Dennis, Home, Work and Mechs
Well, Hurricane Dennis has been my trial by fire. The shop I work for now specializes in emergency management training, disaster policies, and continuity of operations. We run two funded programs for FEMA that are now in operation in the aftermath of Dennis. It's been a long three days, but rewarding.
The "house for sale" thing has been... interesting. I'm convinced that my average blood pressure is up, and I've had a constant headache from the stress. I have to say, I didn't believe folks when they said that selling your house is one of the most stressful events of your life, ranking up there with marriage, divorce, and death. Well, I believe it now. It's very rare when I can't sleep due to stress, but these past few weeks, I've found myself laying awake more than ever.
To bring you up to speed, we've officially been on the market for six days, had nine showings, and a cancelled-due-to-hurricane open house. We are currently in negotiations on a offer we received on Saturday, and we should know of that's going to fly this afternoon sometime.
As I mentioned before, we have a blue roof right now. For those of you not familiar with the term, it means we have tarps up to protect a weak/damaged portion from rain. Not sure where the term came from, but if you flew over central Florida in the fall of 2004, you could easily see that the term was appropriate.
I'm hoping that things are slowing down at work for now. We have hit our operational stride and all programs seem to be running as intended. Next week, we'll be watching for where Emily goes.
Finally this morning, I'd like to direct you to the strangest thing I've seen on eBay in a while: an 18-foot tall, gasoline powered mech. I'm linking the the News.com article I saw this on, rather than eBay since that site will eventually go away. If I had $40,000 or so laying around, I'd snatch it up. It'd make a great commuter vehicle, though it might be tough to get through the drive through at Wendy's.
The "house for sale" thing has been... interesting. I'm convinced that my average blood pressure is up, and I've had a constant headache from the stress. I have to say, I didn't believe folks when they said that selling your house is one of the most stressful events of your life, ranking up there with marriage, divorce, and death. Well, I believe it now. It's very rare when I can't sleep due to stress, but these past few weeks, I've found myself laying awake more than ever.
To bring you up to speed, we've officially been on the market for six days, had nine showings, and a cancelled-due-to-hurricane open house. We are currently in negotiations on a offer we received on Saturday, and we should know of that's going to fly this afternoon sometime.
As I mentioned before, we have a blue roof right now. For those of you not familiar with the term, it means we have tarps up to protect a weak/damaged portion from rain. Not sure where the term came from, but if you flew over central Florida in the fall of 2004, you could easily see that the term was appropriate.
I'm hoping that things are slowing down at work for now. We have hit our operational stride and all programs seem to be running as intended. Next week, we'll be watching for where Emily goes.
Finally this morning, I'd like to direct you to the strangest thing I've seen on eBay in a while: an 18-foot tall, gasoline powered mech. I'm linking the the News.com article I saw this on, rather than eBay since that site will eventually go away. If I had $40,000 or so laying around, I'd snatch it up. It'd make a great commuter vehicle, though it might be tough to get through the drive through at Wendy's.
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