Good Sunday boys and girls everywhere! It is another week of good cheer and happy times. Gommy and Grandpa are going to be moving soon. Not too far away, but to a different home. The best part of it all is the excitement of looking for a place. Every time we visit a location, we begin to plan where we are going to put this piece of furniture or that lamp or the dressers and family pictures.
We had one place we were considering that was a bit small and Grandpa was all over it for some reason....Gommy, not so much...but in the spirit of keeping things on the positive side and trying to follow Gommys' own advice, I was willing to 'make do'. As things do tend to work out, the agreement with the landlord for the location fell through. Fell through isn't exactly what happened. The man didn't want to sign a lease and in these parts, (seasonal rentals), you had better get a lease or you will be getting a very big surprise come November.....HIGH lease rates.....So, off poor Grandpa went to look for another location.
The next place was wonderful (says Gommy), Grandpa, not so much........do you see a pattern here? But in the spirit of staying positive (where have I heard that lately) we both just agreed to make this one the number one 'back-up' for us both. It is kind of a positive maybe.....
The third place Grandpa found was beautiful, roomy, has an ocean view, several amenities, seems perfect right?.......BUT... for one thing, it is completely furnished and what would we do with our stuff? And for another thing, there is no iron-clad promise that all the things involved will work out to everyones' liking and there could be another move right around high-season. Er.....didn't you hear Gommy say she wouldn't consider a place without a years lease??? Well, this place has the potential of being a yearly lease if some other points are met. But if we don't get that one, no worries......it just means it wasn't right for us anyway.
Then Gommy was surfing the net (pretty techy for a Gommy eh?) and found a place that seemed too good to be true. You know the old saying, "If it seems to good to be true, it usually is!" Well, it was perfect in every sense of the word. Grandpa called the realtor and we eagerly waited for a call back. No call back that evening.....no call back the next morning. So, Grandpa drove by the location again and low and behold, the realtor was there replacing the sign on the lawn that needed repair. After speaking with the agent, Grandpa found out that the amount that was advertised in the ad on the web was per week......PER WEEK!!! Eeeeek......Never mind. It was definitely too good to be true. Oh well. We had a good night thinking about it anyway.
Now we (er, Grandpa) have another week of looking for our new wonderful home to be. It is actually quite fun not knowing where you will live. That may sound crazy, but Gommy has lived long enough to enjoy being surprised. There was a time that Gommy would be stewing and worrying about what was going to happen and being all nit-witty and nervous and driving herself and everyone else nutty until she knew every last detail.....But through many years of living and learning....Gommy knows we will end up wherever it is that we are supposed to live. We just have to go with the flow......Gommy keeps telling everyone else to go with the flow, so she better listen to her own advice. The Universe (God or whatever title you feel comfortable giving to who is really in charge) will guide us to the perfect spot. We just have to let go of the oars and our 'boat' will coast right to our front door. I just know we'll both love it and be happy. I know we'll be happy because we will CHOOSE to be happy. It is a choice you know.....
So Gommy wishes 'happy expectations' to all you bloggers out there in the future. And if you don't know every little silly detail about what it is......don't be a worry wart. Just expect everything to turn out alright and you know what?.....it will.......((*.*))
