Current location:	Sietch Creare
Current mood:	contemplative
Current music:	Spring Awakening - All That's Known
Entry tags:	comics, finances, foxtrot, sietch creare, thoughts

00771: Crossroads in the Open Bled
Sietch Creare is far from a finished home, in a manner of speaking, but Tobie and I certainly love it. It's a surprisingly good area and we have access to pretty much everything we need. Plus on a more personal level, I'm able to be near both sites for my office and I'm closer to my family, thus visits aren't as unreasonable anymore. We're still thinking about all the little improvements that need to be addressed to really complete this apartment like sufficient shelving for our books, ways to store the rest of our clothes, an additional counter top for other kitchen appliances and supplies and a couch for entertaining guests and random snuggling on nights spent at home. If course these kinds of improvements all need money and so it'll take a while before we get everything in place.

Now a situation has sort of come up in recent weeks that sort of affects our timeline for finishing the outfitting of the Sietch completely. Apparently the owner of the unit is keen on selling it off, which means that if it goes to a new owner, we'll have to negotiate new terms with that person at the end of our contract. Or there's still the possibility that we won't be allowed to stay entirely and will ultimately have to move again, which naturally sucks.

On the other hand, the current owner is amenable to us possibly negotiating for the unit, which means trying to figure out how to come up with the down payment amount and eventually a way to finance the whole thing over the next ten years or so. It's a pretty big decision and getting into something like this inevitably raises questions about how sure things are going to be over the next decade. Will we have the same jobs that we do now? Will we be able to survive the payments? Do we even want to commit to getting this particular unit and not look outside for potentially better opportunities? Heck, the devil's advocate in my head even argues whether or not it's too early to commit into this kind of an undertaking given that Tobie and I have only been living in the Sietch together for roughly five months. So many factors certainly come into play.

It's definitely something that will require a lot of careful thought and of course we're limited in terms of the time left to make a decision before some other buyer may snatch up the place. The Sietch is definitely comfortable and we're so far away from really maximizing the unit's potential so it's hard to make a final call just yet. Argh! Things rarely settle down in these modern times we're living in, eh? The problems aren't necessarily about survival anymore, but it doesn't mean the challenges are any less daunting.

But enough of that kind of stress - it's time to get ready for this week's game!

OMG - this is more realistic then you think. Damn you Meyer! You've ruined vampires forever!