Just Kidding
Sunday, 26. October 2008, 02:07:03
Yeah things have picked right back up. The Christmas letter we're going to send out this year is going to sound like we've gone insane.
So a couple days ago Shane accepted a position at Yale Law School. What's that? Yeah, some 2000 or so miles away which means we need to sell the house we just bought 8 months ago. We know now its the right thing to do but it's not going to make it any easier. I am most likely going to be out here without Shane for three months since they won't give him the moving allowance til he's been there 90 days. Sounds kind of backwards to me...how else do they expect him to get there. So I will be here, hoping someones buys my house but not before I have to go out there or else I will be hitchhiking with Dennis since we won't have the money to move yet. We might just choose to rent the house out too, we're not clear on if thats what we want to do yet. We did have an open house today and one couple came by, but they were just curious...they want an older home.
So that really is the biggest drama in my life right now. A bit frustrated with my neighbors that were initially so cool. Not only have they broken several HOA rules, they are breaking Hyrum city laws. I asked her to stop letting her cat use my front garden as a litter box. It's hard to sell a house that smells like pee out front. She said there's nothing she can do about it and essentially (and in more words) I told her to keep her cat inside b/c she is breaking HOA rules. Today they asked for the BB gun back that they initially lent me to use on dogs that tried to mark in my yard. Guess she was afraid I'd use it on her cat, like how I saw him do it in my yard again. She was right to be afraid, I would have. Maybe I'll just catch him and call the pound. I love pets, dearly, but if the owners can't be responsible and follow the rules of the neighborhood they chose to move into, well...I suppose the only thing to say is too bad so long as they continue after being asked to stop.
Sorry, needed to vent that.
Anyway, training with the dogs in finally underway and i feel good about it.
Dennis begins his testing next week to see if he gets to be in the school district preschool. He is still huge and turns 3 next month.
So a couple days ago Shane accepted a position at Yale Law School. What's that? Yeah, some 2000 or so miles away which means we need to sell the house we just bought 8 months ago. We know now its the right thing to do but it's not going to make it any easier. I am most likely going to be out here without Shane for three months since they won't give him the moving allowance til he's been there 90 days. Sounds kind of backwards to me...how else do they expect him to get there. So I will be here, hoping someones buys my house but not before I have to go out there or else I will be hitchhiking with Dennis since we won't have the money to move yet. We might just choose to rent the house out too, we're not clear on if thats what we want to do yet. We did have an open house today and one couple came by, but they were just curious...they want an older home.
So that really is the biggest drama in my life right now. A bit frustrated with my neighbors that were initially so cool. Not only have they broken several HOA rules, they are breaking Hyrum city laws. I asked her to stop letting her cat use my front garden as a litter box. It's hard to sell a house that smells like pee out front. She said there's nothing she can do about it and essentially (and in more words) I told her to keep her cat inside b/c she is breaking HOA rules. Today they asked for the BB gun back that they initially lent me to use on dogs that tried to mark in my yard. Guess she was afraid I'd use it on her cat, like how I saw him do it in my yard again. She was right to be afraid, I would have. Maybe I'll just catch him and call the pound. I love pets, dearly, but if the owners can't be responsible and follow the rules of the neighborhood they chose to move into, well...I suppose the only thing to say is too bad so long as they continue after being asked to stop.
Sorry, needed to vent that.
Anyway, training with the dogs in finally underway and i feel good about it.
Dennis begins his testing next week to see if he gets to be in the school district preschool. He is still huge and turns 3 next month.
WIDGETIZE
Shannon # 9. November 2008, 02:59