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[interactiveleaf]

So, I'm really, really sorry that I haven't been updating. I said I'd start again around the beginning of this year, and then Stuff Happened, and LJ has been the last thing on my mind

Comments

[stripedsocks]

I have missed you! Your life looks very tumultuous right now. I hope things settle for you soon.

[andrewducker]

That all sounds pretty awful. I hope that the house is fixed easily, sells quickly, and replaced by somewhere nicer.

Also, seven years is ages to live in one place. I've not lived in the same flat for more than five yet.

[lightvortex]

Yeah, I've read that seven years is the average amount of time that people own a house (though I'm not sure if I mean the mean or the median). I guess people expect to be in a house long-term, but then circumstances change (like with M and his condition). I owned a condo for about six years and initially thought that I might be there for a long time (I figured I'd never see a way to come and live out here, for instance), but then I ended up selling it (for about 10% more than what I paid for it, so I didn't really have capital gains to speak of--I only got a decent check at the closing because I'd paid down some of the principal, and I don't think that I was significantly better or worse off financially than I would have been if I'd just rented a room instead of buying).

[gwendally]

Oh, cripes. I'm sorry! Moving makes perfect sense. I hate it when other people - even parents - have opinions on the life choices you make. You seem entirely competent to judge for yourself how best to conduct your life. I wish you well.