here comes the sun

I've been gone on a hiatus. I apologize. I had a bit of a mild breakdown over the weekend due to circumstances both within and beyond my control but I have landed on my feet and am now feeling flowery like the photo. As a result of my breakdown, I have made a few changes in my life:

1. I am not buying the apartment here I had originally put an offer on. Due to the lack of professionalism with everyone involved with the deal in New York City, it is still not fully closed. And it's been a headache and a half for me since I've been here. Or heck - really for the last 6 months. Ask me to talk about it and I'll rant for an hour or more, so rather than do that here I will move forward and share the solution (since I try to be an optimist): I am going to go in on a house with my sister and Wayne in the coming months. Sounds weird, but hear me out... To buy a house in this town - and I'm talking no shared walls and your own land - you need to spend over $1 million. Sure, that sounds ok maybe, but when you see these houses that are going for that price, you will laugh your ass off. Pieces of CRAP. Yes, that description deserves capital letters. That will be for another post - describing the real estate situation here. Unbelievable. Anyways, they recently found a real house that is under the radar through our realtor which has two rental units and plenty of space, but it was unfortunately over their budget, but once my money comes in from my New York apartment (again, fingers crossed it's happening soon) they can afford it! It makes me so happy I can contribute, and I then will be owning, managing and renting out the cute unit over the garage and making money from it, since you can make a decent chunk of change doing that in this town with all the vacationers and I can treat it like my own little hotel. Which brings me to....

2. I'm moving into a place with roommates. It all happened very quickly this weekend. I made the decision to save my sanity and pull out of the apartment I was going to buy, opened up the paper to check out housing listings and found one that was the cheapest I had seen since I've been here. I arrived to check it out with skepticism, knowing that places here can be disasters, but this place is amazing. Beautiful views, my own bathroom and outdoor area. Basically it's like living in a studio, since each person has their own space and bathroom, but we share a kitchen. I feel so fortunate to have found it. And I move in tomorrow! Boy does life move quickly.

3. Job changes - well, not changes so much yet, but moving in a new direction. And I won't say anything about that yet because I feel like I will be found out and don't want to jinx anything, but I'm not leaving my job, just adding a new one. Hopefully. That update is TBD.

Goodness that is it! Add on to this drama my half-marathon training which is not getting any easier in this altitude, and a big pimple on my forehead, and that's been my week. So it's a new week (and I had a dream that I was submersed in water which means new beginnings, right??) and I'm taking new steps since, as much as I hate to say it, being as lazy as I am, I am the only one who can change things. Bleh. So here I go.