Blues

Well, I set too much stock in getting our hands on the Blackstock duplex in CB South. Katie seemed a little more apprehensive because the owners of the other side of the duplex were taking so long to exercise, or not, their right of refusal on the side we were looking at. As it is, they have decided that they will buy the place for themselves. This is their legal right. But that can't stop me from being pissed. They are second home owners - who actually own two places in the valley already - and they are standing in the way of Katie and I who are trying to secure a place for our incoming family. Damn. I can rationalize their decision, but I feel heartbreak. I set myself up for this one. Putting the cart before the horse as the saying goes.

Complicating the matter is the fact that Katie and I put our condo under contract this week. We got a great asking price and found buyers almost the day the place hit the market. So, now we have to get out of our condo by April 25th - if the contract goes through. We have options, but it is a real pain in the ass. Had all the cards fallen in our favor, we would have slid right into the Blackstock place. The current owners were sad that they could not sell it to us and that second home owners were taking a home out from under a local couple who is trying to make it happen for themselves.

Boo-friggen-hoo for me and mine.