Pole Dancing In The Dark

Goodbye Summer Friend

Just a few quickies:

Thanks to all the helpful desk advice, it is highly appreciated. I did try Overstock.com and their selection - lacking severely. Also, Overstock and I are no longer on speaking terms due to a bad customer service situation that took 5 months to resolve, all their error. Their customer service representatives could have handled it a lot better, and their ability to deal with their vendors is, well, lacking. It will be a very long time before I do business with them again. But I do have to say on their behalf:
1. Their prices are unbeatable.
2. Their CEO supports our troops. Apparently he donated large quantities of Fahrenhype 9/11 to our troops overseas to counter act the morale damage "asshat" Moore did. So, just because my experience with them was a nightmare, doesn't mean that other people will be as unlucky as I. Somehow I just wound up with the Customer Service "shit on me" bulls eye on my forehead.

We have decided on a desk at Staples. It's the Z Line Galaxy desk. It has the same type of look at the Studio RTA, but doesn't cost as much and we can go pick it up rather than have to worry about shipping. Or they will deliver it to our house for free (free free free!!!) But since we are on our campaign of finally getting the house organized, I think we will try and get them ourselves this weekend.

Also, got a bit of bad news this week (actually I heard it last Friday, but had forgotten it in the midst of everything else going on.) I found out that father in law's family (ie his frelling brothers and sister) finally had broken him down about selling the family cabin in the Adirondacks. I am fairly angry about the whole deal, mainly because they are being selfish asshats and taking away the one thing that this part of the family actually enjoyed going to. They are in it for the money, but I honestly don't think they will see as much as they are hoping for.

I can understand why dad is giving in to them though. The upkeep is just too expensive at this point for just one member of the family to manage. And I know that hubster and I cannot share enough of the financial burden to help out. And the brothers and sisters in law are all coping with paying their own bills as well. (And unlike us, they have children.) So, rationally, I know it's the right thing to do, but emotionally, I am angry. At one point last weekend I broke down to mourn this particular loss. No more cabin, no more laughing frogs, no more early morning breakfasts at the cute little country store, no more motoring along the river to the lake, no more smell of mothballs, and no more creepy deer head that I had to duck under to get to the bathroom. Ok, so that last one I am not going to miss so much. But I am going to miss how the air seemed so much clearer up there, the food seemed to taste so much better up there, and Bob Marley seemed to define the days up there.

But I definitely won't miss that evil miniature Doberman barking in the wee hours of the morning (and for most of the day.) It's the only time in my life I wanted to actually drop kick a dog. Little bastard.

Yeah, I know, I'm being selfish. I know there are those out there that don't even have the money to buy one house, let alone have a summer one that is being taken away. But here is a little perspective. Hubster's grandfather bought that property a very long time ago and hand built the cabin that has been our home away from home. It wasn't the Taj Mahal. The hot water tank that was added in later years barely worked and there was an outhouse that we were encouraged to use so that we didn't have to pump the septic tank as often. (I won't miss that either.) But it's for sale now, so there isn't really any point for me to defend myself.

I'm going to boogie, I'm getting cranky…

Posted by Ethne at June 10, 2005 09:49 AM