Flying solo again - update

It's been quite a week at Chez' Ketay!

My son deployed with his squadron while his

wife completed moving them to their next duty station. She started a new job in their next city, getting in an accident on the way to her first day on the job. She's fine. her car is not, but is fixable.

My youngest daughter started working with a new lawyer after two years of getting nowhere and stonewalling by the ex's attorney - very stressful.

How do you respond to a four year old when he asks 'why doesn't my daddy love me?' It breaks my heart. Both she and Jack with with us due to her complex health situation.

My oldest daughter got a new job just as

she and I were starting to gain traction on a new project we had been working on that shows to be quite promising for small business owners. It's a program that enables a business to have free advertising and only pay for the sales generated from that advertising rather than doing the usual format of spend advertising dollars hoping they work but never being able to be quite sure. It ties the customer to an identifiable sale. Very unique. It should be exciting.

I'm sure it will balance out, but meanwhile, I'm keeping that ball rolling and in the air so we don't lose the momentum we've begun to create. I've gotten a whole lot of practice juggling balls!!

The two puppies we had been fostering found homes and went to their forever families over the weekend. Oh my, the house has quiet! I didn't realize how much time they took - but the snuggles and puppy kisses made up for it....almost. I do miss them, though!

My husband got 'the call' that no child,

even as an adult wishes to get about a parent's health. His father has been in failing health for some time and seemingly has a quarterly medical crisis. I think this will be the final crisis.

Mike got the call late Monday evening and was on a plane to California by noon yesterday.

His father has been released from the hospital and to hospice.

It's a waiting game now. And when I get that call, I, too, will be flying out immediately to join the family.

I don't envy the path my husband and his family are on right now. It's never anything any of us wants, but all of us face sooner or later.

I got lucky - both of my father and my step dad threw me away, so when I got that call, I really didn't feel anything at all. Ok, maybe sad that the situation would never change, but no real grief.

Nobody is ever ready to lose a parent. I can only pray that his transition is peaceful and painless.

And, of course, because I have nothing else to deal with, the guys who were in one of our houses, suddently decided they were not going

to purchase it after all but they think their unrefundable deposit should cover their last few months of rent. No bueno!!

Letter already written to the attorney and eviction process ready to pull the trigger on the designated day. I'm not playing with these guys.

The person we bought it from pulled the 'stop making the house payment as soon as the contract is signed game' which we found out about just before closing. We took the difference out of the sales cost plus PIA fees to keep it from going into foreclosure. It started out a bit of a mess and looks like it will end as one. So much fun!

And yes! I called it! Learned late Wednesday evening that the guys moved out last month without notice. Will be at the house first thing in the morning to assess the situation. Praying they did not leave damage and a mess but not holding my breath. If you know anybody who wants to buy a great little house in San Antonio - Alamo Ranch area, let me know! If you want to see pictures, pm me and I will share the address. Its on Zillow. Oh how I hope they didn't trash it!!!

But then there is the fun side as I saw three FSBO signs in the area over the past few days and hopefully, I will be able to land at least one of them. It's a great area for families, close to schools, shopping, freeway access and the university. Keep fingers crossed!!

The book project is progressing. I have researched and found literary agents and their contact information. I am continuing to edit to ensure it's as close to perfect as I can get it. I have started to craft the pitch letter to the agents - which is an art and special skill set in itself. Keeping fingers crossed!!! I would dearly love to see this book on the shelves of Barnes & Noble!!! The folks who have been kind enough to give it a read so far have greatly enjoyed it and Jack's daycare class loved it. Hopefully, the agents and publishers love it as well. And because you can't write just one book, the second and third are on the drawing boards. I am working on the plot lines now.

And of course, there is my favorite thing to do...

hang out in the wonderful world of WA. This is my safe space of reasonable sanity in trying to handle the rest of the craziness., so much of which is beyond my control.

Yeah, no, that is obviously not a picture of me, bit that's pretty much how I feel when I'm hanging out around here! Yes, it's work, but it's usually relaxing work.

Working on my web site and interacting here hardly seems like work. It's more along the line of therapy. It only becomes work when the technology side of it doesn't do what I want it to do the first (or second or third) time. So I go as far as I can and move on to the next thing - and obviously there is no shortage of next things for me!

The next blog post here will be #150. Wow! No pressure. Do I make it insightful, fun, witty, helpful, wise....? I'll probably just sit down and write as I do most mornings. Who knows what my mind will come up with. You'll just have to check in and see. I do hope it's at least worthy of being the 150th post. It seems like a bit of a milestone. But first, I have to finish and post this one!

Then, there's still everything to get done for everybody,;shopping, cooking, cleaning, laundry, bills. Business as usual. But in the interim, I'm flying solo at the house, working on all of the vaious projects, making progress as I can.

If you're parents are still in your life, take time today to give them a call. Let them know you're thinking of them and let them know how much you love them. If the relationship isn't as you wish it to be, there is still time to change it - or at least make the attempt. I know some times it can be quite complicated and painful. But you may not have the chance tomorrow.

Hope things are well in your corner of the world!

Christine