Closing On a Home Means Putting Away the Passport… for now.

This is it!  The home stretch… I'm closing on a house in exactly one week.

Last week I went on vacation to the United Kingdom with my younger brother.  We spent time in Edinburgh, Scotland and London, England.  I absolutely love traveling to Europe and have been several times during my twenties.  When I finished college, paid off my credit card debt, and started to actually build up my savings account, I found myself unsure of what I was saving my money for since the thought of actually purchasing a home by myself was scary and crazy.  Then a friend wanted to go to Italy and another to London.  The next thing I know I'm going to France by myself.  I had decided that saving my money for traveling was a perfectly sensible and worthwhile thing to save money for.

Purchasing a home would mean that I'd have to put the passport away for a few years, maybe as long as five years.  The thought of that scared me until recent months when I decided to purchase a home… not a house, but a home.  The timing of this trip was very ill-timed (my appraisal took place while I was gone) but in reality, the timing was perfect.  I booked this trip 5 months ago knowing I would need it to finish grieving the break-up with my ex back in September.  However, I realize now that I REALLY needed it to be at peace with this home purchase and the thought of being grounded state-side for a while.  I enjoyed my time in the UK but when I landed at IAD I found that for the first time in all my landings there I wasn't dreading the end of my vacation.

I finally had something to look forward to!

That something was a home.

Sandy O.