Just a quick note. Our house, which had been on the market for a little over a month, is no longer for sale.
We discovered this yesterday when we got up and the real estate sign in our front lawn was gone.
I’m sad for our owner, that she didn’t get the $1.3 million she was asking for, but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t relieved.
It’s amazing how many little home repair things you can put on hold even in a month. Replacing hard-too-reach lightbulbs, worrying about knocking pipes—it all waits when you don’t know if you’re staying.
I’m now looking forward t a much quieter two months than it would have been if we’d be given notice. And Mike, we won’t be needing those cardboard boxes after all.
“Almost every American I know does trade large portions of his life for entertainment, hour by weeknight hour, binge by Saturday binge, Facebook check by Facebook check. I’m one of them. In the course of writing this I’ve watched all 13 episodes of House of Cards and who knows how many more West Wing episodes, and I’ve spent any number of blurred hours falling down internet rabbit holes. All instead of reading, or writing, or working, or spending real time with people I love.”
“Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.”
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