 I have had this.. obsession, for lack of a better word, with looking at houses on Zillow, Realtor.com and Sotheby’s websites that I absolutely cannot afford. I have done it for as long as I can recall. I remember being in middle school, sitting on the floor of my parents bedroom on my laptop and shoving pictures of 1.8 million dollar homes in their faces and being like
 “MA! MA! This one isn’t even expensive! Can we get it?? Dad!? Dad can we!?”
Or seeing a house for three hundred thousand and screaming
“Oh my god you guys! It’s SO CHEAP you could buy it and I could live there by myself!!”
Oh the joys of having no concept of money.
Or life, for that matter.
But here I am, sitting on my couch at 26 years old, still doing it.
The day started off like any other, wake up, have a cup of coffee, spend time with the family etc.
Fast forward to 4pm.
The baby is napping, I still don’t have a phone (pray for me), I pull out my laptop and type the letter ‘Z’ into the search bar. My computer already knows where we are going. I begin by looking in the Scarborough/Gorham areas, then expand my search a bit to see homes within an hour from Portland.
Before I know it, I’m looking at houses across the country.
*Ping*
I send Callum a listing.
In Texas.
*Ping*
I send another.
And Another.
And..
Another.
“Babe that’s a very nice house.. but it’s in Texas..“
Before I know it, I’ve convinced myself we are moving and have begun to picture life in a beautiful cul-de-sac in a gated community somewhere in Texas.
I start to imagine what our backyard would look like, our new kitchen, our furniture, etc. Most importantly, I picture what our new house would look like at Christmas time.
SOLD
Okay okay, we aren’t really moving to Texas, well, unless I get a massive raise for this new job I started in January but my boss is a baby that has me working 24/7 without a raise. No really, my job right now is being a stay at home mama. Can’t pay the bills with sloppy kisses and dirty diapers or we would be living in a mansion right now.
What is something you always dream about that you haven’t told anyone? Do you secretly wish you could be a famous singer? Or work in a zoo? Or backpack across the country? Or quit your job?
Whatever it is, tell someone about it! It might be closer to happening than you think.
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