I'm sitting in my house right now, with the thermostat set at 67 degrees. It's cold. I know it's colder outside, but it really doesn't feel very cold in the sun. With gas prices climbing every month, I'm trying to keep a tight reign on the heat use this winter. I normally keep the thermostat on 78 degrees between October and April, so I'm doing well to stay around 67-68.
My realtor just left, and we decided to try to put my house on the market in mid-January. Unfortunately, that's not a great time to sell, but hopefully by late spring we can find a buyer. Now I just need to spend the next few weeks cleaning up and getting the house ready to show. Shouldn't be too much work as I have been taking small steps in that direction for a few months.
I spent the weekend (12 hours Sat and Sun) at work. Not a particularly bad weekend - pretty boring actually. I don't go back until Friday night, so my nice long weekend started last night. I went to a Wigalia (sp?) party last night, which is a traditional Polish Christmas dinner. It was really fun, and the food was good for the most part. The only thing I didn't try was pickled herring - can you blame me? They were also making mojitos, and I had a very good homemade mojito. For some reason I can't get them to mix up right when I try.
Today I will be studying for my Psych final, which is Wednesday. After that, I will have no school or class or tests for a good three weeks, and I am VERY excited! When I start back up in January, I will have only one class instead of two, which will be nice. AND I will be working dayshift, 8-hr days, so I will be almost normal. The other department that wanted to talk to me at work stood me up with the first meeting, and I haven't heard back. I'm still hearing rumors that I'll be going over there, but I still haven't been asked (or told) officially.
For today's simple thoughts, I was looking up the word "simple" where it is used in the Bible. It's interesting, because it seems that "simple" is used to describe idiots, but it is also used to indicate those who the Lord will show himself to and who will understand his word. So I'm still working on understanding that a little better, but I think there is some redemption to be found in simplicity as long as it is the right kind.
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Um, I'm not really sure what I'll do if the house sells early. BUT I'd rather deal with that mess than having it sell late. I wish I could say I have a plan, but I know if I did it would change anyway. I do have a few people willing to take me in if I need a temporary place here, so I shouldn't have to move into a box at least. I'm more concerned now about deciding what to do in Atlanta. I do have a friend (well, long lost friend) who moved there from Augusta a few years ago. She has a townhouse and no roommate, so I'm going to call her soon and check out the potential to move in there. It would be a great conpromise between student housing and anything else in ATL. As for work, I'm just praying that whatever they do with me I will be able to suck it up for another 4-5 months.
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