Gabby Writes

Earlier today, my husband and I settled on the house we bought. It’s a first-time buy for him, and a second one for me. We won’t be able to move in until end of July/early August because the current (now former, I guess) owners are getting a new home built that won’t be ready until then. They’re paying us back rent to stay there the extra month, and since we’re not in a hurry to move out of our current house, it’s no big deal to us.

I don’t think I’ll post any pictures of the house until we start moving our own things in.

The house meets a lot of things we wanted. I wanted something as big as or slightly bigger than our current house, which it is. I also wanted something that didn’t need a lot of work done to it. The previous owners completely redid the entire place in 2021, so most things are only four years old. My husband wanted a place closer to the firehouse he volunteers at (he wants to go on more calls and we’re currently 40 minutes away) as well as closer to his job. And he sure got it. We’ll only be about five minutes away from his work.

There’s also still potential with the house. My husband wants to one day make the bedroom bigger, and I want to add a pool. We actually have a great spot for that. The back yard is a ravine and at the bottom it’s cleared out like a little field. There’s space fr a pool and a fire pit.

It’s a split level house. It’s an open concept for the living room/kitchen. The main floor has three bedrooms, a full bathroom, and the master bathroom. The “basement” area is huge and we could do a lot with it. The fourth bedroom and another full bathroom are also on that floor. That’ll be good if my dad ever needs to move in.

We’re going to be closer to his family too, which I think he wanted. We might be about the same distance from my family as we are now — I’m mostly concerned with not being too far from my dad.

When we move in, my entire friend group (seven os us in total) are all going to be living in Pennsylvania. I always thought I would be a Delaware bitch for life, but here I am. At least we won’t be too far from the state line. Gotta be able to do some tax-free shopping on occasion.

It’s always weird for me to get excited about things. Like, getting into college wasn’t a huge deal for me. I was excited about our wedding, but planning stressed me out in addition to the failing health of my mom and Poppop. I like the house, but felt a little meh about it for a while. Now I’m actually really excited. Maybe it’s because we’re now officially the owners and I’m thinking about how to decorate and all that.

We aren’t planning on selling our current house. Right now our niece and her boyfriend are going to move in and will rent it from us. I think it’ll be good to have someone we know living in it. It’s the first house I’ve ever owned, and there are good memories here. I mean, my husband and I got officially married right here in this house.

Now I need to focus on clearing things out. I definitely need to get rid of some clothes and books. I’m overdue to look at what I don’t wear or will never read (I’ve got a HUGE to-read pile). Letting some of that go will probably make moving a little easier.

I’ll leave one unrelated thing here. Tomorrow I get my pregnancy test for this last round of IUI. I want to be pregnant so badly. I’m a little tired of waiting for it to happen. Plus, moving into a new house means we’ll definitely have a room clear for a baby. I’m going to be depressed if I’m not, but I need to tell myself that the likelihood of getting pregnant is greater when/if I have to do IVF.