When Your Old Home is Rotting, It's Hard To See The Future
Entries from my Facebook.
April 18
Crying on the phone while asking for help with the house is not something I enjoy. I HATE that I cried.
April 19
I went to the club, had a lot of margaritas, made a point to connect with people I care about, and did a little dancing. Overall, I had a good time. I needed it. It is too easy to be insular when going through rough times, and I needed to remember that there is a world where I can connect with people and have a good time.
April 20
The first artwork is up. Sadly, the frame on the Grindhouse poster is warped, so I have to find a new one. It’s a big theater lobby poster that I got for free when someone damaged it at a con. I was told it hung in the Paramount during the premiere.
The Athena print is new. Kody Boye gave it to me since he knows I have loved Athena since I was a little girl.
My classic movie monster posters that got slightly damaged in storage are in new frames and ready to be hung once we get the proper equipment to put them up.
Slowly, this place is becoming home.
April 24
My husband fixed my computer. There was more wrong with it than we first realized, so it was expensive to repair. The good news is that I didn't lose anything, and it's now working better than before. The night of the flood, I had saved my external hard drive with all my books on it, but being without my computer made me feel a bit lost.
We're slowly getting our new place together while dealing with emptying the house. With the way things are going with FEMA, I don't see a happy ending when it comes to the house. It breaks my heart to even think about it, and I start to cry. I am very grateful to be in such a lovely townhouse at an affordable price (the rent was lowered the day we saw it).
Slowly, this new version of my life is coming together. I am grateful we all made it through that awful night and have this chance to start over.
April 28
Last night we put up more artwork in the townhouse. We finally hung my classic monster posters, which makes me so happy! I have had them for probably 20 years now. I bought them at Dollar Tree and was terrified to take them out of the cellophane for years. After the flood, I realized I was being silly and bought poster frames for them. I think they look very nice.
Slowly, this place is feeling more like our safe haven. I'm still mourning the house and all my dreams attached to it, but I'm starting to enjoy this place.
I was asked to make an Amazon wish list, so that made me take stock of what we needed to replace instead of doing mad dashes to Walmart whenever we needed something. I did add a silly thing to the list. If anyone buys it, I will be so giddy. Yes, I'm weird.
I couldn't sleep last night after sleeping ALL DAY SUNDAY. So I'm doing my day job early so I can take a nap in the afternoon.
So much has changed in the last month, it doesn't seem real. But we're still truckin' along.
So, happy Monday!
