Keep on moving along

It has been a hard couple of months. My house is on the market in Los Angeles, no buyers yet. Lot's of people have been looking, just no takers. It's too bad, it's a great little house. I want it to sell so I can move on with my life. Plus there is a really cute house I want to buy, I just need to get rid of the first one. The stress of it all is driving me a bit nuts.

Last week my grandfather passed away, he was the last grandparent I had left. It's kind of weird because I keep thinking now all I can do is watch my own parents get older. It's part of the reason I don't want to move back to Los Angeles. My Dad is fine, but my Mom lives alone and already has some medical issues. I just don't think it's a good idea to be that far away from her. So if I'm meant to stay then the house will sell and I will find something closer than the other side of the country.

My work life has been nuts too. There have been lots of staffing changes, and that has left me working a lot more hours. It's good for my paycheck, but sometimes it just wears me down.

Right now I'm just trying to take life as it comes. I'm trying hard not to let things get to me. I need a real vacation. When i went to L.A. I spent the entire time working on my house, and I didn't get to go do all things I wanted to do. I was really hoping to go see my dogs in San Francisco, but that didn't happen either. I really hope the doggies are doing okay, I miss them.

It's kind of funny, now that the house is on the market I never hear from my ex-husband anymore. He used to call me when he was broke to ask me when I was going to sell the house. Sure there would be small talk as well, but the main point of the conversation was to get me to sell the house. He gets a portion of the profits, and he wants it. I know it sucks to be broke, but I hated the pressure he put on me. That would be another thing that would be nice about selling the house. Then his life would be up to him, and he'd quit asking me to bail him out.

As far as my personal life, I'm happy. I know there is a lot of stress right now, but I'm happy with my life. I just keep plugging along and I know the stressful parts will pass. They always do, sometimes it just takes time. I have decided if I don't like something in my life I will change it. I spent to many years just living day to day, and not enjoying myself. Life is too short for that. I am taking the steps to change the things I don't like. It's just going to take time for those steps to completed. In the meantime I'm just going to keep my head up, and move forward day by day.