2004-05-16 14:03:49

As you can see from the last blog, things have not exactly been going our way lately. Our contract with the owners of the house we were trying to buy was up yesterday, so we're officially house-less. We spent a lot of last week looking at other houses in Brighton, and we didn't find anything we would even consider buying. Thursday night, Pat and I had a heart-to-heart about things.
With his job up in the air, I'm just not interested in possibly finding the home of our dreams (#2) if it's not going to work out again. We decided we're going on at least a two week house-hunting hiatus. In my mind, the chances of Pat losing his job are slim (not many of you know this, but I call him Ferris Bueller, because everything always works out for him), but we need to be prepared for the possibility.

We've also decided that we will probably change our house search to the Rochester area, rather than Brighton or another suburb. I had this dream of us buying the house we'd spend 30 years in, but that's just not practical. We can get a much nicer, much cheaper house in Rochester, so that's the new plan. When Pat and Fran Jr. come along, we'll just move before they have a chance to get corrupted by the Rochester city school districts.

This weekend was very nice and low-key. Friday night, we hung out on the doctor's Thing porch for the last time on Oxford St. It was a happy event, even though it seems like that whole group is all either moving or changing.

Saturday, Pat helped the Thing's move, while I stayed home and baked. In case you thought I was super strong and good at moving large objects, I'm not. Erik said I could help out by standing around in a bikini, but unfortunately, my bikini was at the dry cleaners. That afternoon, we headed over to Sara and Corey's. From there, we walked over to the Lilac Festival, ate disgusting festival food, and checked out the lilacs. It was rainy and cool, so the crowds weren't as ridiculous as usual. That night, we barbequed and played Trivial Pursuit. I only got one answer right, and it had to do with the rapper, Jay-Z. My parents must be so proud.

I just got an IM from Cima. He, his lady, and Scott are going to be doing some barbequing and as it turns out, Pat and I have a freezer full of meats, so we'll be heading over there in a bit.

-Fran