house hunters

As I sat at my desk today eating my lunch (beef stew compliments of my husband) I decided to write a list of all the houses Jay and I have looked at so far in our search for our first house. I came up with 30. Together, Jay and I came up with about 16 more. We have looked at 46 houses so far (that we can remember)!! 46 houses, and yet I still sit here writing this from our 500 square foot apartment. We had a couple close calls last week, but nothing. I try to remain hopeful that this rollercoaster like journey will come to an end soon. A good friend of my mother's told me she looked at 99 houses before buying the 100th...I'm not sure if I find that hopeful or really depressing.