Oye - A full week, with out a child...

and you'd think I'd be excited. Um, no - refer to my previous post. I have NO clue what to do with myself.

I did enjoy the past 2 nights. Monday evening Pat and I picked up Brian (Klockner) and went to Wildflowers on the circle. Yea. Met this guy Howie who is supposed to call me at some point this week to set up a meeting to go over my retirement savings, etc. Supposedly, from what Bri has said, he's really good at what he does. I don't doubt it one bit. :o) Last night we went to the Firkin Tavern. That was fun. This time, Pat had to drive home. I enjoyed myself immensly and was able to drink a little bit. One malibu baybreeze and 3 (yes 3) shots of surfer on acid. YUM. It hit me, but not as hard as I thought it would. I actually felt like a million bucks (and I'm NOT being sarcastic!).

Needless to say, I've been able to fill the void of not having Jon. Yes, I get a week off from having to clean up after him, but I still have to clean up. My apartment is slowly becoming a disaster, and I really need to crack down on that. The garbage can for the kitchen is sitting outside, since when taking out the garbage on Monday evening, the bottom of the can was filled with crawling maggots. I have NOOO Clue where they came from or how they got down there (I clean the garbage can 3x a month w/bleach, etc). So, it's sitting outside, with a water and bleach mixture. Apon checking on it this AM, the maggots are killed and it reeks of bleach. Yuck. I'll deal with it this evening when I return home. I may just break down and buy a whole new can as this one is about 6 years old (maybe a little older). It's time to get rid of it.

Highlight of my day yesterday (since I wasn't able to post), was playing phone tag with my realtor, Joe. Finally, we were able to speak on the phone. The listings he sent me, were great, so I picked 9 of them and we're going out Sunday morning to "house shop!" I'm super excited. They are all local, so that's great. AND the kicker is, if we have that "feeling" when we walk into one of them, I don't have to worry about up rooting Jon and replanting him in a different school district. Phew! That's a saving grace right there.

I realized that even though I don't necessarily like "ranchers" for a home, alot of the listings ARE ranchers, but their basements are either finished, or partially finished. So, it's not like a rancher really...it'd just be a 2 story home, with 1 story underground. HAHA.

Here's hoping we find something we like. Plus, Jon will be there as the "kid" point of view. I will value his input (when ever I say input, I think of Johnny 5 from "Short Circuit") and if he says he doesn't like it, then we will see if it's not worth it. But OUR input is more important...right?

Jon's got it lucky. He's 7.5 years old. Yea, he's got ADHD and takes meds 3 times a day, but he has it made. Food made for him 3 times a day, clothes that are clean and placed neatly on his bed every night for the next day, 4 pets (actually 5 if you include Miss Mash (aka Ashley) our German Shorthaired Pointer dog) that he can play with, tons of toys and no need to worry about working. We'll see about that once he hits 10....mow the lawn dammit! :oP

Any tips for the first time homebuyer? Do help!