FTR, cloud-obscured totality still pretty fucking cool.

Excellent!

Zen, also, there are some small places in DC

Thanks. If I were handling this myself, I'd be putting people in small hotels like this.

This, combined with reading the Marie Kondo book, is making me want to get rid of 3/4 of our shit.

I keep saying I'm going to get rid of 3/4 of my shit, but I keep not doing it. I got as far as taking photos of shoes for eBay last weekend, but I didn't list them yet.

I had carpet beetles at one point - they ate holes in all my good wool suits that I'd tucked away in the hope that I'd lose enough weight to wear them again. sigh ...

Cadbury Creme egg version of Egg in a Hole.

Thanks for the ~ma, all! I think it went well, although there's another round to go assuming they thought the same. Releasing ~ma to the general circulation pool until I need to call on it again.

Raining here. Boo yah! It is my weekend to work/be on call. Looks like all the work will be cancelled. Hellyes! The guys are all mad at me, it has rained out my weekends almost 90% of the time in the last 9 - 10 months. We need the work as we are behind the planned goals for the year already, BUT I DO NOT CARE! I have a mani scheduled and can now sleep in.

amych, glad that it went well. Fingers are still crossed for you.

So I just finished signing the deed in lieu paperwork for the bank. The notary came to my house and we sat down at the dining room table and took care of business. BoA will have it back on Monday, and the last thing to do is schedule the walk-through to make sure the house is in broom-swept condition and I didn't take appliances or fixtures or otherwise damage it. I'm still not sure what day I will no longer have financial responsibility for the house in Frederick, but it's soon. I can't believe I made it here.

YAYAYAYAYAY MARIA!!!!! Hugs and kisses and really good wine to you!

ION, X-posted from Bitches:

Thanks, all for your support. I love you all so much!

Will hopefully have more news: re house sale and lawyering at end of day -- and I am REALLY sorry if I am boring/annoying people with this, but I CAN'T talk about it on FB and though I talk with friends, someone is here almost 24/7 and sometimes, I gotta vent.

Seriously, I have three pillars holding up my non-spiral into a flipping depresso/anxiety plummet through this whole house thing: yoga, meds and people. I think because of the yoga and you, and my fam, SH and meatspace friends, I am ABLE to take my meds responsibly and actually am FLOURISHING now, even though it's a real financial and stress mess.

HAIL BUFFISTAS!

Strix, I can't believe I didn't say this before, but HOORAY! I am so happy for you and D, and I'm so glad he's finally standing up for himself. If you need anything, you know where to find me.

I'm not sure how I feel about all of this coming to an end. I thought I would feel relief, but right now I'm just sad. I loved that house, right up to the point where I couldn't anymore, and there's not a small bit of feeling like I failed because I didn't pay my debts as agreed. It's a jumble inside my head.

Sorellla, you KNOW I will call if I need anything...and you know YOU MUST call if you need anything.

YOU. DID. NOT. FAIL. Life stuff happened. You're not fucking Donald Trump (thank god) and you did you best going from 2 incomes to 1 income. You will feel how you feel, but I'm here to tell you you did the responsible thing, you did NOT roll over and abdicate your responsibilities -- you made the RIGHT choice for you, and you know it, and you aren't fabulously wealthy and shit happens.

YOU. DID. NOT. FAIL.

I answered two questions for people in Europe this morning. And now those people are coming back at me with MORE QUESTIONS. That's not buddies, people. Shut up and go directly to your weekend! It's after 5!

I keep saying I'm going to get rid of 3/4 of my shit, but I keep not doing it.

A funeral and a lot of travel slowed my decluttering to a stop, but I need to get back on the wagon this weekend. I want to recycle some electronics and call to see if the donation place is willing to pick up boxes of books.