Will I see you tonight

E-word,

Happy T-day and all that. Man, I've abandoned many posts lately. Hopefully I'll stick it through this one.

So in I what I guess would be considered news, El and I are house hunting. Housing prices have dropped pretty significantly, and deals are definitely popping up here and there. We just recently lost a contract on a house that I really liked. El was okay with the house but I loved it. It was a center colonial built in 1945, and the back and one side of the house actually faced park land. I have mixed feelings about not winning the contract- While the house was lovely, it was pretty small. The house was also pretty darn expensive (I think the sale price ended up being around 520k), and since we haven't yet sold my townhouse yet, there was the fear that I would have to float both mortgages if I couldn't sell my townhouse, which I couldn't do. I would also have a mortgage that was literally 2 1/2 times more than my current mortgage! So I'm somewhat relieved, but man, the house was beautiful.

We spent T-day in Durham with my brothers, their wives, their children, and also my sister in-law's brother and fiancee. It was a full house for sure, and we had a great time. I really enjoyed being an uncle, reading books and playing with the nephlets and niecelets. I also quite fortunately did not have to change a dirty diaper, but I did accidentally grab my nephew's thumb after he had been sucking it for about ten minutes.

So, I guess life goes on. We're getting our house ready to put on the market, and while I know the timing is bad, I think we'll still come up positive on the property, and it'll also make us more able to jump on something we really like. I still have a job, I still think about God, though lately all I really want to do is watch Pixar movies and read comic books. When I say things like that, I wonder how in the world I'm going to be a father. El is NOT pregnant, I'm just speaking hypothetically. 'I'll read to you tomorrow night, son, can't you see I'm busy reading comic books? Let's play later, can't you see dad is watching Wall-e? Can't you just sit still and watch this with me? Son, can't dad get just a little bit drunk without you crying in the corner? I mean, damn, can't you just sit in your shit a little longer, it's not like you haven't before!'

I dunno.

Love,

Toe