Thoughts from under the coffee table…
I have never wanted anything so badly. I’m pretty sure I forgot to eat dinner last night. I only realized this after forgetting to eat lunch today. It is so improbable to me that Agent Awesome hasn’t phoned by now. Ring, god damn you. What if his phone is on silent? What if…he stopped being awesome?
Such was my day. I ditched my freelance work early to go fully fetal. Don’t get emotionally involved while house hunting? Ha. Don’t let a bidding war derail your entire life? Uh huh. This one phone call is going to make me very, very happy… or very, very sad.
When the phone finally rings, Paolo & I are both at home. I’m actually lying prostrate on the floor, half under the coffee table. I’m so convinced that someone evil kidnapped my ugly baby. Paolo disappears into the other room to take the call. Damn him.
Another string of “OKs” then “Ok, well, thanks. Ok bye.” Eh? I can’t decipher that!
I make scientific analyses:
- There was no conciliatory let’s-make-a joke-totally-Canadian way-of-handling-bad-news.
- Nor did I hear shrieking and jumping up and down. I guess Paolo’s not a 12-year-old girl. Still.
I swear to god he stayed in that room another 5 minutes for dramatic effect. There’s a grin when the door opens.
We got it.
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OMG you are so funny, I’m glad I came by! I look forward to seeing the transformation!! And you are a vancouverite too, how cool is that!
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Maria
Thanks Maria! So glad to have a fellow Vancouverite following our crazed little quest.
Kelly – thrilled you clicked over to ugly baby land &, even more, than you decided to stay! Our new front door – if I remember correctly – is mustard yellow. Thoughts on that?
Lisa – Didn’t like the stress? Haha, me either. More than glad to say goodbye to the suspense!
Thanks everyone, so appreciate the kind words. xx
Thanks for stopping by DesignTies — if you hadn’t, I might never have found your fantastic blog. I just read through all your posts from the beginning, and I’m totally hooked!!
Congrats on getting your ugly baby — I’m looking forward to following your flipping experience
As for my front door — not sure if I have the energy to paint it every season, but I’m averaging a new paint job about every 2 years, which is way more often than a normal person would paint their door!!
Kelly
You about killed me on that one with the suspense. Congrats!
Let the ugliness (to prettiness) begin!