My realtor checked into the "visiting realtor" from last week. Not only is she legit, she's also the owner of the company!
You would think, given that, that she would have known better than to call my realtor for the showing appointment, and, further, that she would have been professional enough to NOT TOUCH MY STUFF!!
I am thinking about putting up signs in my place...."Don't touch my stuff," and "Trysts not allowed!"
Ew.
Whatever the case, someone turned up my a/c unit, and moved the stuff in my bathtub....regardless of if anything illicit happened....they had damned well better BUY THIS freakin' place now!!
(no response to my realtor's inquiries, as usual...the vast majority of showings go off without any feed back at all.)
Monday, June 29, 2009
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Summer Saturday
I've been struggling through our first heat wave of the summer.
4 days of migraines this past week. Blah.
Finally, a break in the weather yesterday (only in the upper 80's, and less humid). They're calling for a pretty decent weekend, too.
Unfortunately, my monthly cycle started today, and I can already tell, it's going to be a bad one. At least I can have hope now that, maybe, this will be the last of it's kind.
In other news, there was supposedly a showing on my property on Thursday. I say supposedly because I found some odd things after the fact. I'm no longer convinced that there was actually a SHOWING, but I suspect someone just came in to use my condo's "amenities."
There was a business card on the book case when I got in, and the required appointment phone message on my answering machine. All protocol appeared to have been followed. The appointment had been made after I'd gone to work, though, so I'd had no warning to prepare my place.
I looked over the business card. I had never heard of the realty company shown on the card, but whatev. I am not in the business, so what do I know??
The first odd thing was when I went to turn my bedroom air conditioning unit on after work (Thursday was the hottest day of the week, so it was easily 95 degrees in my condo when I got home), the temperature setting on it was changed.
I always leave it at a certain temperature setting, and when I went to turn it on, the temp dial was set as cold as it will go.
Hmmmm, thought I. Maybe I bumped it. No, argued I with myself....you have to grasp the dial and turn it, and it takes a little force.
SO...maybe the realtor tested it for the client. Whatev. I guess that's sort of ok.
Sent an email to my realtor apologizing for the fact that my place wasn't showing ready, since I had not had a showing in a month, and I did not know about this one in advance. Didn't mention the a/c setting being changed. Didn't think it was worrisome enough.
She emailed me back saying "not to worry, people know the place is lived in, and I've been there when it's 'not showing ready,' and it's FINE."
Plus, she said it was weird...but the visiting realtor had called HER to set up the appointment, instead of following the instructions on the listing.
She had to TELL the visiting realtor what to do.....which is to call the showing scheduling agency.
Hmmmm..thought I....that's a bit odd. Don't realtors access the listings in a way that differs from "regular people" and that's how they get the number to the scheduling agency?
Whatev.
I went into the bathroom and found the shower curtain open. This is not unusual after a showing. People come into your home, and they open closets, and they open the shower curtain, and they turn on all the lights...and they carelessly leave things that way.
This was not something odd.
I did not look into the tub area, and just closed the curtain. I leave it closed so it doesn't get moldy and mildewy in this climate.
Next morning, I opened the shower curtain for my morning shower, and THAT was when I noticed the next odd thing.
Bottles in my shower were ... "out of place." Now, I am not totally OCD, like some people I know and love. BUT, there are things that are always ... well.... just the way they are! You know what I mean?
I have two large bottles in the shower/tub with pumps in them. These are my shampoo and conditioner.
They sit in the same place all the time, and the pumps point out, into the tub, because they leak a little, and it's just easier to clean up the drippings if they point into the tub.
When I went to take my shower, the pump tops were turned to the side, parallel to the wall. Not pointing into the tub, as they always do, every day, for the reason I stated.
Someone had to have MOVED them.
Now, this time, I did not say Hmmmm....that's odd. I said "W.T.F?!?!?!"
Turned off the water, shot my realtor an immediate email...then resumed my non-optional morning routine, in order to get to work on time.
I worried about it all day.
Got home, my realtor's response was "Woah, you just gave me chills." She agreed that a visiting realtor should not only NOT turn on the home owner's appliances, and change the settings, but that the possibility that someone used my shower was beyond creepy.
