They have been going up and up lately. We’ve gotten so many letters from real estate people who want to buy our house, which is not for sale.
And remember, if you hurt her, I will beat you to death with a shovel.
Willow ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Goodbye and Good Riddance 2021: Let’s Hope Next Year’s Variant is Better
Take stock, reflect, butch, moan, vent. We are all here for it.
sj - Jan 04, 2022 9:46:22 am PST #50 of 86
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
dcp - Jan 04, 2022 10:30:35 am PST #51 of 86
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Be wary. I have been getting text messages from strangers wanting to buy the house I haven't lived in since 2007.
Toddson - Jan 04, 2022 10:49:50 am PST #52 of 86
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Some people - much less ethical than you - would jump on that and sell. It's happened.
sj - Jan 04, 2022 11:37:32 am PST #53 of 86
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
We wouldn’t do anything without a real estate agent.
Topic!Cindy - Jan 05, 2022 9:32:50 am PST #54 of 86
What is even happening?
Kate, that's a big year. What kind of work would you be looking for? I'm asking because I'm nosy, but also because I can keep my eyes and ears open for you.
Kate P. - Jan 05, 2022 10:14:52 am PST #55 of 86
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Cindy, I'm looking for a position as a school librarian, ideally at the middle school or high school level. Thank you for keeping an eye out! I just lined up a Zoom interview for a school in Andover next week...
Jessica - Jan 05, 2022 11:15:29 am PST #56 of 86
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Kate, my sister-in-law is a middle school math teacher in Lexington, I'm happy to ask if she knows someone who needs a librarian!
sj - Jan 05, 2022 11:46:31 am PST #57 of 86
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Kate, I'll be happy to keep an eye out in Central MA, if you're interested.
Kate P. - Jan 05, 2022 2:19:20 pm PST #58 of 86
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Yes to both of you, Jessica and sj! I'm open to pretty much anywhere in the state.
P.M. Marc - Jan 09, 2022 12:15:18 pm PST #59 of 86
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
::waves::
Hey, look! I finally managed to get my password issue sorted. Turns out, it would let me change my password with the incorrect capitalization on my username (recognized my email, etc.), but it wouldn't let me then sign on with said incorrect capitalization. Good times, good times.
Eh. It was a year. After looking to move since 2017, the events of recent years have us now stuck here until 2023 (AKA, high school graduation) at the earliest, by which time I'm sure interest rates will be insane, houses outside the city will have spiked, and houses inside the city decreased in value, so then I won't be able to afford to move, anyway. I don't have the space for the hobbies I'd like to do, and having two people working at home with one bathroom is...not great. I know, I know, first world problems, but you know what? I refuse to feel guilty about being miserable in my location. Guilt helps no one.
Yesterday, I took more winter coats out of storage that I'd put in there in summer of 2020, still foolishly thinking we'd be moving that year. I try not to think about being stuck here, especially as friends move away from the shitshow that is our fair city and the misery that is our grim and grey weather. (Our city has every downside of supposedly progressive politics you can imagine and has me team no one in terms of our city leadership, such as it is.)
So, you know. Not much else to say.