Oddball Update

I’ve put advertising on Oddball Update! Oh dear God!

Well, at least it’s not LinkExchange or some retro-grade ’90s trendy crap like that (does LinkExchange even still exist?). I’ve decided to post an ad for our house on this site, in the hopes that it may drive even a few more eyeballs to it. Honestly, over the last few weeks I (and Apple too, I’m sure) have felt not unlike a wounded soldier staggering up the beach at Normandy while trying to hold his entrails in. This stuff with selling the house, moving, etc…it’s all taking a huge toll.

Not the least of the reasons for which, I might add, is the fact that it seems the market will not bear anything close to the price we thought we’d get for our home. We’re gonna be in some pretty bad financial shape once we get moved, unfortunately. We’ve even talked about things only people in dire, dire straits should ever talk about…things like like moving out of Florida entirely, or selling my GTO just to save that many more dollars a month in expenses. Seriously folks, it’s bad. But we’re committed, because even if we back out now, we lose mega money. So the best thing is to go forward and hope for the best.

I must credit Apple for her strength of will in keeping sane during all this, and for her recent pursuit of a new career to further help us out with our financial situation. With her income we truly have no reason to be worried, but for all of our lives we’ve been very committed to all of those financial “best practices” you always hear about, and having to live on the edge (like so many Americans already do) leaves a bitter taste in our mouths. As least we’re keeping one thing in mind, as they said in Session 9: “Whatever you do in life, have an exit plan.”

So anyway, I’ve put a little ad banner image over there on the sidebar that leads to a site with more info about our home for sale. Maybe some traffic will be picked up. Maybe not. But I’d really rather somebody find our house this way and offer to buy it, as opposed to some realtor finding us in the MLS — because then, we get to pay $15,000 in commissions. With money as tight as it is already, just hearing the word “commission” is making my blood boil. So I’ll take any chance I can to bring my own buyers to the table first.

Maybe I should go for a ride in the goat this weekend. Just in case there aren’t many more rides left, y’know? Maybe that reunion story will come true, and I’ll have a Toyota parked in the garage…bleck. I think I’ll sell my bed first.

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