Fatigue

For the past couple of weeks, I have been having unbearable fatigue coupled with body aches, especially my knees. 

Finally I am feeling better today. Not sure what brought it on or why it stopped. Could it be because I was eating red meat? Pork? Now I'm back to chicken and feel better. 

It gets so old going through periods like that. Wish I could just find the right combination of diet and medications to avoid it. I don't even feel like myself half the time. 

I'm still hoping I see a difference in my health after the move. 

I'm glad I'm feeling better today, since I'm working today and tomorrow. 

Scheduled the mortgage payment for August. That's going to be the last payment until I pay the whole thing off in early Sept. Just checked how much that will be and if the closing is on 9/1 the amount will be $76,300. Takes an additional $300 from what I had hoped for. Just get nickle and dimed to death. Oh, well. 

Weather is cooling down, so I hope to not use as much electricity this month. Keep the final utility bill low. Also hope to get more stuff done outside, like working on the car and van this week. 

I am going to replace virtually the entire AC system in the van. Cost an additional $50 or so to replace the expansion valve and receiver/dryer. Other than the condenser and tubing, that's the system. Of course then I have to fill it up, which will cost a few extra $. It will be worth it since I'll have the money to do it. Be the first time I'll have a vehicle with working AC in a few years. The Saturn's AC worked for a while but broke during the Yellowstone trip in epic fashion. Daughter will be happy the AC works. 

Can't believe it will be almost exactly a year between the time she left and the time I get there to see her again. 

Intentional delay

I am putting off a few tasks for the moment. 

Going to sell the Saturn later in the week. I want to get the AC in the van fixed first. Just so if I have the van taken apart and wind up needing any tools or parts I have the car to go get them. Still have to get the van registered here in NM so it won't be a problem when I get to AL. Besides, I want it to be all legal. Think I'll do that on Wed or Thur.

A coworker asked me if I can work for her on Tue evening. I said yes. I'm already working Mon evening. Plus I have 4 more shifts lined up between tomorrow and the 16th. I'll probably make the 16th my last shift.

So, with this past Fri, that's 7 shifts. With what I expect to get from the sale of the house, I will be very close to having $20k when it's time to move. Almost $1k will be used to rent a truck and trailer for getting things from Kerrville. I estimate around $300 gas for the trip. 

The grass is getting to the point it needs to be cut but I'm putting that off at least a few days. Hoping to not have to cut grass more than twice before the move. 

I'm rather bored now. Have a little over a month before the actual move. Not working all that much. Not really wanting to. No more house showings, so I don't have to clean house multiple times a day. 

Rather considering starting the YouTube channel before moving. Just for something to do. May start a concurrent website. Though I want to wait until after the home inspection. Then again, this camera has questionable focus. It looked god at first and last time I viewed it, it looked fuzzy. Hasn't been dropped and cleaning the lens did no good. If I need a new camera, then it will wait until after the move.

Decreasing stress

My stress level is decreasing. Partly because the house is due to be sold. Part is because weather is cooling down and has been more humid. Even rained a decent amount last night or this morning!

I was going to replace the broken window in the car. Removed the frame. But I cannot remove the glass itself. Which tells me I would have the same issue if I tried getting one from the salvage yard. So it's not worth the effort. 

I did clean the car out to a point. Need to vacuum some more. Screwed up car wash place vacuum would only take quarters, while the change machine only gives tokens. WTF? How stupid can they be?! Oh, well. That's NM. 

Just going to sell the car for $400. It runs, so that's a decent price. 

Got the van back. Replaced the thermostat yesterday, which was no small ordeal. Wound up having to take the air cleaner housing out to get to it. Plus the van has a strange configuration where there is no actual lower hose. Both upper and lower hoses attach to the same manifold at the top of the engine, on the opposite side from the water pump. And the thermostat housing is below the other hose attachment, which is completely abnormal. 

Oh, well. The check engine light is now off, even after running the engine for a long time and letting the engine warm to above operating temperature. 

