Shopping for a house is interesting, but exhausting. All the touring, the visiting, the sifting through listings...

And apparently there's something that I don't know. Because every time I mention to people that I'm looking for a home in the city rather than the suburbs, they look at me like I'd just admitted to spending last weekend at a Star Trek convention. And when I say I'm looking for a historic home, they look at me like I said, "I like to strangle kittens."

But despite the doubters, I've put in an offer on a house.