Its damn near May!!

  OK, the plan was to sell the house, and build a new house starting in March.  Well, we are almost in May and we are still waiting.  The house sold, very quickly.  And we are in a rental unit.  But the rest of the story did not go as planned.

  What's new?

  I live in constant fear the rental unit we are in will be sold and we will have to move.  We have a lease until Sept. 1, but after that we are probably homeless.  Now normally I am a pessimist, but I was really optimistic that we would be well underway with construction by now.  The townhome is nice, but I am not quite ready to give up a large lawn and neighbors more than a wall away.  Plus, I am used to hearing the sounds of night...not traffic... when I step out on the deck at night.

  We are expecting two more bids this week and I know one of them will be the right fit.  I can feel it in my weary bones.

  On the plus side, I have been making good use of the bike path.  Well, to a certain point.  I spent a week dogsitting and then I got a terrible cold, so I skipped two weeks of walking/biking.  The ham at Easter was very good, as was the cake, and potatoes, and birthday cake for Jackie, and Emily's stash of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and the Girl Scout cookies......which meant I won't be hitting 195 by my birthday.  I will get back into the exercise routine after my sub date this week.

  I have discovered a little nature.  A goose on the pond behind our house has a nest with at least 3 eggs.  Jackie said they will take 30 days to hatch, and I think she has been on them for at least 14.  The goose, not Jackie.  By the way, geese poop quite a bit and they are fairly aggressive when approaching their nest.  One morning I watched some crows peck away at the ground, eventually pulling out a baby rabbit from a nest.  Jackie was not impressed.  Despite my efforts, they birds came back several times but there are still at least two rabbits in the nest.

  Life goes on.  I've been to a couple of Cub games with mon ami Dan, gone to The Rouge a couple of times for conversation and excellent wine, met with fellow Exit 99ers to plan our lineup for the terrific show we are going to have Friday, April 20, gone to the zoo every other Friday for a mental vacation, and wondering if the next couple interested in seeing the townhouse will actually buy it.

  I had a mole on my back removed and even though I was petrified my spinal column was going to be punctured and I would no longer be the fine dancer or fleet footer runner I am known as, Dr. Mike did the whole thing in less than two minutes and suggested next time I take a Valium.  Sad thing, I did and was still a basket case.

  Methinks this is good therapy.  Maybe I'll do this more often.