Until a moment ago I was going to put off the AC work. Then I looked up temperature averages in Sept for Montgomery and it stays in the 90's. Guess I will repair the AC in the next month after all. 

One month

Been considering. 

Now that the contract is signed for the sale of the house, my mind is turning to planning from here.

Going to be here for another month. I have enough money to survive that time. Have enough food in the house right now for up to 2 weeks. Mailed the child support check. Mortgage won't be a problem. 

I worked Fir and Mon, so that will be on my next paycheck. I work this Fri and Mon, so that will be on the same check. I'm debating if I want to work any more shifts. The profit from the house is slightly less than I had hoped for but close. I'm also bored shitless. So, if I pick up a few more shifts that would help with the boredom and increase how much I have in savings. So I probably will pick up some more shifts. Offset the additional month of storage, at least. 

There's also the issue of the AC in the van. The shop called and said I need a new compressor and gave me an estimate of nearly $1000. F*cking really? Checked Auto Zone and the cost from them for a compressor is around $250. Close to $400 for an entire kit with additional parts. Not sure I need the extra parts, so I'll just get the compressor. May check the salvage yard as well. If replacing the compressor doesn't do the trick, at least any further repairs would be much cheaper. The compressor comes with the gaskets needed to install it. 

The check engine light was on because of the thermostat. Guess I need to replace that. Only about $13 before tax. 

I still need to sell the Saturn. Haven't been rushing because I know I'll be here and the money isn't urgent. Need to fix a few things on it before selling it for a decent price. Think once those things are fixed I'll sell it for about $500. 

Still considering going through Kerrville and picking up the items in storage. Just rent a truck and trailer from there to AL. Just checked the cost and it would be $831 and tax for truck and tow dolly. So that would be a good possibility.

Also considering using some of the money from the house to pay off my student loan completely. 

Getting rid of student loan and storage would decrease monthly costs a lot. Meaning my remaining savings would stretch a lot further if I don't find a job right away. If I do find a job soon after getting there, instead of paying money out I could put that money in savings each month. 

Okay, I am starting to feel a bit more at ease with this move. All the complications are easing up. I may be able to turn the conditions of the move into positives along the way. Worth a shot, any way. 

One bid

While trying to go to sleep last night, I began having extreme intestinal pain and nausea. Spent an hour in the bathroom, sitting on the toilet, sweating with my head in the garbage can. Luckily it finally eased up. Still a little pain but nothing severe. I think the sausage I ate last night had peppers in it which I could not tolerate any more. 

Good thing about living on the poor side of town. There's always car repair shops and parts places nearby, usually in walking distance. I took the van to a repair shop a while ago to get the AC repaired and find out why the check engine light is on. I was going to get an oil change but they want too much. Was going to get emissions tested but they don't do that. Blech. 

I'll do the oil change myself and get the emissions test done where I usually do. Smart place, they opened their shop in the parking lot of the DMV. 

So, I got a bid on the house. At first I was going to reject it. It was considerably lower than I wanted and the closing was expected to be 9/7/17. But I submitted a counter-offer to increase the price slightly closer to what I want, move back the closing and any inspections are for buyer knowledge only. No repairs required by me. They agreed to all of it. Closing is set for end of August. They will be doing inspections sometime soon. I know they won't find anything but maybe some minor plumbing issues. Depending on what inspections find I may agree to fix some of it if it's inexpensive and I can fix it myself. 

Last night I had only heard they had verbally accepted the offer but the agreement wasn't signed. This morning my agent confirmed it had been signed and sent me a copy. 

Strange thing. His agent works for a non-profit 501(c)3 agency. Never heard of such a thing. In addition nearly every agent that left a card had their picture on their card. This one did not. Whole thing strikes me as a government op. Probably witness protection. Maybe local PD drug op? If the latter is the case that means they are working on something huge in this area. If the former, I question their wisdom placing a witness on a dead end street. But the house would be easily secured, mostly cinder block and limited rear access. Plus they could install cameras that view some crucial areas. Considering my own government history, they may think the house would be safe for the purpose. 

