but *where* do we go crazy?

we’ve been furiously looking at houses. while we’ve been casually browsing listings and visiting open houses in the city the past few weeks, we went out with todd to seriously look at a lot of stuff in the east bay on saturday.

after seeing something like ten houses, we narrow it down to four:

1. in rockridge, close to college avenue and rockridge bart. the house is big, but built a little like a bunker. the back bedroom is lavender. which matches the carpet. but it’s a great deal, and with a little bit of remodel it could be a steal.
   
2. in upper rockridge, it’s a lovely house. there’s an extra office/room underneath with a separate entrance. it’s got a slate patio, and a play structure! and the storage, oh LORD the storage! big two car garage, and then this huge back room underneath where you could go seriously imelda marcos. or something. most of all, it’s like a block away from the fabled and much desired hillcrest elementary schools.
   
3. in glenview, a gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous craftsman home. it’s just indescribably beautiful. although, a little odd in parts. like no dishwasher (ok), but also no real space for the fridge, which the previous owners put in the breakfast nook room. although the stove is beautiful. it’s got a lovely yard, and it’s a block away from the glenview shops on park ave. however, if we lived here we might have to replace all of our furniture, because it may be a crime to put our stuff in this amazing house.
   
4. in redwood hills, it’s an amazing 2000 sqft ranch style house. all one floor, great layout, wonderful open sunny rooms. large kitchen (although electric stove— ugh), four bedrooms, three bathrooms! although, is it too far out? almost to the end of hwy 13, there is a slaveway you can walk to, but not much else. schools are good, though.

i think we’ve narrowed it down to the upper rockridge or glenview house, and offers are due today at 4 and 5pm respectively, so we just need to figure out what to bid.

then there’s this other wrinkle into the mix from last night: i finally talked to the SE manager down in socal, just hitting him up about what opportunities there would be should i want to relo down to lost angels in the near or far future. he says that it’s a perfect time, as they actually have an opening that would be perfect for my job skills. three accounts, the main one which they’re just breaking into, but is slated to be in the top account program in two years, and needs both technical expertise as well as relationship building. it’s not a step up job-wise, lateral at best (perhaps on a slight down ramp), and a little down at worst, but certainly pretty good considering the big move.

just when i spent the last week convincing myself that i could live in oakland, now lost angels is a real opportunity.

!!!

excuse me while we freak out here.