I have no idea. Well, I have one idea - he suggested I tone down the "geekiness" of my profile. Okay, vote for one of these openers, or even better, make a suggestion, or even better, write my whole profile for me:

a. "I'm apparently incapable of writing a profile describing myself reasonably accurately. So here are a bunch of actual quotes in response to me or my profile: 'no b.s.' 'I like the real you better than the profile you.' 'wow - you are MUCH better in person' 'I was going to write but I didn't know what to say because your profile was so intimidating' ..."

b. "Relaxed. Goofy. Sincere. Loving. Centered. ..."

c. "Uptight. Stressed. Flash point. Intense. Inappropriate. ..."

d. "Top ten reasons NOT to date me: ..." (an actual suggestion I received)

e. "Seeking smart, responsible, foolhardy, loving, cuddly ..."

I love this time of year. When I bike between my office and the very first roundabout, there is a line of trees/shrubs that smell fantastic. I'm sitting on my couch with the windows open, and something smells wonderful - I'm not sure if the jasmine is starting to bloom or what. And this afternoon, I think the wisteria outside my window was bursting because every now and then, I would hear the sound of some little hard thing going flying outside, and the cats weren't paying attention. The wisteria grows outrageously fast and I have to actually lean out my window and trim it back or it grows right in to the apartment. (Let's recall operation mouse rescue).