I asked her to investigate who this realtor is, and who her company is, and verify if they are legitimate. Was this just someone off the street who called my realtor for a viewing of the property because she/he wanted a place to cool off and take a nice shower??
Or something even more creepy and disgusting?? A tryst?
The truth of the matter is, my place has, basically, been open to the public for over a year.
I guess something weird was bound to happen eventually.
It's not a very comfortable feeling, though.
I double checked, and nothing seemed to be missing.
My realtor has not contacted me back with her verification that this was a legit realtor/realty company. And, as happens more often than not, when I had last heard from her, she had not yet heard a response from the "showing."
Realtors seem to be horribly unprofessional, for the most part, and most of the ones who have been through my property never bother to answer my realtor's inquiries about their clients' levels of interest after viewing the property. Out of all of the showings I have had, we have gotten feedback a maximum of maybe 4 times.
I have become so used to this whole process, and so disheartened by it, that my initial reaction to having had my first showing in WEEKS was "What the fuck ever. I really don't care anymore...."
Sigh.....I really, REALLY hate all of this!! Why can't it just go my way for a change???? Why can't is just be over???
4 days of migraines this past week. Blah.
Finally, a break in the weather yesterday (only in the upper 80's, and less humid). They're calling for a pretty decent weekend, too.
Unfortunately, my monthly cycle started today, and I can already tell, it's going to be a bad one. At least I can have hope now that, maybe, this will be the last of it's kind.
In other news, there was supposedly a showing on my property on Thursday. I say supposedly because I found some odd things after the fact. I'm no longer convinced that there was actually a SHOWING, but I suspect someone just came in to use my condo's "amenities."
There was a business card on the book case when I got in, and the required appointment phone message on my answering machine. All protocol appeared to have been followed. The appointment had been made after I'd gone to work, though, so I'd had no warning to prepare my place.
I looked over the business card. I had never heard of the realty company shown on the card, but whatev. I am not in the business, so what do I know??
The first odd thing was when I went to turn my bedroom air conditioning unit on after work (Thursday was the hottest day of the week, so it was easily 95 degrees in my condo when I got home), the temperature setting on it was changed.
I always leave it at a certain temperature setting, and when I went to turn it on, the temp dial was set as cold as it will go.
Hmmmm, thought I. Maybe I bumped it. No, argued I with myself....you have to grasp the dial and turn it, and it takes a little force.
SO...maybe the realtor tested it for the client. Whatev. I guess that's sort of ok.
Sent an email to my realtor apologizing for the fact that my place wasn't showing ready, since I had not had a showing in a month, and I did not know about this one in advance. Didn't mention the a/c setting being changed. Didn't think it was worrisome enough.
She emailed me back saying "not to worry, people know the place is lived in, and I've been there when it's 'not showing ready,' and it's FINE."
Plus, she said it was weird...but the visiting realtor had called HER to set up the appointment, instead of following the instructions on the listing.
She had to TELL the visiting realtor what to do.....which is to call the showing scheduling agency.
Hmmmm..thought I....that's a bit odd. Don't realtors access the listings in a way that differs from "regular people" and that's how they get the number to the scheduling agency?
Whatev.
I went into the bathroom and found the shower curtain open. This is not unusual after a showing. People come into your home, and they open closets, and they open the shower curtain, and they turn on all the lights...and they carelessly leave things that way.
This was not something odd.
I did not look into the tub area, and just closed the curtain. I leave it closed so it doesn't get moldy and mildewy in this climate.
Next morning, I opened the shower curtain for my morning shower, and THAT was when I noticed the next odd thing.
Bottles in my shower were ... "out of place." Now, I am not totally OCD, like some people I know and love. BUT, there are things that are always ... well.... just the way they are! You know what I mean?
I have two large bottles in the shower/tub with pumps in them. These are my shampoo and conditioner.
They sit in the same place all the time, and the pumps point out, into the tub, because they leak a little, and it's just easier to clean up the drippings if they point into the tub.
When I went to take my shower, the pump tops were turned to the side, parallel to the wall. Not pointing into the tub, as they always do, every day, for the reason I stated.
Someone had to have MOVED them.
