Why is it always Christmas?

[rattfan]

Thinking of John McClane from Die Hard here, not any of those sugary northern hemisphere festivity movies. In my experience, Christmas is a time when crap tends to fall on me, probably from a team of reindeer passing overhead.

My landlord, codenamed Lydia (for her privacy, though sometimes I wonder why I care) has finally updated me on wtf has been going on since last July when, if my readers cast their minds back, I got the news that she and husband were separating and that this block was to be divided to add a granny flat. This house, btw, is about the size of a granny flat anyway. L then dropped out of contact and the last I heard was "probably September."

Time rolled on. Today she came around to talk. The division plan has been abandoned; it's not financially viable. Instead, house is to be sold between one and maybe two years on, perhaps more. If I can come up with the $, it's mine. Unfortunately I've been pondering this problem for a few years already and the banks weren't terribly forthcoming last time I sounded them out re a loan. I could write a bestseller or I could win the lottery, but I've been trying to do those for a few years also.

Yeah. Why Christmas?

Comments

[gillpolack.livejournal.com]

The Federal politicos have led the way in encouraging people to do icky things at this time of year.

I'm round today if you feel like chatting, but we're awaiting a big storm, so I was wondering how 4 pmish sounds?

[gillpolack.livejournal.com]

This year all the bad announcements are being made round Christmas. (And sorry the phone rang before and then people came round and etc - I never get phonecalls or drop ins at Christmas and this year I got both!)

[ratfan.livejournal.com]

Not a problem. I wandered off to lie on my bed and fell asleep :-) Then cuddled my rat Finn who was feeling needy, poor guy; he is elderly and not well, before going off to feed Stephen Dedman's cats.

Dinner, more rat care - room service, dinner and a bath for Finn, which he did NOT appreciate, but if he's going to neglect his own grooming and get whiffy, he will have help!

That was the day.

[gillpolack.livejournal.com]

I'm glad.

I like the rat-cat-rat pattern :)

[drhoz.livejournal.com]

Aw crap :( We'd happily put you up here, but, you know, cats and rats :/

[ratfan.livejournal.com]

Thanks for that. Presence of cats not necessarily a problem; I would keep the rats in my bedroom and make sure the door was closed when they were out. If I could keep this as an option, it would be appreciated.

[drhoz.livejournal.com]

no worries :)