This was a particularly good Good Friday for me.

[rax]

There were a bunch of little reasons, like getting to bed early and having a light workday, but here are the two big ones:

• I have an accepted offer on a house in Bloomington, IN. (It's the one with the green roof.)
• I handed my MA thesis in. Early.

Yes, that's right. I finished my thesis late Thursday night after realizing I could make a push and get it done and not spend the whole weekend miserable. I handed it in early Friday morning --- they have the option of telling me to tweak it [0] and if they do I have a couple of weeks to fix it, and the final-final-final submission is actually May 15th but the extra month is for working on formatting and I'm already done with that because no one told me I shouldn't have the formatting perfect for this draft. *sigh* It's in the documentation, but the documentation contradicts itself, and I went with the earliest deadline since that's the sane thing to do... But it doesn't matter now, because it's done.
The house thing, oh my god. I worked with Zak Szymanski at Jeanne Walters real estate, and I would absolutely recommend him to any of you looking to buy a house in Bloomington --- he was amazing. We only had two days on the ground, and we looked at scads of houses, and I'm already working on the items on a closing checklist five days after touching down in Bloomington. It's a split-level house with an extra bonus basement under the theoretically single-level part; I've heard it called a quad-level. It's ginormous and gorgeous and in excellent condition and and and and. At some point I'm going to draw diagrams on graph paper and be like "My house! This is where I will put things!" Here's a brief list of the awesome features:

• An induction stove, which I've heard good things about and want to give a try, but we can always install gas if it is terrible
• Three extra rooms in the basement space, two of which would make excellent craft studios or something
• Ample space for dinner parties
• So much storage space, like oh my god.
• Four bedrooms --- we're definitely going to have at least one guest bedroom (which will probably also be my home office, like now)
• It takes longer to walk from the front door to the street than from the street to a bus stop, and it's a pleasant bike ride to the building I'll be spending much of my time in on campus

There's more, of course. I could go on and on and on about this house that I am very likely to soon own. And I do mean soon --- it looks like we're going to be taking possession, if all goes well, on May 17th. I don't know how long it will take to find housemates --- we'd like one or two other people, I really like cooperative living situations --- but I expect to get nice and settled in over the summer before school even starts, and that will make starting school much better, I think. So, cross your fingers for me that everything goes well with this, and expect me to be at least somewhat more present both online and at social events, starting soon.




[0] They could tell me they're failing me. But they won't.

Comments

[tiamat360.livejournal.com]

Hooray for both thesis and house! Congratulations!

[sovay]

I handed my MA thesis in. Early.

Mazel tov! Go, you!

[perbac.livejournal.com]

> So, cross your fingers for me that everything goes well with this

Crossing fingers!

[weirdquark]

Awesome!

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

Huzzah! You rock!

Nine

[schrodi-kitten.livejournal.com]

Congrats!

[jadia.livejournal.com]

Yay! Maybe we could hang out & have dinner or something one of these days? :) I miss you!

[twitch124.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[thomasyan.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[ff00ff.livejournal.com]

Thesis submitted, yay!

[jackbishop.livejournal.com]

Awesomeness on both counts! Give me a shout when you come out here for good (or when you have a housewarming whatever). You're close enough for a day trip, or I have an air mattress should it get late.

[cshiley.livejournal.com]

Not all cookware works on induction stoves. I don't know the details but you should investigate before you get there and are tired from unpacking and want to make food hot and it doesn't work. :)

[lhexa.livejournal.com]

Many congratulations! Does this mean you plan to stay in Bloomington beyond graduate school?

[yakshaver.livejournal.com]

Congratulations^2

[darthbitsy.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! *is slightly intimidated by the thought of buying a house*

So, where do we look if we want to read your thesis?

[movingfinger.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! It looks like it has a real yard and how convenient that it is so close to campus! Happy nesting this spring.

[baxil.livejournal.com]

A weekend of much happiness! Congratulations!

And thank you for starting my day with a smile by footnoting in the style of a programmer. :)

[kelkyag]

Woohoo! Go, Rax!

[rathdei.livejournal.com]

Once again you're moved out of reach, but this time I know you're following life instead of just escaping.

I'll miss you a lot, Rachel. When I get my sports car I'm gonna roadtrip it out there.

[listener.livejournal.com]

Handed in early? Criminy, you're full of awesome-sauce.

Congrats on the house too!

Kanye'd

[rustycoon.livejournal.com]

I'm very happy for you, and I'ma let you finish but...


When you say "the one with the green roof" do you mean a roof that happens to be the color green or do you actually mean a green roof (made of living, organic matter)?

'cause if its the latter? ZOMGAWESOME!

(Even if it's not that's all pretty rockin')

[somnialcat.livejournal.com]

Double congratulations!

[damerell.livejournal.com]

I pinged you on IRC to see if you'd finished the thesis, but I should have read LJ first. Nice one.

[danaeris.livejournal.com]

Belated double congratulations!

Although I see that you're going to be in Bloomington INDIANA, not ILLINOIS. That's a 5 hour drive from where I am, according to Google Maps, not the 2-ish we discussed. With speeding, I'd guess about 4 hours.

All the same, I'd love to visit you for a weekend once you're settled, or have you visit me here. We have a guest room, if I'm still in the same place, and my housemates are totally awesome. Only downside is if you dislike kids -- they can be noisy in the morning.

You take possession on May 17... Is that when you plan to arrive in the area? Potentially, I could visit you on a weekend when you're still getting settled, and help you unpack or at least keep you company while you do so. And/or, we could go garage-sale-ing if you are needing furniture. It could be much fun! I really enjoy garage sales, and decorating. But even moreso, I enjoy quality Rax time. :)