A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME
Today we signed the escrow papers... So many various documents, that I almost got Carpal Tunnel! This is the beginning of the end of the 'Ordeal'. My sister was as nice as could be today, for a change! We actually got along great and she invited me to lunch Friday to celebrate. Somehow, however, this doesn't quite feel like a 'celebration'.......
Tomorrow I have to go to Mama's house for the LAST TIME. I have to orchestrate the move of my storage items to a storage unit in San Francisco, and wait for the movers, and then I have to have my classic Corvair towed to my mechanic's shop for a tune-up. After that is all done, the house will be totally empty and void of anything that represents our last 48 years there.
I know it will be emotional for me, and it's going to be REALLY hard to press that damn remote to close the garage door for the last time as I back out of the driveway... It really hasn't totally sunk in yet, that there is no more Mama's home. No more going home for Christmas and seeing the house full of a warm glow with the fireplace going . No more going home to get that always much needed dose of Mama's TLC. No more going home to await Mama's delicious holiday dinners which filled the house with wondrous smells and made our hearts get that warm fuzzy feeling. No more going home and seeing my cat, Nefer, make a beeline up the garage steps to run into her little cat-house in the bedroom. No more going home and snuggling up in the same bed I slept in since I was 16 years old. And most of all, no more Mama to hug and kiss hello.
The lady who bought our house is a real estate agent. She and her fiance are going to move into as an investment and fix it up. I hope that I get a chance to meet her and can see the house after she flips it and redecorates it.
I am emotionally and physically drained.. None of this has sunk in yet, as I have been running around like a chicken with its proverbial head cut off to arrange the final necessities. And presumably, you read my BLOG I recently sent you where I told you about my flood here at my apt. in the midst of all this commotion! It's still not totally fixed, and I have not been able to use my kitchen sink for 3 days now! Evidently, this being a building that was built over 50 years ago, there are some corroded pipes that need replacing. Thank goodness, my landlord offered to pay for any food delivery while this is going on! So last night, I ordered a pizza so big, that it wouldn't hardly even fit in the fridge!
Tomorrow night after my last day at Mama's house, I plan to come home, turn out the lights, light a candle and cry my eyes out.
Farewell to a lifetime of Memories ~
Today we signed the escrow papers... So many various documents, that I almost got Carpal Tunnel! This is the beginning of the end of the 'Ordeal'. My sister was as nice as could be today, for a change! We actually got along great and she invited me to lunch Friday to celebrate. Somehow, however, this doesn't quite feel like a 'celebration'.......
Tomorrow I have to go to Mama's house for the LAST TIME. I have to orchestrate the move of my storage items to a storage unit in San Francisco, and wait for the movers, and then I have to have my classic Corvair towed to my mechanic's shop for a tune-up. After that is all done, the house will be totally empty and void of anything that represents our last 48 years there.
I know it will be emotional for me, and it's going to be REALLY hard to press that damn remote to close the garage door for the last time as I back out of the driveway... It really hasn't totally sunk in yet, that there is no more Mama's home. No more going home for Christmas and seeing the house full of a warm glow with the fireplace going . No more going home to get that always much needed dose of Mama's TLC. No more going home to await Mama's delicious holiday dinners which filled the house with wondrous smells and made our hearts get that warm fuzzy feeling. No more going home and seeing my cat, Nefer, make a beeline up the garage steps to run into her little cat-house in the bedroom. No more going home and snuggling up in the same bed I slept in since I was 16 years old. And most of all, no more Mama to hug and kiss hello.
The lady who bought our house is a real estate agent. She and her fiance are going to move into as an investment and fix it up. I hope that I get a chance to meet her and can see the house after she flips it and redecorates it.
I am emotionally and physically drained.. None of this has sunk in yet, as I have been running around like a chicken with its proverbial head cut off to arrange the final necessities. And presumably, you read my BLOG I recently sent you where I told you about my flood here at my apt. in the midst of all this commotion! It's still not totally fixed, and I have not been able to use my kitchen sink for 3 days now! Evidently, this being a building that was built over 50 years ago, there are some corroded pipes that need replacing. Thank goodness, my landlord offered to pay for any food delivery while this is going on! So last night, I ordered a pizza so big, that it wouldn't hardly even fit in the fridge!
Tomorrow night after my last day at Mama's house, I plan to come home, turn out the lights, light a candle and cry my eyes out.
Farewell to a lifetime of Memories ~
posted by LADYGOLD at 9:26 PM
