Cooperation

I realize I've been posting very infrequently, but I promise that I have been *trying* to post quite a bit recently. I start to write and then quit and delete the draft because I see myself just expressing characteristics of bitterness and neuroticism. No, I'm not going crazy...I'm just anxious. It is so frustrating to know everything you want and yet not be able to wrap your hands around any of it! (For example, finding a house you love and not being able to buy it because you're at the whim of the real estate market and waiting for a random person to buy your loft!)

Anyway, today I decided to post because some things are looking up. No, we haven't sold the loft, nor do we have any new reason to think it will sell soon...but I do have some promising news on other fronts. I have begun applying for jobs, and it seems to be going well so far. I sent in two applications on Wednesday, and I already have two phone interviews next week! Stay tuned for updates. :)

Also, a funny story:

Yesterday afternoon I received a call from Jarrod while I was at work, but when I picked up the phone he was speaking to someone else. I figured he was talking to someone on the other phone line or that someone was at the house. I heard him say "I'm going to need your full cooperation".

So when he eventually realized I was on the phone he told me that the realtors had called (it was 2:25p.m.) to say they would be there at 3:00 p.m. to show a client our loft. Therefore, it was "go" time (review this post for a recap on what that entails!).

So who was he talking to? Yes folks, he was talking to the dog. The thing is, it wasn't in a cute "doggy voice", but rather in a "serious adult/I mean business and need your full cooperation" voice. I think Jarrod was playing Jack Bauer from 24 and pretending Muggsy was some other government agent from the FBI or something. Ha! Can't you see it now? "This is agent Muggsy Boo Boos, FBI. I'm here to promise our agency's full cooperation in this matter of household cleanliness while we wait for the enemy combatants to arrive on the scene".

God only knows what those two talk about and/or pretend to be when I'm not around!