10/06/2026
There are so many parts of being an adult, I would think this will be so much fun. Then I do it and realise it’s not fun.
For a lot of my adult life, we got hand-me-down furniture. Which was great and saved us money. In 2020, when we moved back from Mexico, we had nothing. We bought a house and needed furniture.
It was the pandemic. A lot of places said it would take months to get a couch. Then our living room was small and oddly shaped. So many couches wouldn’t fit.
Oh ya, and I was 7 months pregnant with our first kid, and it was summer. I did all this shopping alone.
It was not fun. I thought couch shopping would be fun. In the end, I just got the couch I could get.
We had it for years, but it sucked. It was super low and sucked you in. Also, because of its shape, really only two people could sit on it.
Eventually, we got a bigger house with a living room twice the size. Then my grandparents offered us their amazing Costco couch. We loved that couch. I would have brought that couch to Europe if it made sense.
Fast forward to moving abroad. I remember a year ago when we knew we would be moving to Spain, and I would look at apartments on idealista.
I spent so much time over the last year-plus looking at apartments. I would find amazing places and think, “Ugh, I wish we could move there now.”
Here we are. Finally, house hunting here. The thing I was so excited to do, and we are not having a good time.
Often, the houses look better in the photos. Or they don’t like our employment situation. Or that we don’t get paid in euros. Or they won’t let us register at the address. Or they want our bank statements for the last year plus a vial of plasma. Just kidding, but kind of not.
We applied for a spot. It’s not perfect. But I don’t care. I want this to be over and to know we have a place.
I’m officially stressed and not having a good time 😆.
“SUMMER IS SUPPOSED TO BE FUN”