Or it could be my imagination gone wild. 

One thing I am really happy about. I no longer have to clean the damn house for people who come to tour it. That was annoying me. I'm very private and not fond of strangers walking through my house while I'm not here. Guess it would have been worse if they came through while I was here but still.. 

Taking control

I have to work today. Not looking forward to it. Blech.

Yesterday I removed all my stuff from the Saturn. Hooked up the wiring so the dashboard lights up. Which it hasn't since the car was vandalized. Hasn't been an issue because I either know how fast I'm going or been driving in daytime. 

Tomorrow going to get the window for the back quarter of the car. Install that and put it up for sale. With the window and such, going up on price to $600. That's a reasonable price for a car that runs.

Have to get the van registered in my name. Of course that means doing the emissions test. It'll pass, no problem. 

Then, if no bids have come in for the house by tomorrow evening, I will cancel the sales contract and contact the investor I talked to. I will enter the real estate contract. 

It's time for this game to end. I can't keep staying here like this. It's taking an emotional toll on me. 

No bids

Several people have viewed the house in the last couple of days. None have made a bid.

I'm more convinced daily that people really do have an entitled attitude. They want things handed to them for free. 

Even the real estate agent has said this is the best house in this price range this year. WTF do these people want? I know many of them are going to wind up in foreclosure. 

In Montgomery, houses this size, even newer homes, go for half the price they do here or even less. That's where Albuquerque is headed. Very soon. I expect the housing market here to collapse. You cannot expand a real estate market in a place where the job market is contracting and pay rates are too low. They are forcing a false rise in property values right now. That cannot last. 

An old friend's daughter wants to see the house today. No showings have happened on Sunday, so if they want to see it I will show them around. Be good to see her before I leave town. Have not seen her in years. She has been through several relationships since I last saw her. 

Few things to do today. Polish the floor some more with the mini buffer. Lay some polish on the brick floor, which I painted a couple days ago. It looks more even in color. The agent and I agreed the floor as it was had character. Unfortunately, most people do not. So I had to dumb it down for them. Now I need the polish to seal the paint. How depressing. Also need to work on the car. Get it ready to sell. Haven't been able to because of the house showings. 

I talked with an investor who offered a real estate contract. That means he would give me money and take over the property. The loan would remain in my name and he would pay me monthly. Then either rent the house out or fix it up more and eventually sell it. When it sells, he would give me the money to pay off the rest of the mortgage. I'd prefer just selling it outright and be done with it. This kind of arrangement sounds a little risky. I could wind up on the hook for the mortgage and whatever living conditions I have in AL. But he seems trustworthy. Going by instinct here. He and his wife also run a home health business and want to expand into Albuquerque. Who knows? If all goes well this could improve my credit rating rather than damage it. There is some strange thing where payments would not apply to the mortgage for a year and then they all apply at once. It would not show delinquent, just not show on my credit or something like that. During that time it's basically credit neutral. 

Honestly I have had several investors make the same offer in some way but most presented it in a way I did not feel comfortable with and one only offered $1500 over the loan amount, most want to get the property at less than what I owe. One guy was nice and reasonable but only gave me two days to think about it. This man is not rushing me. I never trust those "limited time offer" things when it's that short of a time frame. I understand if an offer expires after a month or more. 

Rainbow to the east

Looked out the window earlier. Saw a rainbow to the east, right in the direction I estimate AL to be. Hopefully that's a sign.

Still seeing the serial digits today. There's no way I can plan on or control that, so it's not some subconscious thing.

Two showings on the house today. Have not heard back from one. 

