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As some of you know, we have to put the farmlet up for sale. The global financial crisis hit the area in a big way, and 11,000 local homeowners got screwed by the banks; we're one of them. There are For Sale signs sprouting all around us. It's been an insanely busy two weeks of cleaning and packing and painting and pruning and generally trying to make the place look attractive to potential buyers. It's wearing, to say the least.
We had one showing last Saturday. It was a young New Order Mennonite couple who seemed very interested, but we haven't heard anything further from the agent. Today our realtor, Sue, arranged for a videographer to come and take some vids and pics this morning. I was up at 6AM to get a start on making the place look as if no one really lives here. It's a very strange procedure, this selling houses. I missed most of the actual filming because I had to borrow the car which meant driving Mark to work and then running some errands before I made it back here. The guy seemed pretty happy with the results, the cats less so since they were shagged outside while all of this was going on. Morning is their prime nap time, for God's sake! Will no one think of the kitties?
Of course the rest of life doesn't stop just because we got hit with a thunderbolt. (By the way, our front yard was literally struck by lightning yesterday. No damage, but the shattering clap of thunder that came with it scared the crap out of all of us. And in how many ways does the universe have to keep insisting that we need to get the hell out of this place? Peace, universe! We get it. We get it.) Chores, errands, bills, animals - everything else still needs attending to.
All of my doctors give me the same sermon: don't overdo it and avoid stress. BWAH! Hello, let me introduce you to my life. I know things will get better at some point simply because that's how life works. But for now I'm tired, I'm stressed, I'm in pain, and I have a sinus infection. I woke up at 1:30 AM and only catnapped until I got out of bed at 6AM, so I've been going on just a few hours sleep all day. I'm laughing as I'm typing, because really . . . how ridiculous is all of this?
Anyway, I'll post the url for the vid when it gets posted. I hear it has theme music. The mind boggles.
We had one showing last Saturday. It was a young New Order Mennonite couple who seemed very interested, but we haven't heard anything further from the agent. Today our realtor, Sue, arranged for a videographer to come and take some vids and pics this morning. I was up at 6AM to get a start on making the place look as if no one really lives here. It's a very strange procedure, this selling houses. I missed most of the actual filming because I had to borrow the car which meant driving Mark to work and then running some errands before I made it back here. The guy seemed pretty happy with the results, the cats less so since they were shagged outside while all of this was going on. Morning is their prime nap time, for God's sake! Will no one think of the kitties?
Of course the rest of life doesn't stop just because we got hit with a thunderbolt. (By the way, our front yard was literally struck by lightning yesterday. No damage, but the shattering clap of thunder that came with it scared the crap out of all of us. And in how many ways does the universe have to keep insisting that we need to get the hell out of this place? Peace, universe! We get it. We get it.) Chores, errands, bills, animals - everything else still needs attending to.
All of my doctors give me the same sermon: don't overdo it and avoid stress. BWAH! Hello, let me introduce you to my life. I know things will get better at some point simply because that's how life works. But for now I'm tired, I'm stressed, I'm in pain, and I have a sinus infection. I woke up at 1:30 AM and only catnapped until I got out of bed at 6AM, so I've been going on just a few hours sleep all day. I'm laughing as I'm typing, because really . . . how ridiculous is all of this?
Anyway, I'll post the url for the vid when it gets posted. I hear it has theme music. The mind boggles.
