CA Trip .... Coming soon!

As the title suggests, I am counting down the days before I leave to go back home to CA. I really can't wait until I get on that plane Tuesday morning. You know, most people here in NC find it odd that I still call CA home. Not totally sure why...maybe they have never felt like they were away from home before, or maybe they define "home" in a really different way. Probably the most common definition would be that home is where you are currently living. Of course, I completely disagree. Home is where you feel comfortable, home is where your friends are, home is where you want to be. As everyone knows, NC has not fit this definition for me.

Now, that being said, what I have done this week seems like a contradiction in terms. I have really been looking for some kind of change. I was walking Athena early last week in this neighborhood across the street from my apartments. No clue why I decided to dart across Davis drive at night with my dog since this is not a road normally crossed on foot. As we were walking along, I just happened to start looking around at this place. This is a large neighborhood that has both townhouses and single family houses, with HUGE tennis courts, pool and clubhouse. I don't know, maybe I didn't realize that I had slipped and hit my head, but I started thinking, "Hmm, maybe I should buy one of these."

At that moment, I laughed it off but I guess that thought sort of stuck with me because I ended up emailing my Dad the next day to find out what mortgage brokers that he knew and I also realized one of my friends is a real estate agent on the side. So, I already sent all of my info to the broker guy to get prequalified. Yes, I moved quickly on that because I can't help to be curious about how much I could qualify for, just for grins, really. Of course, everyone I mention it to here thinks that its an excellent idea. Even if its a great tax benefit and it wouldn't be like throwing my money in a hole (which is what apartment rent is doing), I'm just really not sure I could do this. To me, its more of a mental thing. Buying something here would mean that I am sticking around here for a while. That's what this decision is really going to be about. Definitely not something to rush in to.