Journey

Not the band.

As spelled out on a Suki's blog, we recently ventured to the great White Mountain state for a much needed vacation, rejuvenation and reconnection. Only to be slightly marred by illness, and unfortunate death, and some selfishness.

Regardless of these 'ailments' the trip got us back on track. We took in the fresh clean air, saw the starry night, climbed on fantastic rock and exposed our little professor to all of it. I am sure he is better for it. Even if it meant being strapped into a hot car seat for 18 hours.

I won't call anyone out for their lack of active participation in the trip, but will insist that mandatory travel cost donations be made by all, up front in the future. It's old hat for me.

You wanna carpool on a big trip? Fine all occupants put a twenty spot in the ashtray for gas, and tolls. When this is depleted, everyone chips in the same amount. Leftovers are split evenly at the end of the trip. Fair is fair.

We have also gone on many local jaunts, searching for our new home. We actually found it 4 weeks ago, but with terminally ill sellers and a lackluster, greedy listing agent in the way, we are still no closer to moving. We've driven our agent to the brink, dragging him all over a three school district area and we certainly owe him our gratitude and a few rounds of tasty brews when this comes to a close...even if he is a Yankee fan.

Our latest find in housing market is huge, literally and figuratively (as in $ figure). It has tons of potential, just needs a thorough scrubbing, and painting. Hopefully the current owner take the bottle of baby oil and box of tissues with him. Okay, maybe it needs a hazmat team as well. Suki has lots of ideas for the interior and I see a blank slate outside. Tonight we make an offer and see. The other greedy fucker can cry his lame ass to sleep and explain to the sellers that because of his lack of attention and slight of hand tactics, he no longer has a buyer for their house. I do hope that they recover.

Finally, once we find out, we will need to make the trip to a local HD or Lowes to buy a barrel of paint and coveralls, cause this place is huge!