Home Sweet Home(s)

Monday, January 19, 2015
So things have been a bit hectic for me the last four weeks.

First, Sister Stacey and the Incomparable JR came to visit for a week at Christmas time. I wasn't sure how I was going to react this year to Christmas, and I was pleasantly surprised. Their presence here in the Big Yellow House made the holiday not only something I could bear, but a laugh-fest, as well. Thanks, guys - your friendship means the world to me.

Then it was off to San Diego for two weeks to help hold down the fort while the Mechanicky Gal had her hip replaced. As it turned out, we were the ones who needed adult supervision, but we made it through without too much damage to hearth, home and body. (Mechanicky's doing fabulously, by the way. I understand she's been cleared to drive, and is currently training for her inevitable job with the circus.)

I was then home for about 40 hours, then off for business travel Monday - Friday of last week.

Now I'm home, and Miss Jackson Pi will not let me out of her sight. I'm barely allowed to go to the bathroom independently, and the Smart Man tells me she was acting out during my long absence. I'm going to be home for a couple of weeks now, so we hope to get her back to normal before I have to travel again. I'm back to running, and will resume tracking my food today. I gained no weight over the holidays or during my travels, so I'm satisfied with THAT outcome, at least.

In the meantime, we don't anticipate any more house-guests in the next few months, and the Big Brown House has shingles on it. They're working on electrical and such, and we anticipate closing in about three or four months (subject to change without notice).

Which brings us to the Big Yellow House.

Now that the holidays are over and we can see that the new house will be complete in 3-4 months, it's time to get the Big Yellow House ready to sell, and I am dreading it. We have a real estate agent who helped us when we bought this place, and he's agreed to help us again. We have an appointment for him to come out and take a look at the place, so that we might get a better idea about what needs to be done. We already know a carpet allowance and some paint are on the list, and we can manage that just fine - it's the other things, the things we don't know about, that I dread. This is our first home, and so we've never had to prepare a house for sale.

And of course, my brain is an asshole, which means my insomnia now consists of me obsessing not only about how we want to decorate the new house, but what needs to be done to this place.

I'm sure it will be easier than I'm making it out to be. Maybe. I hope.

1 comments:

Phiala said...

Hey asshole brain, Janiece is AWESOME and ORGANIZED and FABULOUS, and all will be well in hand as it needs to be.

But oh yeah, houses. Moving. UGH.