Homeowners!

Amongst all the things blazing forward this week, we are now, finally, homeowners. I shouldn't say finally like it's a relief. In some ways, it brings up scores of new worries, new expenses and new fears. I say finally, though, because it will quench this need--the exhaustion of two places, the need to feel like we are building a home together, the feeling of completeness to use a plural possessive pronoun. We're nervous, don't get me wrong (well, perhaps I a bit more than he) but, we're excited. I had never seen him so containedly giddy before when I met them at my parents' car parked outside our new place.

Something's beginning here, and it's exciting. Some of the house looked more beat up with nothing in it, it made some things (like needing to put new wallpaper in the kitchen and paint the cabinets) seem a bit more daunting. But, we'll get there. We ALWAYS get there.

I'm just excited. They're our keys and we never have to give them back to anyone.