My house has been on the market 19 days and we haven’t received any offers 😢 we dropped the price a week ago and still nothing . My realtor and a friend (who is also a realtor) do not think it is price but the Stupid gas company who is doing construction on the street and it’s loud people can’t look past that temporary thing.
I went to the gym last night and attempted a half-assed work out. I haven't stepped foot in a gym in a VERY long time, and I am far from a healthy weight. I was very intimidated and sat in the parking lot for quite a while just trying to muster up the strength to go in. I just had a free guest pass, but I think I'm going to join. I've lost 35lbs but still need to lose 100 more and just don't think that I'm going to be able to do it walking the dog.
I leave for France in 55 days and still don't have confirmed flights. I'm starting to get nervous.
This is great!! I totally agree that the gym can be intimidating! Ours have just reopened so I'll be going back pretty soon.
I've heard some good tips - I thought the best one is just to go in with a plan written down! I always worry that when I go in people will stare at me and think I don't know what I'm doing, so having a plan helps me get over that. But overall I've found people to be helpful if needed - so I try to remember that!
Chronic illness blows. I'm in a flare and really struggling with pain in my hands and feet. I have zero energy and just overall feel like shit.
I'm falling behind on keeping my house clean and my husband is stressed out about me being ill, so I can't talk to him about it. Plus, I really hate complaining and I'm irritable and just not myself.
I'm supposed to go meet some friends later and I just want to cancel. I don't want to be that flakey friend, and I'm sure I'll be happy when I'm there.
I don't want to burden other people with my shit, and I look like I'm ok- so it's this big secret I'm just hiding from everyone?
I wish I could just go back to my old body and feel like me again.
We're on Day 9705989283408290 of work being done on our basement floor. I'm so annoyed that 2 months in the cement floor issue is still not resolved (it's chipping and flaking all over). At this point I'm so over the project manager's attitude through all of this that we're not going to sign off on the fix until it's 100% corrected. He's been such a douche through this whole process. The sooner it gets fixed correctly the sooner he'll stop hearing from us. These are sub-contractors hired by the builder, not mine. The head guy working on the floor told us it would have been cheaper for the builder to just have the basement finished for us than to continue grinding down the floor and applying a seal. It seems at this point it's a pissing contest between the PM and the concrete guy. It's ridiculous.
calamity, I'm sorry you're in pain. Do you mind my asking what illness you have? I truly believe that most friends, if they're good friends, would want to know what's going on so they can support you. That's something I have to tell myself constantly, as I tend to be quite private IRL. I'm working on being more open and vulnerable; it definitely doesn't come easily/naturally to me.
I found out that my cousin's widower planned her celebration of life for July 31 and didn't invite any of our family. It's kind of a joint celebration of life and birthday parties for their two girls who have birthdays in July & August. So my aunt and uncle were invited because they were going up for the birthdays anyway, but none of the rest of us. He said at the funeral in April that they would be having one later once Covid was more under control so we were all there and heard that. And then to not even tell us about it being scheduled? I'm struggling with not being angry because I know he's grieving and of course I don't know his reasoning, but it hurts.
Grief is a terrible monster. It’s highly possible he didn’t even realize he left anyone out who would want to attend. He may also want it to be his close family who he’s comfortable grieving with. It’s hard to not take this personal, but it’s likely not. I’m sorry for your loss.
calamity, I'm sorry you're struggling (((hugs))) If I were one of your friends I'd want to know that and how I could best support you. Maybe the outing could be modified or something.
H and I talked, and I’m working on our application for a foreign exchange student! We need five references, and I’m realizing how few friends we have, lol.
TR, I’m sorry your cousin’s H didn’t include you. When my grandma died, my Dad and his two siblings decided to have a private memorial with just them and their spouses. Totally their decision, I guess, but it sucked for me because I loved my grandma! She and I were a lot alike, so it stung that I didn’t get to formally say goodbye.
This Six Flags talk makes me really itch to ride some roller coasters. Last weekend we took our DD2 to a little amusement park in Maine. It has a **tiny** roller coaster I rode with DD2, who repeatedly said she was going to die through the whole ride. Then H and I went on that ride that goes back and forth and suspends you in air looking down for a moment, which was pure fun for me, but H closed his eyes and white-knuckled it the whole time. They’re both still complaining about how traumatized they were! I need a thrill-seeking ride buddy.
Since I like to chime in on the grief stuff, I will chime in on this one with a story.
I reference above my vacation that has four different events. One of the events is burying my mom's ashes. Long story short, four years ago we were not ready to do so. Now we are. We have gone back and forth and honestly had a lot of fights on how to handle this. We finally settled on just my dad, my sister and I doing it. We are not inviting my mom's family because then it becomes a big production. We won't even bring our kids or husbands along. There is a good chance there will be some mildy hurt feelings for not including them? Each time we considered making it a bigger event, a lot of pain came up again. And it has been four years since my mom died. Perhaps it is because it starts to feel like a funeral and there are so many messy feelings with an event directly after a death. I don't want to ever feel those feelings again. We want it small an intimate because that is what feels right. We already did the funeral and all the public grieving. This is just the final part.
TR, I don't know if that is what your cousin's widower is thinking. Or he just in general might be so overwhelmed that he is just not thinking logistics through at all. I am sorry you are hurt. Unfortunately death often brings up hurt feelings because it is hard to meet everyone's wishes. I just know even four years later the more we talked about inviting extended family the more panicked I started to feel. Grief is a bitch and apparently doesn't go away!
I woke up this morning to an emergency work text message, which immediately spiked my adrenaline. Sigh.
Then I asked the family if they wanted to go get breakfast and everyone was non-committal, so DH suggested I go have coffee and read alone. So I did!
