Holding Pattern

One son's suitcase:My daughter's suitcase: My suitcase:
On the floor in our house.

No, I am not on vacation.
No, I am not exactly happy about it.
There is a silver lining to that cloud, however:
Vacation spot has no A/C, and is very humid almost always.
We're in the middle of a nasty heatwave.
My house has A/C.
This makes me a bit happier.

First off, put me down for a no on the entire house sale/purchase process, to say nothing of having to move 6 people (and their stuff) in 25 days. Especially when you have no idea where you are moving those 6 people.

Suffice it to say that the 3 houses, any of which would be great, one of which I loved-- they are gone. Two sold not an hour before we tried to buy them. The other we were within an inch of a contract when the wife decided she just couldn't handle selling her house (gotta say I'm starting to be in more sympathy with that position). The fact her husband has to commute 4 hours (one way) to work is, I guess, not so important but who am I.

Not bitter, no, but madly exasperated. I promise knitting (some), I just wanted to explain why I have accomplished so little knitting -- and even why I had no heart for knitting, nor indeed for much of anything, for a few days. Looking at endless houses, all of which are not great (hence we didn't want them before), most of which are overpriced for this market, and stewing endlessly on what we do next (rent) is, um, annoying....

I did get to look at the world's most horrible rental house. In this neighborhood it was quite shocking. I took no pictures, I ran out in tears.

Here-- some nice knitting:

My sleeve is actually coming along. I love this Berroco Ultra Alpaca yarn. Gorgeous hand, easy to work with.

Now, back to my regularly scheduled activity:

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Linda said…
Oh boy. Hang in there.
August 8, 2007 at 9:22 PM
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