Now, this time, I did not say Hmmmm....that's odd. I said "W.T.F?!?!?!"
Turned off the water, shot my realtor an immediate email...then resumed my non-optional morning routine, in order to get to work on time.
I worried about it all day.
Got home, my realtor's response was "Woah, you just gave me chills." She agreed that a visiting realtor should not only NOT turn on the home owner's appliances, and change the settings, but that the possibility that someone used my shower was beyond creepy.
I asked her to investigate who this realtor is, and who her company is, and verify if they are legitimate. Was this just someone off the street who called my realtor for a viewing of the property because she/he wanted a place to cool off and take a nice shower??
Or something even more creepy and disgusting?? A tryst?
The truth of the matter is, my place has, basically, been open to the public for over a year.
I guess something weird was bound to happen eventually.
It's not a very comfortable feeling, though.
I double checked, and nothing seemed to be missing.
My realtor has not contacted me back with her verification that this was a legit realtor/realty company. And, as happens more often than not, when I had last heard from her, she had not yet heard a response from the "showing."
Realtors seem to be horribly unprofessional, for the most part, and most of the ones who have been through my property never bother to answer my realtor's inquiries about their clients' levels of interest after viewing the property. Out of all of the showings I have had, we have gotten feedback a maximum of maybe 4 times.
I have become so used to this whole process, and so disheartened by it, that my initial reaction to having had my first showing in WEEKS was "What the fuck ever. I really don't care anymore...."
Sigh.....I really, REALLY hate all of this!! Why can't it just go my way for a change???? Why can't is just be over???
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Summer Solstice
May the peak of the year's power, passion, and light being inspiration and hope into our hearts and minds.
Happy solstice!
Happy solstice!
Friday, June 19, 2009
Negatory!!
FINALLY, my test results were revealed today...but it took me making 4 phone calls.
Apparently, the lab had not gotten back to the doctor's office, and that was why I had not heard from the doctor.
I could go into great detail about ineptitude and poor customer service, but I won't.
The only thing that matters is that the biopsy was negative.
Next step, wait for the period to start so I can start my new medication, and keep praying that it's enough!!
Apparently, the lab had not gotten back to the doctor's office, and that was why I had not heard from the doctor.
I could go into great detail about ineptitude and poor customer service, but I won't.
The only thing that matters is that the biopsy was negative.
Next step, wait for the period to start so I can start my new medication, and keep praying that it's enough!!
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Gloomy Saturday
Wow. I know I'd been stressed over the past week, with the new fridge thing, and then the biopsy...and I know that I wasn't sleeping well.
But I slept for 13 hours last night/this morning. I feel groggy after my cup of coffee!!
It probably helps that the sunny, perfect day that was predicted has been replaced by deep, dark clouds and rain.
No new news on any of the fronts.
Below is a post I put up on the Radio Paradise website for a woman there who is taking the plunge into internet dating.
I just thought I'd post it here, in case any of my readers are considering the same step.
Internet dating, for the most part, SUCKS, but there are things you can do to improve your experience.
Happy searching!
"in my experience with internet dates (lots of it—i met 23 different men in my search), as a woman, it's wisest to ALWAYS meet in public, and daylight, if possible, for the first date.
(granted, women can be dangerous too, but the statistics show that women are typically more vulnerable than men, so we need to be a little careful when meeting strangers for the first time. especially for a date, which everyone knows is a test for potential sexual compatibility. and, it's an unfortunate truth that men tend to rape women FAR more frequently than women rape men.)
also, if at all possible, be sure that the date takes place in an area where you are familiar with your surroundings. don't let him pressure you into meeting somewhere outside of your element and comfort zone. save that for later dates, IF you decide to see this guy again.
also, tell a friend the guy's name and phone number before you go. you will have his name and number by the time you meet him. if he hasn't given you that info, say no to the date.
tell your friend where you are meeting him, and what time, and that you will call or text her when the date is over.
THIS way, you can not worry about all that stuff, totally relax and get acquainted !!
then, be sure to check in with your friend at the end of the date.
i know it sounds paranoid, but it really does work. with these things in place, you can have more fun and not be so guarded when it comes down to the two of you getting to know one another."
But I slept for 13 hours last night/this morning. I feel groggy after my cup of coffee!!
