Good Buy(ers)

Well, much to the astonishment of our friends, realtor and probably attorneys, we met our buyers last night. We wanted to show them around the place and ask them a few questions about settlement, etc. It was GREAT.

A few highlights of the evening were when the wife said she had a room exactly the color of the laundry room growing up and loved it. They also joked that they have some friends who are rehabbing a bungalow and they'll be very jealous when they see that this one is done already.

They're a lovely young couple from the city and they're tired of the traffic. The husband works in Warrenville/Winfield and the wife is planning on working out here, so it makes sense for them to be here. We gave them an hour long tour of the house to show them the radon system, etc. Then we took them to Tate's Ice Cream to show them the downtown area.

Morgan was a pretty good host, save for the mini-tantrum she threw when a little kid dared to sit in a seat she deemed to be hers at Tate's. Not sure if he finished his ice cream or was annoyed by her loud wails, but he left pretty soon after and our daughter was happy. Funny little kid.

At the end of the evening, we had a few laughs about the negotiations, about how our realtors were hesitant for us to meet in case the deal fell through. We actually thought it would be fun to be neighbors with each other, it was that fun.

Dan and I climbed into bed that night with light hearts. "You know, Em," he said, "the timing of selling this house was not ideal for us, but it probably answered their prayer."