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I don’t want to let my previous post stand without adding a clarification. In all fairness, I have not told Dex that I am so near the edge. I am certain he hasn’t read about it here. [He doesn’t read my blog although he is welcome to. He just doesn’t.] I know I need to […]

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I mean, how am I supposed to say we can’t take this anymore and no more waiting for what ifs and maybes and not another year, I can’t do another year, there is no way without bringing my whole world crashing down on me?
Because I can always convince myself to push the line forward just […]

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I have to finally admit that I’ve hit the wall.
What else can I say? My ability to cope, to soldier on, to muster my flagging energy and enthusiasm has dwindled to all-time lows.
It’s nothing specific. Nothing is different this week than it was last week or the week or month before. There’s no new crisis. […]

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Now that it’s been several hours, my back muscles are tightening into bands of pain. The ribs beneath are pushing back in protest in their tender, bruised state. Right elbow is whimpering for attention but hey, you’re only abraded, you’ll live. Right calf (ext.), the early troublemaker, is soldiering on. It’s the back. From neck […]

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I have been following the amazing trip of Jen and family as they journey cross country from west to east and back again. I am reminded of our own long, incredible journey last summer… the days in the minivan, the unloading and reloading at hotels along the way, the weeks with extended family… it was […]

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A broad heading, I know - what I want. But I have been thinking for so long about what I want for this family and I feel compelled to capture some of the key aspects, the less tangible things. Of course we need (want/need) a bigger house. Four bedrooms at least, five or six would […]

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I’ve woken up the past two mornings feeling a little disoriented. Something is different. Then I remember. Two nights ago, Dex and I pulled the plug on listing the house. The realtor was scheduled to meet with us Thursday morning to sign the listing papers but on Wednesday night, Dex and I finally had the conversation […]

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We are down to days before we are ready to list the house for sale. We need one more weekend to wrap up some details - paint touch-ups, cleaning odds and ends - and we’ll be ready. Except I spent yesterday and a good chunk of today trying not to freak out. There is the […]

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The realtor team came back yesterday to tell us what they think we can get for our house. Dex couldn’t work from home yesterday, so I met with them myself, not wanting to delay. I sat through the comps - most of which I was familiar with, either from studying the listings religiously for the […]

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Tomorrow a realtor is coming by to see our place in anticipation of listing. We may or may not list with this person - we still have a few finishing touches to do on the house and are likely a couple of weeks away from being ready to list - but I need to know […]

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