My wife and I have been trying to sell our house for over two years. Just before Christmas, we tried to figure out what to do about it. It ended in a humorous bet. I bet her that our house would not sell by next Christmas. She agreed, being convinced the house would sell well before. The loser of the bet would have to feed Marlow, our dog, every day for six months. Right now, we trade off days to feed Marlow, and it's become the dreaded before-bed, colder-than-a-grave-digger's-ass task.
So, in good humor, I had been feeding the dog every day since I learned we sold the house. Yesterday, I found out reports of my loss had been greatly exaggerated. I'd say I'm surprised, but I'm not. The house deal fell through because the buyer (I use the term loosely) is mentally incompetent.
That's right. Only people who cannot make contractual obligations because of some unusual disability are crazy enough to buy our house. Which means, of course, that they can't buy our house. And they didn't.
By my count my wife has about five days of catching up to do on feeding the dog. Hey, I'll take what I can get at this point. I'm so beyond anger and frustration I don't even have words for it anymore. So, I just laugh about it, but really feel pretty hollow.
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Thursday, January 4, 2007
Housekeeping
It's a new year, and with it came a couple big changes for me. One is my resolve to keep writing here at Riverwords. To that end, I'm going to alter the settings for comments so that they immediately appear.
Our Holidays were wonderful and relaxing. It was a joy to watch the kids go wild on Christmas morning, and we had more than our fair share of parties, good wine, food, and family and friends.
The other big change I mentioned was a shake-up at work. On my first day back to work after the long holiday vacation, I found out my job has been dramatically changed, and that I now manage seven people. It means I'll also have to manage seven days of fewer hours. It's simultaneously exciting and dizzying, as the shift is a significant one at my company.
But, the good news is that I'm just starting some work on a new piece of fiction. I'll be sharing portions of it here this month.
Happy New Year to everyone.
Our Holidays were wonderful and relaxing. It was a joy to watch the kids go wild on Christmas morning, and we had more than our fair share of parties, good wine, food, and family and friends.
The other big change I mentioned was a shake-up at work. On my first day back to work after the long holiday vacation, I found out my job has been dramatically changed, and that I now manage seven people. It means I'll also have to manage seven days of fewer hours. It's simultaneously exciting and dizzying, as the shift is a significant one at my company.
But, the good news is that I'm just starting some work on a new piece of fiction. I'll be sharing portions of it here this month.
Happy New Year to everyone.
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