I had a pretty good Monday at work today. My “morning boss” is on sabatical for a month now, and the woman who I work with was back today after being on vacation for a week and sick for 3 days. She had over 400 emails to go through, so I didn’t have much to do this morning.
I was very busy in HR this afternoon as they now have four jobs posted at different websites, like DICE, MONSTER and CAREER BUILDER. So, I was pretty busy all afternoon. Today, when we went down to the coffee cart after lunch, one of the girls put her arm through mine, so I would stay with them while they all got their coffee. I usually run back upstairs right away, because I feel like I’m taking advantage if I stand around with them, since I get paid by the hour.
They are so sweet, because they want me to stay and talk. Today, I did and I was telling them that years ago I met Varla Jean Merman, whose costume won the challenge last week on PROJECT RUNWAY. I told them that a good friend of ours, Ricky Ritzel, used to play for Varla Jean and that I was lucky enough to see her perform a few years ago. She’s pretty fabulous! A few of the girls watch PROJECT RUNWAY and they were so excited. They said, “Peppy! You should write a book! You’ve had so many different adventures!” I said, “My mother always says the same thing!”
Actually, I’d love to write a book, but I know so many people whose lives are far more interesting than mine! I guess I’ve just done a lot of different things, and had a few different careers. I always try to think of life as a big adventure. It’s my daring, devil-may-care, optimistic attitude that got us in our current trouble. If I wasn’t so adventurous and didn’t want to move all the way across the country, Eric and I could be happy in our little house in Whitestone right this minute. Okay, so I wouldn’t be totally happy, but at least he wouldn’t be totally miserable!
Actually, Eric really impressed me today. He detailed the inside of the RV, so I could photograph it this afternoon. We've wanted to put it up for sale for weeks, but he just couldn’t get his act together. He finally cleaned it up and I photographed it. Then, we went to Pacific Beach for sushi at HAIKU and then drove to Hillcrest for gelato.
When we got back, Eric worked out (miracle of miracles) while I downloaded all the pictures and then we worked together to put an ad on CRAIGSLIST. Then, I made a flyer, to put up at work. I was all done and started blogging at about 9:20pm. At 9:30pm Eric’s phone rang. The ad had been on CRAIGSLIST for about 20 minutes and it was a guy calling about the RV!
Eric spoke to him and he wants to come tomorrow to see it and he’s bringing a cashier’s check! The only problem is, we’re not sure if there’s going to be a problem, because the RV is registered in NY and the address on the title is our old house in Whitestone. I don’t know how these things work. Do you have to re-register a car and get a new title when you move? If so, we’re screwed, because titles take WEEKS, if not MONTHS to come in the mail.
We decided Eric would get up early tomorrow and go to DMV (which is about a mile away). He’ll ask them about the registration and the fact that we no longer live at the address listed on the title. I can’t imagine it’s a problem, because people move all the time, but who knows? We sell cars (and RVs) so infrequently.
Why is everything so complicated? We were so happy that we got a call from a serious buyer so fast, but now it may be impossible to sell – even if we have a buyer! We really should have sold the RV last fall – as soon as we got here, but we really weren’t sure we wouldn’t use it again. Also, since we had a free parking space for it, there didn’t seem to be any urgency, because it wasn’t costing us anything. Now, I wish we had sold it last year, because now he’s got to deal with this. I’m glad that he’s doing it, instead of me! I’ve got enough on my mind!
Let's all keep our fingers crossed (even though it makes typing SO difficult) that there are no problems and the RV is gone from the parking lot when I get home from work tomorrow. Wouldn't that be nice?