Adventures in Zephux

I went and looked at that house yesterday… It was practically in pieces. Someone did quite a number on this thing. They promised me that in a week it would look good as new, I’m not holding my breath. I went ahead and put a deposit on it (it was only $200 so no big loss), basically, just to see what it would look like fixed up. It’s so close to campus, and the perfect size, that I couldn’t see passing it up just for a few visual defects. Don’t get me wrong though… It’s a messy house. They need to do some serious cleaning. The yard is my responsibility. I’m going to throw some grass seed down, and put some flower beds up front. Just to make it look nice when you pull up. The rest is up to them. I’ve seen pictures from before it was destroyed, so, if they can get it looking like that again then I will be satisfied. I don’t know if they can do that in the week they promised, but we will see.

It also, for some strange reason, doesn’t come with a fridge or range, so I need to find some. I’m going to hit craigslist first I think, and then the scratch and dent store. This is becoming a much larger task than I had imagined, but I’ll get over it all. I’m sure it will be fine after everything is moved in and ready, but maybe I’m getting screwed. We will see All I know is, it is going to be very boring living there for a month while my brother is still in school. Not sure how I’m going to remedy that. Go out of my mind I guess. It’s only a month. I’ve done worse. The whole situation is frightening. Moving somewhere new, in to a questionable neighborhood, no one you know close by. And you have to sink every bit of savings that you have into the place. I’m ready for this though, what is the worst that can happen? It’s cheap, so at worst I lose a little money, have to back out, and all is lost. Eh… I guess that’s about as bad as it can get. So no worries. Sorry about the rant, have to vent somewhere.