It probably helps that the sunny, perfect day that was predicted has been replaced by deep, dark clouds and rain.
No new news on any of the fronts.
Below is a post I put up on the Radio Paradise website for a woman there who is taking the plunge into internet dating.
I just thought I'd post it here, in case any of my readers are considering the same step.
Internet dating, for the most part, SUCKS, but there are things you can do to improve your experience.
Happy searching!
"in my experience with internet dates (lots of it—i met 23 different men in my search), as a woman, it's wisest to ALWAYS meet in public, and daylight, if possible, for the first date.
(granted, women can be dangerous too, but the statistics show that women are typically more vulnerable than men, so we need to be a little careful when meeting strangers for the first time. especially for a date, which everyone knows is a test for potential sexual compatibility. and, it's an unfortunate truth that men tend to rape women FAR more frequently than women rape men.)
also, if at all possible, be sure that the date takes place in an area where you are familiar with your surroundings. don't let him pressure you into meeting somewhere outside of your element and comfort zone. save that for later dates, IF you decide to see this guy again.
also, tell a friend the guy's name and phone number before you go. you will have his name and number by the time you meet him. if he hasn't given you that info, say no to the date.
tell your friend where you are meeting him, and what time, and that you will call or text her when the date is over.
THIS way, you can not worry about all that stuff, totally relax and get acquainted !!
then, be sure to check in with your friend at the end of the date.
i know it sounds paranoid, but it really does work. with these things in place, you can have more fun and not be so guarded when it comes down to the two of you getting to know one another."
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Stirrups
Well, today, I FINALLY had that gynecologist appointment that was scheduled MONTHS ago.
In an effort to not be overly "TMI" with this story...suffice it to say that, over about the past ten years, my monthly cycles have been getting increasingly difficult.
I have had to learn how to plan my life around my periods, because, for the most part, they have become debilitating.
I remember asking my mother, MANY years ago, why periods have to be so difficult. She said that hers were not really difficult, but that she merely found the process disgusting.
She wondered for me, at that time, if maybe something might be wrong with me to produce such heavy, painful periods, because hers were never very problematic.
I decided to find a gynecologist a few years after that, and this new doctor seemed completely unconcerned with my suffering, so I guessed it must be normal, and just part of life.
She was one of those doctors who would blow into the room, do the exam, and leave. I never really felt like she HEARD me. (She even came in to do my exam once with a med student at her heels. She asked me AFTER he came into the room, if it was OK to have an observer.)
I'd also heard from older friends that periods getting worse and worse was just part of life, and that it wouldn't matter who my doctor was...they'd all tell me that I just have to learn to live with it until menopause.
So, anyway....I have always had problems with my period being difficult, but as I have aged, these problems have become more and more harsh.
Since my foray into gynecology had produced no results, I asked my regular internist for help.
She tried putting me on progesterone therapy for a couple of years. That did practically nothing, other than regulate my cycle.
After taking myself off of the medication, the regularity stayed with me, so that was a plus. But then, getting regulated could have also just been part of my maturation process.
The internist, who is also an alternative medicine doctor, had also recommended a homeopathic remedy, which I, in fact, prescribed for myself after doing research while in her office.
That did nothing. Partially because I was unwilling to give up my coffee and chocolate!
Anyway, my sister complained of troubles with her cycle as she got older, as well. She ended up having a radical hysterectomy (due to fibroids that were found during her treatment for breast cancer).
So, as my problems have increased, I gradually decided that I needed to find a different doctor, preferably a NEW gynecologist, and just make sure that everything was OK with me.
This new doctor was recommended by one of my co workers, and she was wonderful. She was very thorough, and compassionate.
I was able to fully express every level of difficulty that I am having, and she sat with me, and wrote everything down, and made eye contact with me, and answered my questions. She spent an hour with me. She even reached out and touched my wrist to comfort me.
She actually paid attention to me!
She encouraged me, and said that there are MANY things that can be done to ease my monthly suffering!! That there is always new news coming out of the research that's being done in womens' health, and that I should never just assume that suffering is my only choice.
She also kept saying "you're young and healthy...you're young and healthy...." who wouldn't love hearing THAT??
