Monday, July 31, 2006

Weekend fun and more houses.

So my friend Rob (Freshman) and his fiance came up for the weekend. Thankfully the weather gave us a break for the weekend and wasn't as hot as it has been thanks to some much needed rain. The weather in Duluth has bee crazy, we're supposed to have the hottest July ever (granted that puts us at an average 70 or something with temperatures over night, but hey, we live in the "air conditioned city").

They got up around 8:30 and we all met another friend at Applebee's for happy hour. On Saturday we went golfing. I'm really not very good, but neither was anyone else, so it was okay. We went to a course in a neighboring city, Proctor, which was nice because it's a bit cheaper and not very busy, so we didn't have anyone pushing us behind. Somehow I managed to get a bogy on one of the holes, due only to the fact that I managed to drive the ball on the green on the first swing. Definitely not a norm. Mike was the best of us, with like 48 or something (out of 9 holes) followed closely by Rob. The rest of us were in the 60's or more...

After golf we stopped at Dairy Queen, made a quick stop to look at a house and then headed to Mikes to grill. There was a bit of rain that delayed grilling for a bit, but it wasn't too long. My room mate Becky and Rob's girlfriend Leah pass the time by playing Tetris. Oddly they were both really good at it. After it rained we grilled and played bacce ball. On Sunday Rob and Leah left fairly early and after that I went back to the same old boring stuff.

We've looked at five more houses now, with some promise. One was really nice, had a yard and enough space, but the bedrooms were tiny. Another was nice, in good condition, but overall a bit small. The third house had plenty of room and is still a possibility, although it wasn't the best location and had coin-op laundry. The house we saw on Saturday was the best. It had a two door garage, a huge sunroom and even bigger living-room, a really nice, big deck, a nice kitchen and separate dinning room, good sized bedrooms, a bathroom with separate tub and shower, laundry and was nicely located just outside town. The big downfall was that we wouldn't be able to have anyone over. Apparently it has a really small septic system that it shared with the house next door, so she said even if we had people over for a short time it could back up... So anyway... We saw one more house tonight. It was really nice, had a nice kitchen, sun-room, gas fireplace and a yard, but it was a bit small, had coin-op laundry and the shower was in the basement and was a bit questionable. So, we're considering some of the places, but might see a few more.

Later tonight we had this huge storm come in and it really pored. Sewers and streets were flooding and there was lightning all over, which we don't get a whole lot of because it's often too cold here for it, but it heated back up good today. We actually had a heat advisory. The really cool thing is you could look up the hill and see that a ways over it there were still blue skys. The bad part is that now my basement is wet (where my bedroom is, thankfully the room stays dry). Anyway, it's time for bed now. Feel free to leave comments, more than likly it will make my day to know someone cares.

written at 10:02 PM
 
Comments: 3

At 4:45 PM, Anonymous said...

Okay Sam, the first thing I have to say is that "weather" is spelled thusly. The second thing is that I care, and so does Jake. He always tells me that I need to read your page. We both find it entertaining. We are excited to see you this weekend!

Holly

At 5:27 PM, Sam said...

Well... firstly, I didn't even know wether was a word, it's just a typo, but apparently wether is a castrated ram... anyway, I'll fix it, just for you. And yay for reading! I'm excited about this weekend as well.

At 8:18 PM, Jill Corrin said...

Sam:

Hi there! My mom told me you had created a blog, and I asked her to forward the link to me.
I feel for you on the house hunting. It's not the most fun. Your descriptions of some of the places brought back lots of memories about college ... and, yes, slumlords!
Try to stay cool in the heat. If it's any consolation, we're sweating it out here, too. (Thank God for air conditioning!)
I also look forward to reading more of your entries in the future.
Take care,
Your cuz Jill