Living in the Present, only Looking Forward

[Coconut]

Had a great weekend, went out Friday to look at a couple of houses, unfortunately didn't see anything that I really liked, but was good to get an idea of different types of houses available within 50k of the amount I want to spend. T

Then Saturday I had signed up for two meet ups, the first was a 2pm meet up for a singles group in my area, we met up at a local sports bar with the intention of getting to know each other and planning some future outings. There were about 15 of us, only 3 males and I definitely got the most attention. I didn't go into this with any expectation of meeting someone, I went with the intention of meeting people that could socialize with, but of course it didn't bother me getting so much attention, especially two ladies that I was very attracted to. We came up with some great outings were going to do (planning on one ge together a week) like visit a vineyard, comedy club, open mic night, local hockey game, fun stuff. We are also going to go to a valentine social that they were advertising at the sports bar.

Left that meet up around 4:30, ran home to take my dog on a short hike (I always feel guilty leaving her home alone) and then went to another game night meetup at 6.

Had a good time at the game night, this was a much bigger get together than last week and even though groups kinda switched around after each game I never ended up in a game with the people I had met last week (including one Lady that I enjoyed talking to last week and was hoping to interact with again)..

I definitely enjoyed playing with the same people all night last week because it felt more sociable to me, but I did have fun playing the games with everyone. I've never been a gamer, at least the kinds of games we play at these nights, so I'm not used to what appears to be the normal social interaction that most of these "gamers" seem to have in common. In otherwords conversations were almost superficial, revolving primarily around the game or gameplay. The conversations the previous week were not as superficial, and I guess it's just a by-product of being around "gamers" that are used to just picking up games with random people all night. Don't get me wrong, I really had a lot of fun, I'm just used to getting to know people im hanging out with a little more than they are, but I do enjoy it for what it is. I ended up not leaving game night until about 1:30am, it was a long day of socializing..

Then today I expanded my search area for houses a little and saw a house that looked good, my realtor told me she wouldn't be available today, so I went over to the house just to check out the outside of the house and see what the neighborhood was like. I was amazed at what I saw, the house is in a neighborhood with absolutely beautiful country homes, wrap around porches, every house on large lots, well manicured homes, the place was beautiful.

The house I went to look at was definitely one of the smallest houses in the neighborhood (I don't want a large house since I may have to rent it if I move), but it was very well maintained, and I took two trips around the house and didn't find a single issue. I am experienced with construction and home maintenance, and I couldn't find anything that looked like an issue. When I got home, looked up the neighborhood in Zillow, turns out it is the cheapest house in the best neighborhood, which I always consider to be a good investment. So going to look at it tomorrow with my realtor and will be putting in an offer unless there are any glaring issues in the interior.

Sorry this turned so long, I just feel happy and wanted to share.