So We Bought a House!

Let's see... where to begin. At the end of March I think Ken went to lunch with Adrian and Chris and they wanted him to join their Master Solve team and work in Whitby. WHITBY! That's far. Ken was excited. Work had been sucking bad for several months. This was what we'd been praying for. But this wasn't the answer I expected, be careful what you pray for.

Almost immediately Ken started talking about moving. And almost immediately it just felt right.  We've talked about moving lots, we'd talk about Newmarket, about being closer to Orangeville, maybe Alliston, heck Caledon - we love Caledon. We'd talk about moving and I never, ever felt good about any of it, and we knew it wasn't time to move.

Even this year, I was watching the vacancy listings, looking for the perfect gig closer to home, the school that would get us closer to Orangeville. But that wasn't meant to be.

It's that whole when you know you know thing. When Ken started talking about moving to Ajax it just felt right, right away. Not confusing, not sickening, just right.

We went on a date, I don't remember when, May maybe? And we drove out to Ajax and we walked around down by the lake. We went to our favourite Japanese restaurant out in Whitby and we talked about the future, a different future than we'd imagined not long before.

We met with a local agent, Ken rented a storage locker, we packed up stuff, we fixed stuff (well paid people to), we painted (paid people - but Ken did some) and we listed (with Maureen - SIL and realtor extraordinaire!) and sold our house. The market is insane right now, and the sale was final within a week of listing. The winning bid came in 24hrs after we'd listed.

And then it was our turn. The first weekend our house was on the market we went out to Ajax and looked at houses. Then we went out again, and again.  We looked at over 20 houses, and then there were two. Advantages and disadvantages to both, but one that made more sense. It was in the south end by the lake, it had four bedrooms, the school start times were awesome, it just made sense, and Ken beamed when he walked around it on Saturday morning.

They weren't considering offers until noon on Monday. We picked a number with Maureen, we wrote a letter - appealing to their sentimental side - not sure if that's the right word, and by one o'clock this afternoon we had bought a new house.

The new chapter begins August 24th. The Ajax chapter.