Sometimes the reality of getting up at 5:30 in the morning doesn’t really hit until 7:45, at which point the entire body gellifies into a warm, rubbery sleepiness… the head heavy, the eyes stinging to be rubbed and begging to close.

I drove to work from Mike’s house in Quincy this morning, left at 5:50 in the morning, because if there’s anything I hate, it’s traffic on 93.  As a result of leaving so early, and taking advantage of my ability to speed on the open road, I got into work at 6:25.  This is very nice because I’ll get to leave at 2:30.

By 11:07, having been here so unnaturally long already,  I’ve already gotten a sensible half day’s worth of work done, so I figured I would bring the blog up to speed on the recent house hunt status.

I was right (and simultaneously wrong) about getting my hopes up for the Natick house.  It was in need of demolition (a gut job) had no appliances, severe water damage, needed new ceilings, floors, probably a new roof, etc.  Again, who knows about the basement because some houses are too scary to want to check out the scene “down there”.

Today will hopefully be more promising.  I’m doing a circuit of Hyde Park and Roslindale — seeing 7 properties in total.  I think only one of them is a single family (Hyde Park foreclosure) and the rest are condos.  Regardless of whether any of this pans out, it will at least be nice to check out the Roslindale area, which I’m pretty unfamiliar with.  Three properties are near the Arnold Arboretum, and I know the JP side of this to some extent (and I like it).  One other is right on the ege of Mt Hope cemetary (hey, at least it’s quiet with trees) and the three others surreound the Stony Brook reservation and George Wright golf course.  I used to think there were only golf courses in really ritzy places…

In other news, there’s been some email exchange about starting a band with some people.  I would be interested in singing again, even though this isn’t the most available time in my life.  I figure a good outlet for unproductive fun could be just what the doctor ordered.  In the words of Debbie Vallante (about me), “you don’t have an irresponsible bone in your body”.  I think she meant it as a compliment, but my inner rock star cringed with rebel-wannabe-ism.

Random thoughts:

  • Elephunk is a great game, worth $5 on PS3
  • Bob Drake talks a lot, and every time I type his name, I typo “Bob Drank”, then laugh
  • I usually spend time with my mom on Thursdays.  I hope she will come see a place/some places with me soon.
  • It would be nice if I found the one today.  It would always be nice if I found the one.