Rough!

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I had to get in, to the bank, to the cellphone shop.  I had hoped to do a few other things, but it's just not possible.

The phone was not being paid, and should have been.  Bank said the card was good.  But the phone company said I was using a different card?  That card gets busy, at the first of the month.  So, no.  It wasn't that one.  But it was?  I don't know how or why.  I may have used that card at one time, a long time ago.  But it shouldn't be the one on record... specifically because it gets busy at the first of the month.

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So, I switched that over.  But, too, I asked about the phone again.  Last time I asked, I was told service alone would be $170.  Plus I'd have to pay for the phone.  So a tablet to boot would be too much.  Now?  Pricey, to change things, but much, much less, even with the tablet.  So, finally, I went with it.

The guy looking at my phone was impressed, or depressed, at how well I had tightened my phone down.  I'll bet he knows how to do more, but probably wouldn't be allowed to tell me, and keep his job.  Still, he... did note he did notice.

I told him I blocked the cameras.  He asked why.  I told him I received a text saying my camera was blocked.  I just said I had replied "No guff".  Kordell would have liked that response, and everything about the story.  If... he was a bit of a con too.  Just... he liked seeing cons jacked, from time to time, at least from his crew, or those he counted as crew, of sorts.

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But, yes.  I have that going.  Phone, tab, yeah.  Had to order it.  They had a black lessor one.  But if I'm going stupid, I'll finish the top of the heap stupid, m'kay?  Wednesday, Thursday maybe?  But I have other business with  them, before then.  Okay.  So it goes.

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It's 92 out there.  I... got to it.  No work in the house, or on it, but that was a long hard afternoon.  Business here and there, oh and gas in the tank.

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Then, shortly after getting home, a visit.  Trying to sell the house, or clean and clear it.  Plus get ready to go.  Work on the house?  To improve sales prospects?  Okay.  Or just to make the deal sweeter for the neighbor?  Okay.  But... the deals that were working through just won't do.

We had to talk.  The prices keep going up.  They... just do.  Utah is down 35k homes, from needed/wanted.  It is a seller's market.  Just the way of it, and not getting better any time soon.  Cash is king, but not worth it if they are being too stingy.  So... either improve the house for faster sell, negotiate a price now that is good enough for both of us, or a few other options.

When the wife doesn't want something?  It's difficult.  And I get it.  On both ends of that.  But, sometimes too, as the man, you have to lead the flock through rocks, shit, lions, and else.  There will be loses and costs.  If you get an opportunity, sometimes it's too good to not take.  The question is, do you have what it takes to reach for it?  And... can you handle the stings.  And, too... is your wife maybe right.  Costs, risks, love, care, it's... a sob of a mixed bag.

But, I've laid out the kit.  In one way, I want them to have the house.  I know it's a good deal, and could be a heck of a start on a real nestegg.  But, too?  I think, once cleared and cleaned, I can get a lot more money elsewise.  I'm... no fool.  I know what I am looking at, and dealing with.  But, if done rightly, judiciously, and timely enough, I... won't come out too bad.  But time... she's ticking.  And these things just don't move fast.

The gauntlet has been laid out.  The timer has been set in hard terms.  The offer, risk, and assessments beyond that are on his gig.  I wish him luck, and hope my plans will work out as hoped.  If it stands, I can... do alright.  Ugh.

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By the time I got home, dealt with my friend, and called the insurance company, the other one, they were closed.  Time flies when... doing things.  Later.