But...then she also said "This may seem a little frightening, but I feel that we need to do an endometrial biopsy, just to be sure we're not dealing with anything hidden. Based on your description of what you're going through every month, I think it's a good idea. I can do it right here, today, as long as you're comfortable with that. I'll leave you with this form to read and sign, and then we can talk about it."
Biopsy.
She said the word biopsy.
Naturally, I freaked out a little. I'd had a breast biopsy done almost exactly 9 years ago, and was absolutely terror stricken through that whole process.
But I am a different person now, and found that if I just took a deep breath, I could fight the freak!! Better to get it over with now, than to go home and brood about it, and then have to schedule it, and then worry for God knows how long! So, I said to myself...LET'S DO IT!
I put my bra and shirt back on, wrapped the paper drape around my waist like a skirt, and signed the consent form.
The nurse came back in, and took me, thusly clad, to the procedure room. We joked about my personal sense of style, since I was also wearing white socks and clogs with my torn, crumpled, KY smeared paper skirt!
The procedure was amazingly uncomfortable, but then, I'd never had anything like that done to me before. Dilating the cervix for the first time ever in my life was extremely unpleasant!!
I suppose that if I had ever been through anything like it before, it might not have been quite so awful. As it was, though, it was rough. I felt woozy for about a half hour after it was over.
Without going into too much detail, there were needles, and there was blood, and there will be residual pain and bleeding for at least two days.
But, it's over, and results should come in a week.
In other news, the doctor also mapped out my options for treatment of my problem, from most conservative to least conservative.
I, being of a conservative mindset when it comes to health, chose the most conservative.
I will be starting on a low dose birth control pill that has been approved for use by women in my age group (usually, birth control pills are not recommended for women over 40).
It should help with everything from the mood swings and rage attacks, to the sleep disturbances, to the debilitating periods themselves.
I can' t WAIT to see if it works!
Oh, and if you have a spare minute, please send out good vibes for the biopsy to come back CLEAN!!
In an effort to not be overly "TMI" with this story...suffice it to say that, over about the past ten years, my monthly cycles have been getting increasingly difficult.
I have had to learn how to plan my life around my periods, because, for the most part, they have become debilitating.
I remember asking my mother, MANY years ago, why periods have to be so difficult. She said that hers were not really difficult, but that she merely found the process disgusting.
She wondered for me, at that time, if maybe something might be wrong with me to produce such heavy, painful periods, because hers were never very problematic.
I decided to find a gynecologist a few years after that, and this new doctor seemed completely unconcerned with my suffering, so I guessed it must be normal, and just part of life.
She was one of those doctors who would blow into the room, do the exam, and leave. I never really felt like she HEARD me. (She even came in to do my exam once with a med student at her heels. She asked me AFTER he came into the room, if it was OK to have an observer.)
I'd also heard from older friends that periods getting worse and worse was just part of life, and that it wouldn't matter who my doctor was...they'd all tell me that I just have to learn to live with it until menopause.
So, anyway....I have always had problems with my period being difficult, but as I have aged, these problems have become more and more harsh.
Since my foray into gynecology had produced no results, I asked my regular internist for help.
She tried putting me on progesterone therapy for a couple of years. That did practically nothing, other than regulate my cycle.
After taking myself off of the medication, the regularity stayed with me, so that was a plus. But then, getting regulated could have also just been part of my maturation process.
The internist, who is also an alternative medicine doctor, had also recommended a homeopathic remedy, which I, in fact, prescribed for myself after doing research while in her office.
That did nothing. Partially because I was unwilling to give up my coffee and chocolate!
Anyway, my sister complained of troubles with her cycle as she got older, as well. She ended up having a radical hysterectomy (due to fibroids that were found during her treatment for breast cancer).
So, as my problems have increased, I gradually decided that I needed to find a different doctor, preferably a NEW gynecologist, and just make sure that everything was OK with me.
This new doctor was recommended by one of my co workers, and she was wonderful. She was very thorough, and compassionate.
I was able to fully express every level of difficulty that I am having, and she sat with me, and wrote everything down, and made eye contact with me, and answered my questions. She spent an hour with me. She even reached out and touched my wrist to comfort me.
