Welcome to Homeownership

We bought a house. D and I closed on Monday this week. The realtor's office was stuffy and hot, and by the end of all the signing, D was yawning and my signature was barely legible. We gave away lots of money, and then wrote a check for more. We gave that away too.


And then they handed us the keys. I felt a swelling, like maybe I'd cry. I grinned at Vid and he looked sort of dazedly at me and smiled back. Our mortgage broker, Sue, handed us a celebratory bottle of wine. Our realtor, Teresa, hugged us and wished us luck.



After the closing we realized we both had headaches, so we drove over to a nearby park and took a walk to clear our heads. The park was crowded and busy with soccer games going on, boys whizzing by on scooters... that sort of thing. But it was still peaceful. The sounds were muffled, sort of like it is after a large snowfall. Maybe all the large leafy trees helped absorb them. Or maybe it was the buzzing in my ears that arose as I contemplated what we had just done.