random.: August 2006 Archives

The boyfriend and I have become frighteningly domestic in our old age (did I mention that I will reach the ripe old age of 27 next month?! holy crap!)!

Now that law school graduation is right around the corner (ok, its 9 months away) we're actually having to figure out what the hell we are going to do with ourselves once I am fully edumacated. I used to peruse Petfinder for hours on end, lately, I have started looking at houses online.

Its not just the excitement about potentially being a homeowner, its figuring out where in the big bad city to live. I realize I will likely end up in KC, and thats cool with me, because while its missing a good number of things I would like in a city (mainly, mountains, rushing rivers, etc.), it does have quite a few things that I dig (a great music scene, my family, ample mountain bike oppurtunities, low cost of living which would allow us to do the things we want to do without having to work ungodly hours to be able to afford it). The problem with KC though, is that there are a lot of neighborhoods where I would absolutely NOT want to live.

KC has some very cute areas, older neighborhoods with lots of characer, but it also has a whole lot of god awful sprawling suburbs with strip malls and Starshmucks on every corner. Its those areas that I feel quite literally suck the soul out of me. I hate it. Most of the cool areas in KC are closer to the city itself - which has its benefits and drawbacks. For us, the biggest drawback of this, is being a good distance from open country roads. So we need to figure out how to balance the desire to live someplace cool with wanting to live in a nice (by our standards) part of town.

The whole thing is fun and exciting and I love thinking about it and looking at houses and trying to imagine us living there. What woud it feel like? Would we be comfortable? Can we see Maddie and [unnamed yet to be adopted second dog] trotting through the house and wrestling in the yard?

I long for the day that I get a call saying "hey ... we have a job for you!" so that all these speculations can start to actually materialize. Until that happens, there seems to be little point in looking too seriously. But once I get that phone call, IT'S ON!

Have no fear, this newfound nesting instinct has nothing to do with wanting to procreate. Procreation is still the LAST thing on my mind (well, not the ACT that could lead to procreation ... eh ... nevermind ;)). A house with J and the dog is one thing. A house with J and the dog and KIDS is a WHOLE other story ... and I still shudder to even consider it ...

I also, for the first time in years, have a nice little pile of cash in the bank. Its not a lot by just about anyone else's standards, but I feel like I can finally set some of it aside for savings. Which is exciting. And since this is the first time I've really had any appreciable amount that I can set aside, I'm trying to figure out what the best way to do that would be. Do I want a regular savings account? Do I want to invest it in some way? What the hell is a CD anyway? I'm trying to wade through all these things and figure out what would be best.

I'm feeling frighteningly grown up at the moment. But its kind of nice.