After six months of being back with the fam, I can tell you objectively what works, and what doesn't work, about this situation.
PROS:
- Better food.
- Better beer.
- More money (although, seeing as part of the point was to pay off debts super-fast, we haven't actually had more money, like, in our hands, smelling that wonderful way that money smells...until you handle it too long and the smell gets on your hands and then it just smells gross, like how food smells great until you throw it in the garbage can and then it's officially garbage and it suddenly smells awful).
- Full-size bed.
- Increased CO2 levels resulting from breathing air that at least three other people have already breathed.
- Let's just say it's generally a bit cramped.
All in all, I'd say the pros have outweighed the cons. However, I'm getting a little antsy. We had a perc test done two weeks ago and we've been waiting to get the paperwork back to give the Health Dept. We heard from them today, asking us to call the guys who did our land survey and give them permission to e-mail them the CAD file. So I call the surveyors and they were complete butt-heads about giving the perc guys the file. The lady was all, "They're just trying to get out of doing it themselves." And I'm thinking, why the hell would they do something themselves that you've already done? By all means, let's make them earn their keep by being needlessly redundant, then they can join the higher eschelons of the professional class in the company of doctors and lawyers.
We're also waiting on a bid/material list from a contractor who was supposed to get back with us about a month ago, but I don't take this personally at all. First of all, it was deer season. Second, the last thing I need is for the very first stages to go smoothly and give me a false sense of the level of insanity I should expect.
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Congrats on the beginnings of the house building process. I admire you guys for that. As for the parental crunch, Lovely, Bonnie, and I just moved out of her parents domain. It's funny that only 620 sq ft seems so HUGE now!!! Of course, we only had about 250 of living space that we could temporarily call "ours." The parents were 85% fantastic! The rest was a little rough. Even with the most-nearly-perfect situation, it still got to us.
Best of luck and God's continued blessings on your finances and marriage while building a home and living with your parents at the same time.
"It's deer season" is going to be my new excuse for not doing anything.
Ha! Even when it's totally not deer season.
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