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Yeah, we're moving. It's time to go.

We've been talking about the possibility of moving down to North Carolina for quite awhile now and we finally cleared the last hurdle: me.

As I mentioned before, I had been resistant to the whole idea of leaving my friends, leaving my house, leaving softball, and leaving my comfort zone. But now I realize that moving to North Carolina makes sense. First off, we really don't want to raise our not-here-yet-but-will-be-someday kids in this area. Too fast-paced. Too stressful. We want our kids to grow up somewhere a little less tense, as Beth puts it. That makes sense to me. Second, the cost of living is much cheaper down there and if I want to continue with my stay-at-home newsletter business, moving to that area is the smart thing to do. And finally, we have plenty of family and friends down there so it's not like we're moving to Duluth, Minnesota or somewhere like that.

So when I really sit down and think about it, I feel pretty good about the idea of moving. At least that's what I've been told how I feel (that's just a joke, honey).

Anyway, the biggest thing is probably going to be selling the house. Not only is it not a seller's market, but Fairfax City has been designated as one of those "declining markets" and that's a real pisser. Stupid mortgage underwriters. Houses have been sitting on the market a long time around here and I wouldn't be surprised if ours wasn't any different. We do plan on listing it at an aggressive price, but you just never know. It could sit on the market for a year--and that's kinda scary.

Actually, now that I think about it, I'm not as concerned with selling the house as I am with getting it ready to sell. That's the real headache. We're not doing any upgrades or remodeling, but we need a lot of things to be brought up to standards. We need new carpeting, a new front door, a little electrical work done, the chimney to be fixed, etc., etc. It's just a big pain in the ass. Also, I'm planning on having a pre-listing home inspection done and I'm not looking forward to that either. I'm afraid the home inspector will come in and say that the whole house is listing 10 degrees to the west or that there's a nest of Komodo dragons living behind the stove. Great.

As it stands right now, we're looking to have the house ready to be put on the market in early summer. If all goes as planned (i.e., the house sells in a reasonable amount of time and the Komodo dragons are flushed out) we'll be in the Raleigh area when the leaves start turning pretty colors. At least that's the plan. We've been dragging our feet a little bit on all of these home projects, but we'll get going soon enough. And then it will be time to...well...get going.

Bu-bye!