As I sit here 9 days before taking possession of 8711 Kiblercrest Drive, I wonder what in the world were we thinking when we jumped this gun.
I know what I was thinking: Here's this house, already built, beautiful, established lawn, 90 percent what we wanted to build, won't have to go through the process of building from scratch and all the decisions necessary, and most importantly, it will make Dad happy to know Judy and I have a forever home to live in once he's gone.
In the meantime, I'm still driving 1.5 hours to Newport News to help Dad and Judy. I'm already not doing a very good job taking care of my present house, and in just 9 days, I'll have two houses to neglect and essentially, zero autonomy over the second house and no control over the money.
What a mess.
