January 9, 2007

TUESDAY, JANUARY 9TH, 2007

Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense regardless of how it turns out. - Vaclav Havel

Happy New Year. Yay.

Well, I'm still here and another year is under way. After a seven week coma, the real estate market seems to be waking up slightly in this neighborhood. Lots of calls, four lookiloos, one of which has actually called three times and is interested in making a very interesting deal.

Last night I came to the conclusion that, since we are only 5 months away from the twenty-four month mark in this house, why not just bite the bullet and wait it out, thereby avoiding capital gains taxes and a hefty pre-payment penalty? Yeah, it sucks, but so does forking over that much cash to Uncle Sam and Chase Bank. I called Tom in San Jose this morning and we agreed, no closing until May 25th. Until then, I will still be trying to get a buyer for the house and continuing working at the museum.

We've also decided that India and I will be flying down for a visit in March. Tom can only visit us so much and India is going nuts only seeing daddy on iChat. We need more face time, so a two week visit is a real necessity.

I don't know if I've ever mentioned it before, but I work at the Gold Coast Railroad Museum here in Miami. I'm not really a train buff (after 2 years I still use a cheat sheet when giving tours) but I love the people I work with. Most of them are volunteers and they give a lot of time and money to be around the trains they love so much. Everyone I work with is pretty quirky and amusing in their own way, lots of days it's like working backstage at the Muppet Show. I fit right in so I know I must have some quirks of my own. In any case, the next few months will go a little faster because I plan to throw myself into a huge event we have coming up (Day Out With Thomas) and that should suck up a lot of time that I'd otherwise spend agonizing over selling my house and moping and crying about being away from my husband. I'll still do some of that, but it'll be in short snatches on the ride to and from work.

So, while I will be going down to CR for a visit in March, the "Big Move" will have to wait until late May at the soonest. Bummer. But we've made it this far, a few steps more won't kill us. I hope.