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Got the work stuff done and that’s all. Then at about 9 we relaxed and watched the rest of season 2 of Slings & Arrows.

Today, then, the focus is on getting caught up on the non-work things.

- Bookkeeping (make face here)
- SEND THE REVISED POEM FOR GOD’S SAKE. There’s something wrong with me. I’m having trouble deciding about a couple of things, of course.
- write another business letter to E. (blech!)
- swap out the bolts on my stilts for the new ones
- buzz around town with A:
– go look at the piano of the probably too-good-to-be-true deal
– thrift store for costume parts
– fabric store for more costume parts
– hardware store for home maintenance stuff
- home to start sewing and making?
- class tonight

Some people I’m working with on a project met at my house yesterday and were so sweet about saying how nice it was and that even if I move to another city, I shouldn’t sell it, etc. that it reinforced the part of me that just wants to cling to home ownership and the ownership of this home.

My place is very modest, in a somewhat scruffy (but safe) neighbourhood, but I did a ton of work on it and people are usually surprised by how nice it is, given what and where it is.

So far, I’ve been managing to handle the financing here (though under increasing pressure). If I sell and move and buy in the other city, well, I won’t be able to, because if I fill out a new mortgage application, at this time, I wouldn’t be approved for the financing I already have here.

And if prices continue to rise, selling here, waiting for half a year or two years or whatever to buy could easily mean I’m selling low and buying high. It’s one thing to trade roughly across at whatever level the market is at, but another to take the gamble of just stepping outside of it.

The other thing slowing me down on selling this place is that I have not seen another place I personally like as much as this place for what I’m told I could sell it for. My current home is simply worth more to me than it is to other people. There are some factors I think other people underrate, such as being steps away from one of the prettiest and largest parks in the city.

There’s a good chance our incomes will increase and that in another year or two, we’ll be in a better position when it comes to buying a place together. But there’s no guarantee, and we aren’t there right now.

I wish I could just fold terrain and shrink the distance between the two cities!

I have so much to do before this morning’s meeting, but got up too early. I’ve had a coffee and feel like I could go back to bed and sleep for hours.

- finish getting tech environments and everyone’s accounts set up before meeting.
- write down my agenda items (in head)
- quick look at next steps

And, for other client, work with user who has hit some obstacles mainly due to out of date software on her non-profit organization’s computer.

Then, meeting.

Then, hardware store and fabric store for errands and costume stuff with A.

Then, all the things I didn’t get done during the week.