Peggy had to go to Dallas this week, so she came to Austin on her way back south so we can find a place to live.

We have found our new home. It is a two-bedroom apartment in a beautiful property right on the Colorado River that overlooks a nature preserve. It is much smaller than our house, but that’s the point. What we realized is that it’s exactly the same size as the downstairs in our current house in Katy. Since we never go upstairs we shouldn’t miss the square footage…

Even more importantly, since Peggy came from Dallas it became apparent to her how much shorter her drives to see her mother are going to be once we move here for real. She knew Austin was closer to Dallas, but it really had not occurred to her how much easier the drive will be until this trip.

I will go and put down a deposit this week and we will begin the process of moving in a couple of weeks. We are changing the floors in the apartment to hardwoods, so the management company asked for two weeks to get the floors done and then to get the apartment cleaned and ready for us.

That works out perfectly because we have accepted an offer on our house and the buyer wants to close on October 9! Very exciting stuff. Closing so quickly would not have been possible if we were trying to buy a house in Austin, but moving into an apartment makes it much easier for us to get out of the house quickly.

So, we are hanging out at the lake and doing a little celebrating. This is a great place to celebrate.

Peggy will head back to Katy tonight. I will miss her, but it is a lot easier knowing that she will be back for keeps in just a couple of weeks. It’s getting real!