The other was a couple expecting a baby. They said the house needs too much work. Seriously? Yes, the house could use some improvements but none are urgent and all are optional. They are looking in the wrong price range. Even my agent agrees this is absolutely the best house on the market in this price range. Any house in this range will need some minor work. So they better up their game and look at more expensive houses or maybe a mobile home. Which decreases in value the very minute it is sold, drastically. My guess is they will not be approved for a loan on a more expensive home or, if they are approved, they will be in foreclosure within 2 years. Good luck to ya.

Another showing tomorrow morning.

Also, one of the investors had someone take a look at the house yesterday (or was it the day before?) and now the investor wants to meet with me tomorrow. He knows how much I am asking and the guy who came by did also. That seems promising. 

Went to Walmart while the house was being shown. The van would not start when I came out. Had to get a jump from the tire dept. When I got home, it would not start again. Changed out the battery and it started fine. Removed the negative pole and it kept running. Figured not the alternator. Just to be sure I took it to Auto Zone and they checked the charging system. It all checked out. So no charging system issues.

Unfortunately the AC will not hold pressure. So that one I will pay someone to at least diagnose. Pay them to repair it if the cost is reasonable. I'm guessing it's just a seal. While I had some pressure it began cooling and I can see the compressor spinning, so that's not the problem. Just have to suck it up for a while. 

Looking up!

Things are looking up!

Two showings of the house this afternoon. 

Plus the traffic online viewing the house have increased again. Kind of strange but I'm not complaining. More traffic, more saves, more house showings.

Leave it to me. Expectations for the housing market for July say sales slow down. My karma bucks that trend. 

I have also been seeing a lot of serial digits lately, which always seems to be a good sign for me. I mean like 1-1-1-1 showing up everywhere. 

Good thing about multiple showings today is that I don't have much cleaning to do. Since there was a showing yesterday and I have not messed much up since getting ready for that, I don't have much to do to be ready.

Too bad the floor buffer won't be here until tomorrow. And of course I have to work tomorrow afternoon. I was hoping to buff the floor before any more showings. Maybe if the jerks had shipped the damn thing before Tues evening that would have been possible. 

The new floor polish works a lot better than the old. The old polish would scuff and apparently had a static charge which attracted dust. The new polish does neither of those. Think I can just run a damp mop over it and it should look good. Maybe just a dust mop. 

Good thing on the van. The acceleration was slightly weak. All the fluid levels were good. Checked the tire pressure and two tires were low on air, one very low. Filled to rated psi and the acceleration is now great!

The AC was not cooling. So I filled it with a can of sealant and a couple cans of coolant. Now it's cooling down. I'll check the pressure again today, see if it's maintaining the pressure. If not, have to get it serviced. May need new seals. It would be easy for a tech to find any leaks because the sealant had UV dye. Of course, I hope no service is necessary. 

Got the insurance changed over to the van. I still need to get emissions and registration done. Maybe tomorrow morning after I get paid. IF I get paid tomorrow. Sometimes pay doesn't go in on Fri but Sat or Mon. Long as I have the insurance, I'm not too concerned. 

Need to clear out the car and get it ready to sell. Not asking much for it. 

If I get an offer on the house today, I'm going to celebrate by going to the BBQ buffet at one of the casinos. Then cancel all my remaining shifts after tomorrow. 

With the larger vehicle, packing to move will be much faster and easier. I can clear everything out in a matter of 2-3 hours. It would have been one day with the car but would have been a matter of packing, possibly repacking again to get everything to fit and still be able to see to drive. No longer a problem. I have far more than enough room. 

Vehicle

I called off from work yesterday. Really did not feel so great, had gut issues. Plus I needed to clean house and be ready for the house showing this morning. 

Went ahead and bought a used vehicle yesterday. Hope I don't regret that decision financially. Got a 2002 Kia Sedona. It's pretty big. Actually a minivan but I can lay the extra seats down and use it like an SUV. It has like six seats because of third row seating. AC needs to be recharged but seems to work. Take some getting used to for driving. I only paid $1600 for it. Most of that will be offset by what I earned at work already and by selling the car. 