She actually paid attention to me!
She encouraged me, and said that there are MANY things that can be done to ease my monthly suffering!! That there is always new news coming out of the research that's being done in womens' health, and that I should never just assume that suffering is my only choice.
She also kept saying "you're young and healthy...you're young and healthy...." who wouldn't love hearing THAT??
But...then she also said "This may seem a little frightening, but I feel that we need to do an endometrial biopsy, just to be sure we're not dealing with anything hidden. Based on your description of what you're going through every month, I think it's a good idea. I can do it right here, today, as long as you're comfortable with that. I'll leave you with this form to read and sign, and then we can talk about it."
Biopsy.
She said the word biopsy.
Naturally, I freaked out a little. I'd had a breast biopsy done almost exactly 9 years ago, and was absolutely terror stricken through that whole process.
But I am a different person now, and found that if I just took a deep breath, I could fight the freak!! Better to get it over with now, than to go home and brood about it, and then have to schedule it, and then worry for God knows how long! So, I said to myself...LET'S DO IT!
I put my bra and shirt back on, wrapped the paper drape around my waist like a skirt, and signed the consent form.
The nurse came back in, and took me, thusly clad, to the procedure room. We joked about my personal sense of style, since I was also wearing white socks and clogs with my torn, crumpled, KY smeared paper skirt!
The procedure was amazingly uncomfortable, but then, I'd never had anything like that done to me before. Dilating the cervix for the first time ever in my life was extremely unpleasant!!
I suppose that if I had ever been through anything like it before, it might not have been quite so awful. As it was, though, it was rough. I felt woozy for about a half hour after it was over.
Without going into too much detail, there were needles, and there was blood, and there will be residual pain and bleeding for at least two days.
But, it's over, and results should come in a week.
In other news, the doctor also mapped out my options for treatment of my problem, from most conservative to least conservative.
I, being of a conservative mindset when it comes to health, chose the most conservative.
I will be starting on a low dose birth control pill that has been approved for use by women in my age group (usually, birth control pills are not recommended for women over 40).
It should help with everything from the mood swings and rage attacks, to the sleep disturbances, to the debilitating periods themselves.
I can' t WAIT to see if it works!
Oh, and if you have a spare minute, please send out good vibes for the biopsy to come back CLEAN!!
Monday, June 8, 2009
Hopes up
Trying not to get my hopes up too high, but my realtor heard from the realtor from Saturday.
The one person who has looked at my place since the change of the listing is interested in the rent to own option, and he liked my place.
There should be an answer in a couple of weeks. The person wants to move in here in August.
Funny, but my intuition has said, quietly, all year...that August would be the month.
Please pray for me/us.
The one person who has looked at my place since the change of the listing is interested in the rent to own option, and he liked my place.
There should be an answer in a couple of weeks. The person wants to move in here in August.
Funny, but my intuition has said, quietly, all year...that August would be the month.
Please pray for me/us.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Eleven and three
My place has now been on the market for over a year, and has been shown a grand total of eleven times.
We change up the contract, re-list it as new, and I land three showings IN ONE DAY.
This has to be a good sign!
(EDIT: three are SCHEDULED for today... the last two scheduled showings, WEEKS ago, never actually happened.)
In other news, my refrigerator has been acting up a little, and I think, has finally died. It was room temp inside the freezer when I was leaving for work yesterday.
I HAD to leave and could not deal with it, so it sat all day.
After work, I went and ordered a new fridge. My sister fed me dinner, and I finally got home about 9 pm.
By that time, it was literally WARM inside both the fridge and the freezer, so I had to throw everything out. I had really stocked up at the grocery last weekend, so I lost quite a bit.
I cleaned the thing out, and closed the doors, and moved on to other chores to prepare for today's showings.
(I've been sick for 6 weeks...had not been doing much cleaning, since there was no NEED)
Went to bed, and when I got up this morning, the fridge is cold inside. In fact, I put a test ice tray in a couple of hours ago (don't have an ice maker), and it's frozen now.
WTF?
D says it's just as well to replace it now anyway. "If you can't trust it, it's time to get a new one."
$500 later....sigh. Good thing there is such a thing as credit cards. Shite!!!
