A month before I take possession of my house! Can’t wait. Although occasionally I get a nervous feeling that I made a mistake mostly it feels like it was the right decision. My mortgage will be less than the rent I am paying right now and significantly less than what I would have been paying after lease renewal. There is no denial, my new place is much smaller, with no garage, and no entrance. The front door opens straight into the living room. It is also located on MAX line and there will be noise from passing trains. But I won’t have to drive to work if I don’t want to. I can take MAX. The stop is right by the place where I work. Additionally, right now I am living by a busy road and have noise from cars every hour of the day. But it’s 2 bedrooms and a nicer kitchen. There have to be three minor repairs but I got an app for handymen hires so I will see. I hope it is not too expensive as I am completely broke and living off of a credit card to free money for the downpayment. I am already trying to visualize how I am going to fit all the furniture I accumulated. It’s not much: bed, couch, shelves, a couple of chairs, two side tables, and three small magazine tables. That’s all. I hate owning more than I need. I will have to buy a futon for the studio room for visitors to sleep in. Laura, one of my best friends, is coming in February. Hello Wallmart, here I come.
My vacuum broke. Things tend to break in the most inconvenient moments like in this case: wall-to-wall carpet in both houses, living off of credit card. However, the great Alaskan friend to the rescue. He actually bought and sent me a new vacuum cleaner! I am sending him my artwork as a thank you. I asked him to pick one as I generally don’t like to surprise people with art as it is highly subjective and a matter of personal taste. There is nothing worse than people not liking gifted art.
Other than that, there is not much going on. Business as usual walk the dog/work. I am currently not running and cannot motivate myself to do strength exercises. I feel awful about it and tell myself that “next” week I am going to pick it back up again. In my defense, my arthritic right wrist has been hurting like hell… Not sure how it would play out with push-ups. Overall, that’s just another excuse not to do anything.
That’s it for the 20 lines for today. I will be back shortly.
