Rant #3,278: Today's the Day

The day has finally come.

At long last, barring anything unforeseen, the house is being sold today.

And all I can say is thank goodness!

Our original meeting was put off until 2 p.m. because the future owner wants to take one last walk through of the house.

I am sure they will find something minor that needs to be taken care of, but then, they just have to sign their name on the dotted line, and they will be the proud new owner of a new residence.

I will shake their hands, wish them luck, and take my cut of the proceeds--very little. I'm afraid, due to the reverse mortgage- and then, get the heck out of there.

The house, and the process of selling the house, has been as unpleasant as it it possibly could have been for myself and my family.

If it hasn't been one thing, it has been another, and the stench of unburdening the house has stretched to our new residence, where not much has gone right for us.

We can't really have a full-blown "new start" for us until we get rid of this house, and the day has finally come to do this.

I spent roughly 50 yesrs of my life in that house, and most of thst time was pleasurable, but the past four years have been nothing but horrid.

And the psst couple of months have Bern worse than horrid. I cant even think.of the right word to describe what we went through since my mom's death in early September.

If nothing else, the burden of the house prevented me from grieving for my mother in the proper way, because when she passed, we had to go right into selling mode.

That is not the right way to grieve, and it is time we can never get back.

But in just a few hours, the burden of the.sale of the house will finally be completed, and maybe my family and I can breathe again.

"Maybe" is the operative word here, because I cannot speak for anyone else, but this entire episode has damaged me forever--beyond my bum left leg--and I don't know if I will ever be the same person that I was before all.of this happened.

Let's hope thst I am wrong about all of this, and my life can be returned to me, in full, when the new owner puts his John Hancock on the bottom line today.