March 21, 2005
Maundy Monday
It’s been a while since I updated, but there are so many things that have been happening since the beginning of the year…a LOT of things!
This is the first Monday night in almost three months that I haven’t been at South Coast Rep – that’s right, SCR, baby! I’m having the time of my life over there and am meeting some of the greatest people. This is my week off, and then next week the ride all begins again! I can’t wait.
It’s a good thing I had tonight off, since Maundy Thursday is this week and I’m a bit unprepared for it. It’s been kind of a bummer putting it together this year without Fred, since we’d done it for so many years, but change is good, etc., etc.
I’m in the beginning stages of selling my condo, and it’s been an awfully difficult decision to make! It was prompted by ever-increasing association assessments (including a ginormous one that passed at a homeowner’s meeting tonight…several thousand dollars due by each homeowner!), and the amount of work and money I’ve had to put into my condo. I’ve enjoyed fixing it up, but it’s getting to the point where enough is enough. I never meant to completely renovate it and grow old here! The crime is getting pretty bad in the area and I’m not happy with a few other things in the complex, so it seems like time to move on. As well, prices have started coming down and now would be a much more profitable time to sell than a year from now.
So I’ll walk away with some nice equity (which I’ll invest), and spend perhaps a year in an apartment while I figure out where to go from here (i.e., out of Southern California). It all makes good financial sense, but man…it’s my home! It’s not easy to leave it.
Anyway, I seriously need to get back to my Maundy Thursday script!
I’ll leave you with some proof that my cat is, indeed, living the life of Riley.
*yes, that pillow really is velvet*
Posted by Lesley at March 21, 2005 09:41 PM