Yesterday we finished loading the moving truck and we are ready to head south. This morning I gave the house keys to a trusted friend who can work with the real estate agent on our behalf. It’s a sad day for my family.
No Job Offers
My husband has been doing his best to find another job, but nothing has worked out so far. I guess we will have to start packing and head back to Tennessee. At least we have a nice house back in Nashville that is paid for and in a nice neighborhood. The house can be put up for sale for about the same price as what we paid for it. We just can’t make the mortgage payment without my husband’s income.
Not a Happy 4th
I’ve always loved the Fourth of July. It’s a day off with family and neighbors, picnics or barbecues, parades and fireworks.
But this year, we just found out that my husband has been laid off from his job that brought us here to Chicago. He only has a week or so to find another job here with comparable pay, or we are going to have to move. We’ve only been here about two years and I was just starting feel settled in. I don’t want to move again – I like it here.
So while the rest of the country is celebrating, we are searching the online job sites and starting to think about packing.
Music
Over the next several months there will be so many places to see music played it will boggle the mind. The CMA Music Festival is this June as well as the big concert at Bonnaroo. Today it is rumored that Jimmy Buffett and a couple other major acts will be at Bonnaroo this year. It would almost be worth the mess and the huge ticket price to see him. I am glad that I am not going the wait to get in is several hours and they search you and your car most of the time, a big hassle for sure.
More troubles
After I got the brakes repaired on my truck a couple of days later I went out to get in my truck to head to work and it would not start. Things seem to go in threes and I do not see an end in sight. I have had to drive the little truck “Stubbie” to work the last few days and I can not wait to get my own truck back into service. I hope when I get it fixed this time it runs for a while with out breaking down, that would be a very good thing for sure.
New day
Today my baby sister turned 25 and I am very proud of how she has handled getting older. It seems like just yesterday I was braiding her hair. It’s hard to believe we are growing up soo fast. Just the thought of getting older and not being able to do everything how I would like anymore is driving me crazy. I will keep plugging along and keep as busy as I can and try not to turn old if I can help it. I think you’re as young as you feel and today I am 103+. Maybe tomorrow I will be 18 again, let’s hope for that.
Music
We went downtown to sit on the park grass and hear a new band. It was a lot of fun and I do not even remember the name of the band. I like hearing new music and getting a first look at new performers. Living in Nashville is a great way to hear a lot of music, and I will have to say some of it is not very good but we still give it a shot. One of our friends is trying to make it in the music business and she is very good. We went to a cd release party of hers a while back and now she is touring Norway. Now that would be some kind of fun for sure.
Car search
The search for a new car has went on all summer and it seems I am in a lost circle. I can not find what I am looking for and, if I do find something close it is way more expensive than I can afford. I want a SUV that is big enough to haul my daughter, the dogs, the junk that I need to haul everyday and, at the same time it needs to be affordable. I guess that I will just have to keep my old Tahoe and keep looking for the right fit. I hope I can find a good car before school starts again this fall.
Play in the water
My daughter loves to play in the water. Some days it is very hard to get away to the pool or to the lake, so she has to make do with playing in the water sprinkler in the yard. This I do not mind at all. She gets to play in the water and my yard gets some much needed water on it at the same time. The pool is only about a mile away. Call me old fashioned but I think the parents need to be at the pool with their kids. It is not a handy dandy baby sitter for the summer. You need to be with your kids, it there so everyone can have fun at the pool.
Snake
We have a new pet out in the front yard. We have been invaded by a six foot black snake that has taken up residence in our front yard. A couple of years ago we had another bigger black snake in the same spot in the yard. I picked up the first one and it drug the ground on both ends. It must of been eight feet long. This new one is smaller and it is not afraid of us at all. It may of been a pet that was let go because it got too big or the kids lost interest. I do not mind the snake… it eats moles and mice so it is welcome to our yard.