ack! AAAIIIIEEE!!! *bzzzzzt* *twitch*

saw the brady bunch house this morning, and it is... PERFECT. oh. my. freaking. GOD. no lie, i walked in the front door and my eyes welled up with tears. it's IT. this house is so "it's 1965 in california and i live 2 blocks from the beach"... it's like the houses in all of the shag paintings i love, great open floor plan and soaring ceiling in the living room and the MOST BEAUTIFUL DECK OUT BACK FOR PARTIES and i want want want it NOW.

what's the catch? it went on the market yesterday, and there are already 3 offers on it. *brain exploding* mine, which i'm submitting tomorrow morning, will be the 4th. argh. my hope is that the other offers are a little under the asking price, so that if i offer what's listed (or even a teeny bit higher, i'm willing to go up to a few thousand more) i'll get it. the company that's selling it on behalf of the buyer will look at all the offers monday morning, so in a couple of days i'll know. until then, i have to keep from having a heart attack.

mom loves the place too (yes, i had her drive out for a second showing a few hours later)... she's threatening to out-bid me for it. *grin* she's saying a rosary right now... and all of you, if you pray to any kind of god in any form, put in a good word with him/her for me, ok?