I know, I know. What’s happened to our house-buying business? A lot, that’s what. But the short of it is,

We got it.

Our dream townhouse in Duvall, WA.

WE GOT IT!

Not without much nailbiting anguish and waiting. I would very much prefer to bite like, food, but nails have less calories. I think.

Anyway, buying a home here in the US seems to be much more stressful than back home. In Malaysia, if you don’t have the downpayment of at least ten per cent of the purchase price, you can’t buy a house, full stop, so one doesn’t even try if one doesn’t have the downpayment. Effectively weeds out the broke.

Here, there are just so many options, it just makes your head spin. The lenders won’t rest until they make big fat debtors out of you. Which is exactly why I haven’t blogged about it is because it’s been a stressful, stressful journey and even thinking about it gives me headaches and even a little bit of a neckache.

It’s useless to talk about it here anyway ‘coz not like you guys can help or anything, what with your very busy schedules of reading blogs.

We are closing escrow next week and I’m collecting quotes for movers and cleaners and we’ve given notice to our landlords by writing them a very huge cheque for early lease termination.

Money. Just takin’ off. On wings.

Sigh.

All in all, we are broke. Completely and utterly buckin’ froke. We’re dieting because we just can’t afford to eat anymore.

But the important thing is we got it.

Yaaaaay *fists air weakly*.