9/6, What's in a house

I can't sleep, so instead I'm thinking about how nice it'll be when my dad is out of the house (15 days!) and what I'd realistically like to do with my future house and how I'm going to save for it.

What I have so far: I'd like it to be two bedrooms, so I can have my dedicated bedroom that's just for sleeping and then a writing/craft room, with a wall lined with bookshelves and another wall with a nice, big desk and comfortable chair and a computer that's not that great but that has a great keyboard. Some nice decorations to help set the mood, maybe a setup to play music that's not the computer. Candles? IDK.

Then for my actual bedroom, just a nice, big bed, a nice dresser, a nice bedside table that has room for my nighttime and morning things. Thick curtains. A proper alarm clock.

Then in my living room - a TV mostly so I can game and watch Netflix on it, another desk so I can play around on my computer, maybe a small table for games or doing crafts in the living room or whatever. Some nice decorations. A space to do some exercise in - a treadmill, maybe, or an exercise bike. In the kitchen is a nice fridge. I'd like a dishwasher, too. I'm not too fussed about cabinet space. There's either a small laundry room/garage/mudroom, or just hookups for the laundry by the kitchen. The yard is small. Easy to maintain. Maybe enough room for a little garden.

Would I have a cat? I guess it would depend on how empty the house feels, or if I have mice problems. Would I have plants? They would make it feel homier, and be easy enough to take care of. I would do modest decorations for the holidays. I'd keep it clean - not perfect, but tidy. And it would always be quiet when I wanted it to be, though I'd keep earplugs for when there's construction or a neighbor constructing something.

I'd start to find myself outside of the stressors of everyone else. Then, maybe, someday, I will let someone into my house. I'll invite them in for an hour or two. Then a weekend, maybe. But it would always be on my terms.

I'll pay it off when I'm old and calmer. In the meantime, I'll clean out the gutters in the spring and early fall, and I'll clean the windows, and I'll air it out. I'll read while it's raining. I'll burn meals, and undercook them, and save the results in tupperware and hope it'll be palatable in the morning. I'll be happy, or close enough.