I just enjoyed a really excellent berry danish of some sort at this Czech cafe and the owner makes a great true cappuccino. I don’t know what we’re going to do today, but my morning has been really lovely since I woke up and I might just let DH continue to take point with the kids today so I can relax.
Post by maudefindlay on Jul 20, 2021 11:13:30 GMT -5
namasteak are other homes near you selling fast? I've noticed our area is slowing down some and have seen people dropping prices. Maybe it's just that trends are changing. Either way I hope you get a good offer soon.
namasteak are other homes near you selling fast? I've noticed our area is slowing down some and have seen people dropping prices. Maybe it's just that trends are changing. Either way I hope you get a good offer soon.
My neighbors was on the market almost a month but other houses are still going under contract in about 2 weeks. I really think it’s the damn gas company doing (much needed) construction. It’s just frustrating because we have dropped $25k compared to comps because of that shit and now we are in the market longer too.
I'm stuck on jury duty. 4.5 hours in and I'm not going anywhere for a while. Hopefully I'll end up with the whole day off of work as I'm not sure if I'm supposed to log in once I get home. At least I've done a lot of reading, but kick myself that I didn't bring headphones. I could have listened to the whole Doctor Death podcast by now lol.
My 3 yr old has his first mosquito bites and he spent all night using my body as a scratching post, like a bear on a tree.
I truly do not understand how people cosleep with toddlers.
Donut shop number 4 today 😬
My 3 year old was in our bed at 1:30 am this morning and he refused to leave. Normally if I tell him to go back to his room, he will, so I let him stay. But omg. At one point, he was laying across my back. It was sweet because he just wanted to cuddle but omg kid. MOVE.
I haven’t been paying much attention to the Bezos in space thing but I had no idea it was for like a five minute trip! I kept getting CNN alerts and it was “interview before the launch”. Then five minutes later “watch the launch”. Then literally ten minutes later “Bezos gives interview after space flight”. WTF??? There is no need for these guys to have so much money.
I haven’t been paying much attention to the Bezos in space thing but I had no idea it was for like a five minute trip! I kept getting CNN alerts and it was “interview before the launch”. Then five minutes later “watch the launch”. Then literally ten minutes later “Bezos gives interview after space flight”. WTF??? There is no need for these guys to have so much money.
I didn't realize this until today, either. What is even the point then? I assumed he was going to spend some time there. Just going up and coming down right away seems like a ton of fuel and money (and safety risks!) for so little enjoyment.
Admittedly I have not been following this AT ALL so maybe I'm missing something.
I haven’t been paying much attention to the Bezos in space thing but I had no idea it was for like a five minute trip! I kept getting CNN alerts and it was “interview before the launch”. Then five minutes later “watch the launch”. Then literally ten minutes later “Bezos gives interview after space flight”. WTF??? There is no need for these guys to have so much money.
I didn't realize this until today, either. What is even the point then? I assumed he was going to spend some time there. Just going up and coming down right away seems like a ton of fuel and money (and safety risks!) for so little enjoyment.
Admittedly I have not been following this AT ALL so maybe I'm missing something.
I am dying that the rocket looks like a penis.
I also have to imagine there is some awful environmental impact as well but admittedly, that is not based on any knowledge.
It's cool and a little drizzly here today, and I really need to do a bunch of one-off laundry (couch blankets, a blanket I pulled from the cedar chest to replace a blanket on one of our guest beds that fell apart, my new duvet cover that arrived yesterday). But my 18 year old cat has climbed into my lap for some cuddles and a nap and I feel bad about disturbing her.
Is it too early to start the teacher wishlists? We just found out a local church is covering all supplies, so I would love to pay it forward and support more teachers this year.
I have to go to St Louis in December for work. I was thinking it would be like one day of events that apply to me, then I could fly home. I just found out that there are 2 events that I'm needed for. They are 2 days apart and the second one is an evening meeting so I can't leave until the next morning. It is the week before xmas and I will be gone 4-5 days. Everyone agrees that it's the worst timing ever but the person who made the decision quit and now there is no way to undo it.
For the same contract, I'll be going to Spokane next year. My west coast geography isn't great, so I just googled how far Spokane is from anything I could incorporate into a vacation. Um. Who chooses these places? (sorry Spokane residents)
It's cool and a little drizzly here today, and I really need to do a bunch of one-off laundry (couch blankets, a blanket I pulled from the cedar chest to replace a blanket on one of our guest beds that fell apart, my new duvet cover that arrived yesterday). But my 18 year old cat has climbed into my lap for some cuddles and a nap and I feel bad about disturbing her.
We have senior cats and the general rule is not to disturb a sleeping kitty. I use this as an excuse all the time. Plus, they are so cute!
Gato, if you come to/through DFW, I will be your roller coaster buddy. If you go to Orlando, go solo... the parks had a suprising number of single rider lines that went so fast.
Nonny, sunnysally, give them an extra hug. I put my senior kitty down today, hence why I am wasting time on my tablet and not actually working. Our house had 2 kitties for 17 years, and now 0. It's going to be so weird.
calamity , I'm sorry you're in pain. Do you mind my asking what illness you have? I truly believe that most friends, if they're good friends, would want to know what's going on so they can support you. That's something I have to tell myself constantly, as I tend to be quite private IRL. I'm working on being more open and vulnerable; it definitely doesn't come easily/naturally to me.
I have rheumatoid arthritis. I've tried so many different medications and I have had so many bad reactions. I'm on Otezla right now, but there is no relief from any of the symptoms, just the lovely side effect of diarrhea
I have a good friend I talk to about it, but she's got her own shit going on too.