Obi-Wan: “Sorry, Master, the water fried my weapon.”
Qui-Gon: “You forgot to turn your power off again, didn’t you?”
Obi-Wan nods sheepishly.
Qui-Gon: “It won’t take long to recharge, but this is a lesson I hope you’ve learned, my young Padawan.”
Obi-Wan : “Yes, Master.”
Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace
Still alive and still in the middle of the moving drama. Here’s the situation in a nutshell:
- House was put up on the market in mid-March
- Come to find out, the realtor’s assistant works for the devil, the Galactic Empire or some other evil monstrosity like Sprawl-Mart and did a major f*ck-up on the listing – 4 days late, crappy pictures, pathetic blurb, etc.
- Realtor’s assistant apparently does not know how to use voicemail as messages were never returned before 48 hours, if at all.
- Realtor did not check assistant’s “work” until after week two of the listing when we had not gotten a single showing.
- Realtor assistant has now been fired/’quit’.
- Price on house was dropped twice.
- House finally sold last Thursday – yeah – but we’re taking a major bath on the price – boo. I’m walking away getting less than I paid for the place 12 years ago – after spending 40K on home improvements these past couple of years. Double boo. I spent most of the 29th in tears.
- BUT it is sold and we’re finally going to be together again. Quadruple yeah!
- I’ve shed about 1/2 of our furniture and all of our yard/garden/garage items. House and garage look like they’ve been robbed. Apartment will still look like a furniture store exploded inside it. It’s all about perspective.
- We’re hoping to close by the end of the month.
- I told Padawan Learner tonight, as we had a Mom’s dinner out, that he has given me the best Mother’s Day present ever in the way he has been handling this topsy-turvy, split household, back and forth to see Dad Windu, emotional roller-coaster of a move.
If all goes well, I’ll be able to write again in complete sentences and whole paragraphs soon.
So glad to hear from you. I’ve been wondering.
What a mess.
Keep us updated a little sooner next time.
I’ve missed your humor, hope the rest of the move goes well and fast!
That sure does sound frustrating, but it sounds like you are handling it well and keeping the final goal in sight.
Good luck!
Yay for PL and for parents who gave him such help in staying centered! Happy mother’s day indeed!
That RE is off the richter scale in measuring suckitude.
However your family rocks! And that is the right way round, yeah?
Hooray for moving forward now, despite the stinky stuff. Good luck in your move.
Sounds like things have been rough.I hope the next stage goes well for you all. Good job PL for staying the course!
So sorry that you spent the day in tears, though I can certainly understand why. I’m really glad that you guys are going to be together, though! We spent 6 months living in different states while trying to move back to Oregon (Cody and I were trying to get the house in California sold while Mike started his new job). It’s hard, but it sure is great when everyone is finally together again!
Oh honey..(pat, pat, pat)….here’s a big mug of…of…what would you like? Coffee? Tea? How about a good stiff drink?
I’m late coming to the party since you wrote this last week so I trust things are settling down a bit more.
I’m so happy the house sold but, yeah..that really stinks about the price.
Things are all up from here!
(Now for us…I suspect we’re are just now entering into some insanity in the next month or two or three. I am so glad we don’t have a house to sell!)