[m i a o w] the cat

My real estate experience drags inexorably onwards…now the owner won’t clear the rubbish from the yard, though she signed the contract saying she would. It doesn’t look like the documents are going to be ready by Friday (settlement day) which means if the owner doesn’t grant an extension I lose my deposit. Though if she doesn’t removed the rubbish, she’s voided the contract. Hopefully I can say something like ‘I’ll deal with the rubbish, if you grant me a weeks extension….’ Who knows. This is the woman who wouldn’t give an extension of three days when I wanted to get the house revalued and then someone else bought it!!
I had to get my dad to buy me a shot of Johnny Walker Black Label at 10am this morning…to bolster my (sorely frayed) coping mechanisms.
Thank god Marie sent me this link. I needed it big time.

Taureans Take Heart:
If a situation makes us uncomfortable, it usually seems easier to ignore it than to deal with it. We figure that if we just grit our teeth and put up with things, they will change of their own accord. Or we just decide to do our best to accept things. Often we find that we can put up with an awful lot, as long as we somehow find a way to push it to the back of our mind. Yet, whenever we try to kid ourselves about anything, we compromise our ability to recognise reality. That’s never good. This week you get to look at what’s been swept under the carpet. In the process, you open a wonderful door.