Getting REAL. Estate, that is.
First off, thanks to anyone who is still reading this half-dead thing. Second, I'm going to totally take off my old commenting program. That means that all of my old comments, from the last four years of this thing, will be gone. I'm sad about that. But... onward and upward and all that.

I'm going to have to figure out a good time to write. I used to write a lot at work, but I don't want to do that at my new job at the theater. I am trying to be more responsible about my internet usage there. But it sucks, because most of my good ideas come around when I'm at work. I'll think of a solution one of these days.

In real news, we're considering buying a house. We don't plan on staying in Dallas forever-and-ever, but if we're staying for the next year or three, we need to have a mortgage. Otherwise, taxes will eat us alive like they did this year. There are a ton of affordable, beautiful old houses here, mostly in North Oak Cliff and parts of East Dallas, allowing us to stay within Dallas itself and within a reasonable distance to downtown. I don't want to have a nasty commute again.

It's kind of taking over my life, and I spend my days obsessing about houses and backyards and mortgages. Victor and I have developed a shorthand language for the house search and now spend our day talking about how we looked at Marlborough on Ebby or how one of us has decided we prefer Brighton. We're mostly talking about addresses of houses or real estate websites, but I can imagine that it's pretty annoying for anyone around us.

So anyway, cross your fingers that we can afford a good house, and I'll try to keep you updated on our search.