Roller Coaster Ride

Just a about 6 weeks ago, we decided to start get serious about getting our boat. We got ourselves a relator and thought that we would have our apartment sold within a week or two. We were all excited and felt overwhelmed at the same time. Excited about selling the apartment but at the same time, overwhelmed about how much work we are going to have selling everything and down sizing. The first showing went ok but no one made an offer on the apartment. Then came the 2nd, 3rd and 4th showing with no results. By the 4th showing, Anna and I were both so blasé about the whole apartment selling process. Having to keep the apartment styled and staged in a certain way all the time is a pain in the ass. I don't want you to think that Anna and I live like hoarders or anything like that, but it is nice to be able come home a leave things where they are and take care of them later.

Since we were not getting the attention we wanted for our apartment, we have now took it off the market. It is still for sale but it has been taken off hemnet. (A Swedish site where houses and apartments are listed.) For some reason, everyone thinks if the apartment has been on hemnet for more than a week, there is something wrong with it and they tend to stay away. So for now, we are going to wait util the end of May and try listting the apartment again.

It may seem like a lot of emotion for just selling an apartment but it is more than just selling an apartment. Selling our apartment is like kick starting our dream. It marks the official start of us getting our boat. So until it is sold, it feels like we are just in libo and this in itself is a bit of stress. We want to get going now and since it is taking longer to sell the apartment, it is a bit frustrating. Wait for others to do something, like buying our apartment :),  is not one of our strong suits.

We have not even bought our boat or settled on the final details of the boat and our emotional state has been on a roller coaster. Real high at the start of each showing, real low when we did not get an offer, back to high for next showing and then low again. Then wanting to purchase our boat but having to wait due to the apartment. So our emotional state has been all over the spectrum these past weeks. I wonder what type of basket cases we are going to be once we sign the papers for the boat :)