I've determined I am a fair-weather blogger. This past month has been overall rather crappy and I just haven't felt like blogging. So I guess the good news is....things must be looking up because I felt like posting tonight. I'm not going to use this as a vent but let me just do a quick list of why the end of Feb/beginning of March sucked. I tore ligaments in my shoulder after a stupid cross country skiing fall and it still isn't back to normal, my car oil pressure light came on and required a shop visit, frustration over the fact that it must have been a cruel joke that I got pregnant right away because me being super fertile doesn't seem to be the case, my dad was diagnosed with prostate cancer, trying to get a house ready to put on the market is incredibly anxiety provoking, and then there was a moment where the whole house deal was going to possibly fall apart and go back to square one (however that crisis was averted thank goodness).
Now I can breathe a bit and look back to see how things do come around and I don't have to worry that there was going to be yet one more thing. The car was fixed and didn't cost me too much, the house is ready and on the market (and we have our first showing on Friday!!!), and dad's surgeon said that after everything is removed there is a very good chance that it will not come back and he won't have to worry about it. I'm taking him to Eau Claire for the surgery on April 6th and staying with him through the 10th or longer if he needs me. I will say that for a self declared "hermit" he does have some good friends who are stepping up and helping out. That relieves me a bit too. I'm not quite sure I will ever quit worrying about it coming back but I'll feel better after we hear how surgery goes.
And I understand that this house project will cause great deals of panic for the better part of a year now, but keeping the end result in mind makes me hopeful. May I just say how I am not meant for keeping a house in "viewing" condition. It's just not in me. I don't care if my toast crumbs are on the cutting board all day and I clean them up later that night (or gasp, the next day). However, I think there is some manual that says no bread crumbs during viewing, as well as making sure your bed is made and clothes/dog toys/water glasses/anything really are not laying around. This is where my friend Sarah has a distinct advantage. She keeps her house spotless really, and at all times. One day I walked on her deck to see her scrubbing her gas grill. I was truly amazed, as the most I have ever done is wire brush my grates and empty the ashes on my charcoal grill. It wouldn't even occur to me to scrub a grill. Keeping a house in viewing condition would not be difficult for her at all. I guess I'll just keep my fingers crossed that it sells quickly.
