what would you expect, since it’s only 5 a.m., of course it’s still dark.  i’m up earlier than usual so i took my dog out.  i’ve been succumbing somewhat to my winter laziness lately so the first outing of the day with dog consisted of a short trip to the backyard.  there i let loose of the leash and let hammy run around in circles for awhile.  he’s very much like a rocket ship.  he’s even shaped like one.  eventually he will pee, etc. and then we can go back inside for food.

this morning it was so dark and so cold.  the wind was howling from around distant corners, setting hamlet’s ears on edge.  the moon is almost perfectly half, and being scoured by winds is brilliantly clean and bright in the industrial sky.  all visible pollution is gone on a freezing day like today.  i’m not usually cold, but today the wind got through to me and i was truly wanting to get back inside for my coffee preparations.

so here i am, with the hot coffee.  no one’s been writing for awhile on this here website, so i’m giving it a try for old times sake.

even though i have a very important house hunt spinning inside.

this weekend i’m going out with a new real estate agent.  the old one went to florida and i didn’t appreciate that.  i felt dissed.  on sunday this new one is gonna show me a passel of stuff.  some of it i’m sure will be in wrecked condition.  that’s my price range, wrecked to marginal.  hopefully something will appear liveable, and i’ll buy it.  i just want to get this over and done with.  i hate moving again.  but this time hopefully it will be the last time.  because i am going to leave my crap in this one place, no matter where i may roam in the future.  i may live in other places, but the crap stays put.  no more schlepping the crap.  i’m also going to get rid of most of the crap, since my new house will probably be 500 square feet or less.  the key is in the yard.  a nice size yard with my gardens will do me fine.  who needs tons of living space.  not me.  i’m a two-room type of gal.  most people never use all the rooms they own in their giant houses.  what a waste to heat all of that space for nothin.

i’m just being a practical ecological gal.  i’m going to have well water.  later i might add some solar panels.  it depends on the location of the house.  if it’s vastly wooded, the solar prolly won’t work too good.  we’ll see.

i’ve got a handful of mortgage preapprovals now.  it’s time to shop for the best interest rate.  after i move i can find a new job.  i won’t have to do this job anymore.  i won’t even want to be commuting anyway.  not to mention i can’t stand the job.  i’ll get a new and pleasant job near my new house.  ya’ll can come visit me.  it’s right near a giant lake and we will take a boat and go rowing.  i’ll buy some life preservers and i’ll get one for my dog too.  then i’ll coax hammy to get in the boat.  we’ll go out sailing.

there will be waterskiers and we’ll try to stay out of the way.  there will be a lot of rippling of the waters.  hold on, don’t tip the boat.

it’s a huge lake, so maybe we’ll find a quiet cove.  and eat a picnic.  we’ll watch the water lillies as they toil not, but they do float.