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Grrrr.

Well, because the unmitigated happy couldn’t possibly last, there’s now drama with the Boy’s daughters.  Specifically his middle daughter, who’s gone on the attack about our plans to move north in a year or so. She is practically hysterical. The Boy is upset.  And feeling guilty. I am frustrated. Mostly because the Boy has nothing [...]

First day of not-work

So the doctor appointment went fine, though Thor was hiding from the doppler.  Since he’d been kicking the shit out of my ribs on the subway ride over, I wasn’t really concerned.  Still didn’t like it not being loud & clear, though, so I suppose I’m scarred forever by bad doppler scans in previous pregnancies. [...]

So yeah, it looks like we’ve got a verbal agreement on The Perfect House.  The Boy will call up this morning to go over details, but it seems like a done deal. Wow. Talk about moving fast. I love it. After several years of feeling like my life had completely stagnated, working a job I [...]

So much is happening and it’s all mostly good.

Yeah, so the New Hampshire trip went well – so well, in fact, that we might very well be putting in a bid today on the Perfect House. Wowza! We looked at 5 or 6 properties, and found one that I loved, but the ceilings felt low to my tall Boy, and which was located [...]