House Hunting

Brandon and I went and looked at 6 houses yesterday - 2 were crossed off rather quickly. One of them had some pretty bad water damage in the kitchen that they were trying to cover up with a rug. The other had some pretty poor craftsmanship in certain areas. There were 3 that we both liked, some more than others. One is a bit cheaper than the rest but was built by a builder with a questionable reputation. Has a nice sized yard, finished basement, nice kitchen... Another is a brand-new home with 4 bedrooms (a huge master with 2 walk-in closets and whirpool tub) a wood-floor in the kitchen, a formal and informal dining and living rooms, a wetbar in the basement! The last was gorgeous - nice backyard. huge master bedroom, beautiful kitchen. Concering is that it is a foreclosure and had some stuff ripped out - no oven, microwave, some light fixtures taken,... but still beautiful.

We are going to look at some more houses in a different area on Friday and then more again on Sunday.

Otherwise we have been pretty boring. Brandon went to a bar with a dart league to get introduced to some people last night. Haven't gotten a chance to talk to him about how it went yet.

Brandon went to the doctor yesterday and they are going to run some blood work, to do an endurance test, and then wear a heart monitor for a couple of weeks. He was told to give up a lot of caffeine, quit smoking (he was given a prescription for Chantix) and that his blood pressure was a bit high - that his weight may be the biggest issue with this.

I am working on notes for the beginning of the semester on Monday. I am also trying to adjust back to Eastern time as I have an 8am class on Tuesdays and Thursdays and I am lucky to crawl out of bed by 7:30 lately...got to work on that!