this place is not a place of honour

[the_siobhan]

I had been considering hosting Write Every Day this month, but now I'm glad I didn't. Work is offering overtime for this week and next so that should effectively suck every last cell out of my brain.

Having said that, I'm still planning on doing NaDruWriNi. And some friends have decided to start meeting online to write on a weekly basis so I'm very much going to try to do that too.

***

The work on the house is still waiting on the survey. After not hearing anything for three weeks I reached out to the company and got told "six to eight weeks, so probably early December". An hour later a guy knocked on our door and announced that he was here to do the survey. He spent the day taking measurements and I haven't heard a word since. So I have no idea what's going on.

In the meantime the house is pretty much packed up, so we're ready to go whenever.

***

I told my therapist about a worry that had been really eating away at me and she laughed. Laughed! I didn't know they were allowed to that.

But I did have to admit that it sounded really stupid when I said it out loud. So I guess there's that.

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[greylock]

An hour later a guy knocked on our door and announced that he was here to do the survey.

I'd be worried. Or checking out survey scams.

But I did have to admit that it sounded really stupid when I said it out loud. So I guess there's that.


A lot of worries do sound stupid. Was it stupid? Or is it a legit worry?

[the_siobhan]

If it was a scam it was definitely a long game. Involving a lot of expensive equipment.

I suspect it was a screw-up at the office and he was supposed to be at somebody else's house that day. I'm hoping it puts an accelerator on the process since the first step now is technically done. (Our survey is complicated by the fact that we have an elevated track behind us, so they have to do a topographical map for the flood mitigation work, and not just the property lines.)

is it a legit worry?

Mostly I was being manipulated and not in a particularly clever or subtle way. I was just too emotionally distracted to realize it.

[elusis]

I could tell you what it means when your therapist laughs, but then I'd have to kill you.

[the_siobhan]

I've made her cry before, so I guess it's only fair.

[runcible]

Every time we've had a contractor-related project, it doesn't happen on time but it does happen all at once.

<3

[greylock]

If it was a scam it was definitely a long game. Involving a lot of expensive equipment.

Well, unless they asked for bitcoin payment, I tend to favour your office screw up theory!


Mostly I was being manipulated and not in a particularly clever or subtle way. I was just too emotionally distracted to realize it.

Same as it ever was. Glad you started to sort it.