You know, I feel like all I’ve done for the last several months is whine. Hey, guess what. Here I am, back to do it again. I have gotten so far behind on my bloglines, there’s no hope that I’ll ever catch up with everyone. It’s really odd that I feel compelled to keep up with the lives of complete strangers. Eventually I will have to hit the magic Mark All Read button to feel like I’m not so far behind. I still manage to read a chosen few and reading them tonight made me a little depressed. People are knitting these beautiful things and it makes me want to knit them and I can’t. If I’m not doing something relating to the house, I’m pouting because there are things I need to do with the house that I don’t want to do and I don’t want to hire someone to do. I just want my life back. I want my yarn back in my house. I want to stop worrying about wallpaper and painting and window glaze and how I will deal with the pets when the house is on the market and omg where did that spot come from and what the hell else will come up in the inspection and I hope it sells fast and… that’s just the tip of the iceberg. I need to just chill out. There are people who would love to have my problems
The good news is that I’m about done. We’re leaving the windows alone. We know it will come up in the inspection but we can’t do anything because it’s too cold to apply the glaze. The realtor suggested we paint the garage doors from off white to white (to match the trim outside) but it’s been too cold to do that too. The house goes on the market this coming weekend, ready or not. I’m tired and ready for it to be over with. I’ll even admit to being depressed about all of this from time to time. I love this house and I’ll miss it. I’ve not been the world’s biggest social butterfly but I have met a few people and I’ll miss them, even if I didn’t see them in person that often. I haven’t been able to do any knitting because my arms are sore from painting and moving things. I don’t have to knit to live, but I do enjoy doing it and I’ve needed the stress relief it provides. But with everything mostly done, and a good couple of days of Aveeno Daily Moisturizer, I should be able to pick up the needles and work on finishing the shawl. I’m itching to start something new!
The blog may disappear for a bit as I’m in the process of changing host providers. It wasn’t really something I wanted to deal with right now but I couldn’t put it off any longer.
February 4th, 2007 at 11:46 pm
Believe me, I relate to what you are going through. And I’m really conflicted on how much you should or should not do before putting a house on the market. I know that if I’d known then what I know now, I’d have done a whole lot less. I hope you’ll find a few minutes here and there to take a knitting break - or even just a reading about knitting break. We are going to miss you, but I wish you the very best luck in selling your house quickly.
February 5th, 2007 at 8:02 am
I hope you can relax soon. Knitting is the best kind of stress relief.
Fingers crossed on the house selling quickly.
February 5th, 2007 at 9:42 am
Honey, I feel your pain. I wish you didn’t have to move or go through all this stuff.
Your Imaginary Internet Friends send you hugs.
February 5th, 2007 at 2:10 pm
You’ve done a lot of work and you need a break! Do you have a few minutes to meet for a drink and some chatting?