BING BOOONGGGGGGG!
Ohhhh gawd, NOW what? Stumble to the front door.
It’s the CLEANING LADY FROM HEAVEN! Ohhh damn ohhh hell I thought NEXT week was her week….
Stumble out to the living room. Let her in. Start to pick up litter.
And pick up litter….
And pick up litter….
And pick up litter….
And pick up litter…..
Ohhhhh damn oh hell oh damn…I’d put off this mess until next week!
B-a-a-a-a-d Human!!!!!!!
What’s going on in the backyard?
NO! Hallelujah, boys and girls: it’s NOT Pool Dude. Just the wind blowing stuff around. That’s something. I guess…except tomorrow a.m. we’ll have to vacuum up another nice mess.
This place…
This place…
Gotta think about this place…
Am I gonna stay here for The Duration? SHOULD I???
Those apartments on the west side of Conduit of Blight Boulevard…hmmmm…. They ARE going downhill
…and down…
and down…
They were OK when I moved in to the neighborhood. But over the years, they’ve declined. And just now the decline is mighty steady.
If I’m gonna move to a more stable district, I may have to do so soon. Because… I do want to leave this house (make that a house) to M’hijito…but it’s gotta be a place that will hold its value.
And just now, that ain’t entirely clear to me. If those apartments continue to slide downhill, they surely will pull down the property values in the surrounding neighborhoods.
Maybe…
Maybe…
Maybe…
…I should betake myself to Scottsdale or Paradise Valley or Fountain Hills before that process gets any further under way.
But dayum, I don’t wanna move. I’ve done more than my share of moving in my lifetime — and then some — and don’t wanna do it again. Especially now that I’m old!
My son expects to sock me away in an old-folkerie, in the not-too-distant future. I expect to take a flying leap off the North Rim of the Grand Canyon before that happens…but either way, this shack needs to hold its value so it can get him into a place that will be a decent investment, real estate-wise. That may mean I’ll need to FIND such a decent investment…now…and get into it before much more time elapses.
Ugh. Spare me yet another move!!!