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Susie and I just got told that the house we rent has been put on the market for sale.

We had thought all along we were going to have to move out on July 31, after one year of living in it.  We had plans, but plans changed, and moving in the summer was not something we wanted to do, and we kinda got settled in the place.  Anyway, July 310 move-out turned into switching to month-to-month rent, though the landlord was pushing for us to sign another year lease.  We didn’t, and he finally agreed to month-to-month.  So we were pretty stoked.

Eight days after July 31, he told us the owner wants to sell it.  Now I wish we had signed for a year.

The house will be for sale for $2.4 million.  There’ll be open houses and a sign on the lawn, and we’ll have to move out by Oct. 31 at the soonest, but maybe later if it doesn’t sell for a while.

If you feel like buying our house and then letting us live in it for another year or so, that would be really spiffy.

Overheard

“The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man.”

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“Do stuff. Be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration’s shove or society’s kiss on your forehead. Pay attention. It’s all about paying attention. Attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. Stay eager.”

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“The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.”

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“The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds - they mature slowly.”

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“When, after a few years or a few months of a relationship, we find that we’re still unfulfilled, we blame our partners and take up with somebody more promising. This can go on and on—series polygamy—until we admit that while a partner can add sweet dimensions to our lives, we, each of us, are responsible for our own fulfillment. Nobody else can provide it for us, and to believe otherwise is to delude ourselves dangerously and to program for eventual failure every relationship we enter.”

...who said it?

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Ugh... That blows. And sucks. Really sorry that you guys will have to go through the hassle of moving again so soon.

 

Posted by Jason  at  5:59 am on Aug. 15, 2009

 

 

 

So sorry to hear about having to move again. Be sure to send a new address once you're settled!

 

Posted by hermitdeb  at  10:37 am on Aug. 27, 2009

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