To get the vehicle I had to drive across town, inspect and test drive it. Drove the van home, hopped on a bus back across town to get the car and drive it home. That process took a few hours. I got so hot I laid down for a while when I got back. Having gut problems did not help. 

Next showing of the house is in 2 hours. 

I ordered more floor polish and applied that. It looks much better than it did. I also ordered a floor machine which has not arrived yet. It's basically a mini buffer. Can be used to scrub floors or polish them. This one can be used to scrub carpet also. It's rather lightweight. The floors aren't so reflective you can see your face in them but they are really shiny. They also have a deeper wood glow than they did. So I'm happy with the polish. 

Only have a few things to do to get ready for the showing. Wipe out the tub, clean the sink, run the dust mop over the floors. 

I used the well pump to water the grass in the back yard last night. This morning the difference is visible. That well water definitely has a good level of nitrates in it. The grass looks greener than it did even the day before. Need to do the same with the front yard. Just didn't have time last night.

So, while the house is being shown, I'm going to the store and get coolant for the AC in the van. 

I really hope the house sells this week.

Intuition?

I have an odd feeling on two issues. No rational reason for these feelings but if I ignore it, something not good is likely to happen.

First, I have the very strong feeling I need to call off work tomorrow. Financially, not my best idea. Maybe it's just that I know what Mondays are like. I'd be walking in to find piles of charts with orders plus probably multiple admissions. I can handle that. Not fond of it but I can handle it. 

Part is that the next house showing is Tues morning at 9:30. Need to have the house ready. I could work and do that. It would mess with my sleep pattern but I'm used to altering that. No, this is something more.

The other feeling is that I will get a decent bid on the house this week. Maybe just wishful thinking but of course I hope the feeling is correct. 

Last night at work was not bad. The night before was okay. Today should be good (knock on wood and cross my fingers). Working the long term care hall and have a medication aide. 

I'm still itching to buy another vehicle. Maybe just my OCD side. Going to have to rein that thought in until I get a bid on the house with financing approved. Even if I've earned the money from working, I have to conserve it for regular living expenses until then. Not taking unnecessary risks. 

Tired

I'm tired. Worked last night and have to work today and next 2 days. Though I may call off on Monday. I'm sick of getting admissions and discharges every day I work. Sick of other nurses dumping tasks on me because they don't know how to do them and don't care about learning. 

Maybe I won't call off. I want the money to buy another vehicle. Plan on that maybe next weekend after I get paid. 

The real estate agent said there was a possible buyer who met with lenders yesterday afternoon. That sounds a little hopeful but I don't know if they have made a bid or intend to make a bid on THIS house or if they are looking at several houses. I do know the person will be approved for a loan because if you're rejected they don't hold a meeting. Just a phone call or email to inform the person. 

On the up side, two coworkers are looking at the house. I referred them to the agent. Think that's best, so there's no emotional expectation on either side. If they look at the house or not I won't know unless they tell me. 

I broke down and ordered a mini buffer for the floors. Cost about $100 for the buffer and pads to go with it. The hardwood floors look good but can look a lot better if I have a buffer to buff out small imperfections. It's another tool I can keep for future places I live. Or sell it. 

Next house showing scheduled is on Tue. Not sure what time. 

Chemically assisted lucidity

Right now it is 7:30 PM. Right now I am on beer number 8. For years, my limit has been 2-3 beers. Yet I remain lucid. Plus I have been using medical cannabis on top of the beer.

Stress, anxiety.

I miss my daughter.

Figuring out if there is some lesson I should be learning here. Not finding anything. Is there a lesson I need to learn before leaving here? I find no lessons to be learned in NM I have not or could not learn elsewhere. 

I keep looking inside and outside. I usually am doing just that. I find nothing in this case.

Maybe there is nothing to learn. Maybe it is all about timing. Maybe I am not intended to be in AL until daughter starts school again. 

