Ok, since Laz requested it a week ago, and since it's a busy week work-wise but not condo-wise, a brief description of my condo:
-2 bedrooms/1 bath, living room, dining room, kitchen
-The master bedroom was converted into a library. So I'll be sleeping in the small bedroom and using the library as, um, a library. The other realtor asked if I had enough books to fill it. Ha!
-Hardwood floors in bedrooms, lr, and dr. Ceramic tile in kitchen and bathroom
-Oven, fridge, microwave, and dishwasher in the kitchen
-The rooms are smallish. I think total livable area is something like 800 square feet. Compared to my current place it feels like a palace.
-The place was built in the 1920s, so it's old but well maintained. And charming. :)
-There's a shared back porch/stairs, a laundry room (with 'free' laundry), big storage spaces, a common room, and a small backyard.
-The condo association is very well run, and the people are incredibly friendly.
-There are 18 units in the building, with three floors and three entryways. So there are two doors per landing and no real hallways.
-Best of all, it's a 10-minute walk from work!

I won't tell you how much I paid, but it's probably $75K less than it would be in my current neighborhood, and my employer is paying closing costs. Assesments are a bit higher than I'd like, but since the condo association has a lot in reserves it's nice to know I won't be hit with an enormous special assesment if the roof caves in or something.

Tentative plan is to move in January 8. There will be a north side move out and a south side move in. The moving truck is only making the trip once, so everything will be on it. That way if people don't have time and/or transportation but would like to help, they can choose once side or the other to help with. It's not going to take long, regardless. Everything will be boxed and ready to go. Move out will involve moving things across the hall to the freight elevator and then down a short hall to the truck. Moving in will be slightly trickier but not much, since I'm on the first floor (with a short staircase up). Since everything I own fits in 300 square feet right now, it can't be too much. :) If I could, I would move myself, but I'm guessing I can't carry a bed or couch by myself.

I'm still pretty convinced that something will go wrong before December 15, so maybe I will be living in my office instead. :)

Buying this condo is by far the most stressful thing I've ever done. I'm incapable of thinking about anything else right now, but it would just cause more stress to write about it. So probably no blogging until closing (Dec. 15, I hope).

Yep, it was a great plan to buy a condo and start a new job at the same time. Really.

This week at work we have open enrollments for next year's benefits. On our enrollment cards are our salaries, for purposes of costs of benefits, etc. Instead of listing either my old salary or my new salary my card showed a sum of the two. That was a pretty number. :) Unfortunately, this is causing me a headache because they are not really going to pay me that salary, but all of my benefits were figured incorrectly. Hmph.

In other news, I have a condo. At least assuming that the mountains of paperwork goes correctly, I will have a condo on December 15. There are way too many people involved in this process, but so far they've all been nice. And I only got one condo-related phone call today, which was quite an improvement over the past couple of days when I've had to speak with my realtor, my attorney, my home inspector, my mortgage counselor, and my lender. Moving plans are unknown at this point, but I will probably be moving around Jan 6 or so.

things are moving quickly with the condo. nothing's official yet, but i'm starting to feel like an adult. :)