I keep seeing groups go down the opposite side of the street that dont seem to ever come back up my side. Probably 20-25 here so far. Which is still worlds better than my last place, which in six years, saw zero trick or treaters

I saw one group consider my house then pass it by. Look I know its old and looks kind of haunted, but I have pumpkins out!

And then of course the third thing happens, and I stumble on a degenerate but fascinating character dynamic and fixate, so we're at the "rotating durgetash in my head like a gas station hot dog" stage of this whole endeavour, I fear.

Shes an obgyn, i would ask your GP for a referral to her. I dont have a gp so planned parenthood sent me her way. You dont get a whole lot of time with her, but she listens and doesnt dismiss. She found and removed endo lesions from me and im dramatically better than i was in 2023

See if you van get a referral to Dr Cook. I was seeing her for a numbrr of things while i was trying to figure out the source of my pain two years ago, asked for the endo surgery, she left the room, came back with the form, and got me in on a cancellation a week later. Absolute rockstar she is.

So I say "hold on!", run into the house and grab some jam and eggs for him. Well he sees the jam and goes "hold on!" And runs into the house and grabs four bottles of different homemade wines. I dont yet know my next move, but this is getting very funny

He phones me back, shares some lore about our houses, and the following week a bundle of rhubarb appears on my porch. So I picked up some strawberries and made jam with it. This morning im out trimming the front hedge and he runs out to introduce himself properly.

Brand new sentence, right there

My china hutch is also a puzzles and boardgames hutch. I think this may be the generational progression of such furniture 😅

Now, I get to spend my forever in a shabby century home that feels custom fit to my life and belongings, in a walkable neighbourhood, surrounded by ancient trees. After decades of precarity, for the first time in my life everything feels truly ok