I know I am being held back by my karma. I have examined all options I know of to leave here. I find nothing which does not leave me in further debt. I can deal with that but it would lead to other problems. 

I even like the jobs I see available in Montgomery. 

The only problem is being able to leave here. The land of Entrapment.

If there is anything internal to find, at this point I think I have found it.

Fucking let me go!

Frustration

At this point I am frustrated and depressed. 

Met with an investor this morning. All I get from investors is that they won't even pay as much as the remaining mortgage. That's an indication that lots of people are defaulting and lots more have let homes decay severely, so there are tons of homes selling for low prices. Yet the market is up. 

In other words, the middle has fallen out of the market and I am in the middle.

The agent says she may have a potential buyer. I won't find out until at least Sunday. 

If not, I will drop the price again. If I can walk away with $10k over the mortgage I'll be happy. 

I want to buy another vehicle but savings are down low enough I cannot take that risk right now. On the other hand, I'm not sure if this car is really going to last. And I want something larger which I can haul cargo in. Like sheet wood. That's a big problem with this car. Only an option if I strap things to the top. 

So I hate NM, I hate my job and the house isn't selling. My savings are depleting. I miss my daughter. I feel trapped.

FML.

All this is making me question how I have done things. Though looking back this route has been the only realistic route. If I had not worked on the house, I would not get any offers for near the existing balance. That may be a struggle now but it would have been impossible before I did all this. I could not have fixed up the house, kept working full time and retained my health. 

Have to figure something out. 

Slowed writing

I go through cycles. I go for a while where I feel like writing 3-4 times a day. Then slow down to every few days. Mostly because I do know when I'm writing a lot I'm not really saying that much after a while.

Right now I've slowed down again. Not much going on to write about. Frustrated because I haven't gotten any offers on the house. Maybe this week that will change. 

I told the agent to drop the price again to $110k. That's going to be the last drop for a while. Pisses me off because the house still has the highest views of anything in the price range. Number of people have saved the listing. But no views for what? Two weeks? Something tells me people are asking but the agents aren't showing the house. 

I ran calculations that showed if a person put nothing down the mortgage at current price would be around $620 a month. WTF is wrong with people? 

Did a lot of work on the front room floor so that looks better all around. 

Have to work this evening. Not sure how much more of that place I can stand. 

I really hope I can find a job telecommuting after I move to AL. Probably not because most of the time that is direct or subcontracted work for insurance companies. If they checked my FB page they would not like it that I am a major advocate for universal healthcare. That would not affect my job performance but they still wouldn't like it. 

If not telecommuting I will check with hospitals in the area and see if I can get an actual ER job. I'd enjoy that. If they allow LPN's to work ER there. I can always hope. 

More work

Well, no showings requested for today so far. I've become very suspicious of this.

I have made it a pattern that if I am going to work on most things around the house, I wait until late in the day. Can't sand/stain/paint early in the day in case someone does ask to see the house. So I have to wait until at least close to evening, so any of that will not interfere. 

Told the agent to drop the price again. I had kind of hoped for the higher price so I would have a bigger profit. Oh, well. At what I told her to drop it to I would still make a more than $20k profit. 

Work called and asked me to pick up more shifts. I agreed. Only partly for money. Mostly because a nurse quit, so they're short of staff again. One nurse I talked to Monday had been working 6 days in a row and is doing that almost weekly. She was supposed to work yesterday but called off. They were calling and texting me frantically to ask me to work but never made any offer of extra pay, not even holiday pay. So I said no. 

In any case, the extra money will help offset living expenses and maybe the lower profit. Right now I have enough in savings that I can survive here through July and two more months. I really don't want to be here that long. 

Wednesday, Wednesday

Worked Monday. Kinda sucked. Wish someone would buy the house so I can cancel most of my remaining shifts. Had to stay 2 hours late to finish everything. Even then, I "cheated" on my charting, basically saying no change in condition from when I got report. Then just as I was leaving one patient started complaining of chest pain or respiratory difficulty. So the next shift sent her to the hospital. That sucked. Seemed like an epidemic going through the place because the other unit was sending someone out at the same time and I walked out past 2 ambulances. 

