No news on the house front, yet, maybe Monday.
ETA, 60 seconds later: They counteroffered! Too high, I think – hopefully I can talk to Ted tomorrow and we can decide what to do.
Sometimes if I’m trying to get to sleep or whatever, I try to figure out what is the best possible thing that could possibly happen that day. It has to be at least theoretically possible: “winning the lottery” only counts if I’ve bought a ticket, for instance (which I hardly ever do, even back when I lived somewhere where I understood the local lottery). Last night, I had the odd experience of realizing that my top three things all had a pretty high chance of happening – like, say, 20-70% probability, at a wild-ass guess. Now, granted, that’s not the same thing things I’d have picked last week (a potential job opportunity got shut off, but it was one I was ambivalent about for several reasons) and I suppose there’s a large factor of learning to want what you can have, but it’s still pretty cool…
One thing I didn’t count on that list was getting back in shape, because that’s not a matter of luck or other people’s choices, just my own action. I can’t say I’ve lost any of the weight I’ve gained since leaving the US, and I swear my belly gets bigger every time I look at it (no, not for that reason!). But from a purely functional viewpoint, I’m doing OK. We went to the gym four times and rowed once during our trip, which isn’t bad for being on vacation. Since getting back last Sunday, I’ve erged twice, and biked to work twice (6.4 km each way), and today I rowed 11.5 km. From an aesthetic viewpoint, I’ve got a bunch of clothes I think look good on me. (Today I wore light gray skinny jeans, a white top with smocking around the neckline, a lightweight charcoal swingy cardigan that comes to my knees, silver jewelry and high wedge heels, and felt elegant all day.)
I got to hang out with rowers tonight and knitters on Wednesday and Ted comes to visit a week from Friday. There’s a few things I don’t want to spend too much time thinking about (like living apart from Ted, for one) but really overall, I’m pretty happy just now.