Tonight's picture was taken in June of 2009. Mattie was home between hospital treatments and was busy playing on our first floor. As you can see we had train tracks in the background and car tracks in the foreground. If you could have seen our home back then, you would have thought we were living in a toy store. The chaos we were dealing with all around us was truly overwhelming. I had paperwork stacked all over the place, and frankly I just couldn't keep up because we were rarely home. After Mattie died, I had neither the energy or desire to clean up and our home looked like an episode of hoarders for years. It wasn't dirty, it just had things, and more things everywhere. Why? Because Mattie received countless gifts from people in the hospital and in the community daily, for over a year! Trust me it added up.
Quote of the day: Today's coronavirus update from Johns Hopkins.
- Number of people diagnosed with the virus: 33,664,197
- Number of people who died from the virus: 604,698
The stress continues! Somehow as it relates to certain things, I am just clairvoyant. I have a 6th sense when things are going to be overwhelming and stressful. I knew this on the day that Mattie was diagnosed with cancer, and I knew it when planning to buy a house. I had a feeling that homeownership was going to be challenging, but I would have to say it is beyond stressful, and rather it is close to a full time job. The problem is that Peter and I both have our hands full with real work!
It is the constant juggling of contractors, people coming to do estimates, trying to clean the house, and the list goes on. I have no idea when all of this will be over and therefore, I have NO IDEA when we are moving. What I do know is that by the time all of this is over, I may not have the energy to do the actual moving. Today we dealt with the locksmith again. He has done a wonderful job of replacing all the locks on the house and installing locks on our backyard gates. Ironically, the locks that were on the house were very flimsy. Then we had the pool cleaned, went over a plumbing contract, and this evening, had a 90 minute discussion with a potential painting company. The fun just continues tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow.
All I can say is I should have been an electrician, plumber, HVAC professional, or even a painter. When I see the cost of these services, all I can say is wow!
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