Didn't do anything special for 4th of July. Slept late because of work the night before. I did sand and stain another section of floor last night. Looks much better this morning and doesn't need any more stain. I can apply polish this morning. I had moved furniture around and had planned on lightly sanding because that area was rough, would not polish well. Turned out that area was also darkened over time from sunlight. 

If no showings today I still have more of the floor I should do the same thing to right by the window. 

I do think the house should have some showings this week. Views of the house have increased over the last few days while other houses similar have dropped. Looks like a number of people have saved the listing for this house. 

Grass is slowly getting greener. The apple trees have formed new leaves. So things are looking better in the yard. I'll have to trim the grass again soon. Maybe take some new pictures for the listing. 

Little bit of good news. I am no longer anemic (for now). Cut my hand a couple days ago and it stopped bleeding in about 1 minute. That's a lot more normal for me. 

Monday, Monday

Scheduled to work this afternoon. Not upset about that. Though who knows what the hell I will walk into is anyone's guess. I'll deal with it, whatever it is. 

I really hope the house sells this month. My NM nursing license expires at the end of next month. So if I stay here any longer I will have to pay and renew my license here. I don't want to do that because it would pretty much be wasted money.

The floor looks much better where I sanded it. Matches the surrounding floor almost perfectly. Laid a couple coats of polish and it has leveled off and looks smoother. Think I got some dust mixed in with the stain over part of it but not very noticeable now. 

Need to sweep and mop, clean up a bit before work in case a surprise showing comes up. 

The back yard isn't turning green green but brown areas are turning greener and the color is evening out. So it looks much better. Think I will take new pictures tomorrow morning or evening. The front yard is turning greener but is more stubborn. Still looks better than it did. 

While watering the grass this morning, I drew the attention of the hummingbirds. At least 2 of them hovered and then flew through the water while I was spraying it high in the air. I feel bad because I have not hung their feeders this year. Gave them away. No sprinkler systems running which they love to bathe in. 

I have a couple of places that need to be spot painted because I applied more black caulk yesterday and made a small mess here and there. That will probably take 10 minutes. Right now I'm being lazy. 

More floor

Well, the area of the floor I had worked on still looked a bit lighter in color than the surrounding area. So I applied more stain last night and again this morning. It will be dry this afternoon, so I can apply polish again.

Then I have to move the computer and table around so I can sand some rough spots. Hopefully will not have to apply any poly and can go straight to polish. 

Think I'll get some cardboard or plastic to lay down and avoid scratches by the office chair. 

With so little to do and getting frustrated, I think I am going to start working more again. Try and regain some of my savings, so I have more when the house finally sells. I have enough in savings right now that I could survive for two more months beyond July. Of course, then I would be completely broke. And I really do NOT want to be here that long. 

I have suspicions that most of the real estate agents in town did not work this weekend because of the holiday. I am going to wait until after this coming weekend to drop the price any further. 

Floor

I laid the second coat of stain/poly on the floor last night. It looks good! Blends in well enough that I don't think anyone will be able to tell the difference between the original floor and where I worked on it. This morning I have to sweep, mop and apply polish.

Washed the car with ammonia and a scrub pad last evening. Looks considerably better. There are a couple of small spots I will have to do more on but they're small areas. 

The house is still getting lots of views. Had 7 so far this morning and several people have saved the listing. So I'm hoping there will be people coming to see it today. 

I did clean out the fireplace. It's an odd thing but that can turn some people off. Better with it cleaned out. 

Not much else going on. I still haven't gotten to the salvage yard for a window. Had planned on going while the house was being shown but last showing was too late in the day, salvage yard was closed. 

Going to have to get moving pretty soon the clean the house. With all the dust from yesterday, going to take more time than it usually does. Don't want to get caught with another 30 minute warning.