Well, I need to finish my finishing touches on the condo, and get ready to go somewhere for a couple of hours.
It's chilly and looks like rain, so my plan to go to the woods may not pan out. I'll think of something.
Wish me luck!
UPDATE: only one of the realtors actually bothered to show up. But, at least ONE of them did.
We change up the contract, re-list it as new, and I land three showings IN ONE DAY.
This has to be a good sign!
(EDIT: three are SCHEDULED for today... the last two scheduled showings, WEEKS ago, never actually happened.)
In other news, my refrigerator has been acting up a little, and I think, has finally died. It was room temp inside the freezer when I was leaving for work yesterday.
I HAD to leave and could not deal with it, so it sat all day.
After work, I went and ordered a new fridge. My sister fed me dinner, and I finally got home about 9 pm.
By that time, it was literally WARM inside both the fridge and the freezer, so I had to throw everything out. I had really stocked up at the grocery last weekend, so I lost quite a bit.
I cleaned the thing out, and closed the doors, and moved on to other chores to prepare for today's showings.
(I've been sick for 6 weeks...had not been doing much cleaning, since there was no NEED)
Went to bed, and when I got up this morning, the fridge is cold inside. In fact, I put a test ice tray in a couple of hours ago (don't have an ice maker), and it's frozen now.
WTF?
D says it's just as well to replace it now anyway. "If you can't trust it, it's time to get a new one."
$500 later....sigh. Good thing there is such a thing as credit cards. Shite!!!
Well, I need to finish my finishing touches on the condo, and get ready to go somewhere for a couple of hours.
It's chilly and looks like rain, so my plan to go to the woods may not pan out. I'll think of something.
Wish me luck!
UPDATE: only one of the realtors actually bothered to show up. But, at least ONE of them did.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Starting over
So, tonight, I met with my realtor, and signed all the papers for the double listing.
One to sell, one to rent with the option to buy.
We canceled my original contract for the sale, and then will re-list it as NEW tomorrow. This will put it at the top of the MLS listings, and will bring it up in front of every realtor in the area as of tomorrow morning.
People who looked at it before will see it again, with it's new price, and with the rental option cross referenced.
COME ON PEOPLE! I am SICK of this....let's just get it the eff overwith!!
Failing this "plan b," my next option is to just stop paying my mortgage. Let it go a few months, save the money. Keep paying my association dues, and then quit my job, and move away.
Abandon my property.
(I would have to keep paying the association dues, so they don't completely ruin my credit.)
Then, do a short sale, based on my hardship situation (having to quit my job and move to be with my husband).
That will trash my nearly perfect credit, granted...but short sales only trash it for about a year.
If i default on the association dues, however, that's a TOTALLY different animal, and could leave me with a bad mark for years....so I have to keep paying that. It's absurd.
I'd really, REALLY prefer NOT to do any of this.
I just want the place SOLD! I know I am going to lose my full investment, but I don't care. I just want it DONE.
so...COME ON! What the feck??!! Can't SOMETHING go my way for a change???!!!
One to sell, one to rent with the option to buy.
We canceled my original contract for the sale, and then will re-list it as NEW tomorrow. This will put it at the top of the MLS listings, and will bring it up in front of every realtor in the area as of tomorrow morning.
People who looked at it before will see it again, with it's new price, and with the rental option cross referenced.
COME ON PEOPLE! I am SICK of this....let's just get it the eff overwith!!
Failing this "plan b," my next option is to just stop paying my mortgage. Let it go a few months, save the money. Keep paying my association dues, and then quit my job, and move away.
Abandon my property.
(I would have to keep paying the association dues, so they don't completely ruin my credit.)
Then, do a short sale, based on my hardship situation (having to quit my job and move to be with my husband).
That will trash my nearly perfect credit, granted...but short sales only trash it for about a year.
If i default on the association dues, however, that's a TOTALLY different animal, and could leave me with a bad mark for years....so I have to keep paying that. It's absurd.
I'd really, REALLY prefer NOT to do any of this.
I just want the place SOLD! I know I am going to lose my full investment, but I don't care. I just want it DONE.
so...COME ON! What the feck??!! Can't SOMETHING go my way for a change???!!!
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