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There’s More You Can’t Plan For Than You Can Plan For
No plan survives contact with the enemy.
My wife and I recently bought a house. There are a whole lot of different reasons why we chose this path after years of explaining why we were against it.
We managed to find a house that was almost everything we wanted. We have a wrap-around porch, it’s a Colonial/Victorian house that’s had the bathrooms and kitchen updated, and a lot of other work done, too.
It passed inspection, we closed, and then we had a month (before our rent in our prior place ended) to paint, acquire and build some new furniture, and other touches to make it ours. After 2 weeks we were 95% unpacked and settling in.
Then we hit our first obstacle. We were not surprised, as we expected we’d need to address it. Just not so soon. As in, it’s an important system we need functioning that we can’t live without, so repairs cannot be put off and must occur ASAP.
As I have joked with my wife and some friends now — I don’t regret buying a house, but I kind of rue and lament it (not my line, that’s a quote from Futurama).
Sometimes, the Universe reminds me that there’s more you can’t plan for than you can plan for.
