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[judecorp]

Yesterday I learned that I am now considered an "Experienced" person at work. (On three-person assessment teams, one has to be "experienced.") That's kind of funny that I've been there for a year and am considered senior staff. But I suppose that speaks to the amount of turnover we have at my job. It's also weird that I didn't realize how much I /did/ know (I usually focus on how there's so much stuff that I don't know at my job) until we got four new people and started remembering what it felt like to start out. So I felt pretty good about that.

Yesterday evening was a wash from the get-go because Jen's friend, Jackie, was supposed to hang out with us but she had some kind of emergency. I should have just called it a wash and settled into some sort of comfy routine at home with My Jennifer, but I was foolish enough to try to pull something together. I knew this hermit lifestyle Jen and I have had going on was good for something. After spontaneous plans with Jeff fell through due to unforeseen circumstances, I proceeded to ruin a perfectly good friendship over the telephone. Go me.

This morning is a ridiculously early one for a rainy Saturday, as I'm headed down to RI to take pictures of my father's truck before it starts pouring and meet with a train collector. Jen, recently violated by theft, is convinced that he is going to try to kill me in the empty apartment. So I suppose if you never see another post from me, she was right. Somewhere in the middle of today I'm going to try to waltz out to another part of Woonsocket because my high school friend's husband is throwing her a surprise 30th birthday party. It all depends on how late the train dude stays and whether or not I have my Party Pants on. I will then embark on another fun-filled day of cataloguing and sorting.

In good news, today is lemur68's happy birthday, and Kristina, Chris and the girls are going to get to move into the horse farm. I was just about to write something ridiculously emo like, "At least the sun in shining for some people, if not for me," so I suppose that means I really need to stop writing ASAP.

Namaste.

Comments

[livinginoctober.livejournal.com]

It's a struggle to break the hermit cycle, and it feels like it's hardly worth it sometimes, after you've tried to invest in something and finally stick your head out into the world and it always ends badly.

Both our counselors urge us to have friendships beyond each other, but most friends don't understand our social anxiety or something happens that is a betrayal of trust. Eventually, we try again....we get back on the horse so to speak.

I'm sorry you had such a rotten day.

xoxoxoxoxoxoxo

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Thankfully I am very fortunate and don't have to deal with social anxiety or anything like that. Instead I am ridiculously social and love to be around people, people, and more people! It's just so hard to plan things these days, partially because WE have so much crap going on and partially because everyone else does, too. I guess that's what happens as we get older and are more settled in our own lives. When I was younger, much more of my life was about group things and other people. Now so much of my life is here at home with my smoochie.

It just really seems like /everything/ ends badly right now, and it certainly doesn't help that I'm just so overwhelmed. It's like I'm only barely keeping it all together and it only takes a very slight little nudge and I'm over the edge again. It's awful.

[calledmara.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear about all the stuff you two are going through lately. I wish I was closer, I'd totally help catalogue and price your dad's collections. In high school I used to work with my auctioneer uncle doing that for estate sales. Good luck!

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

We need to get in touch with an auctioneer, I think. There is just too much for one or two people who are not experts to keep up with!

I wish you could come and do it. That would be awesome, and I'd get to see you, too!

[calledmara.livejournal.com]

I was reading some of the other posts about how it is too expensive for you guys to hire an auctioneer, and I have no idea if this is something that varies state to state but... Most estate auctions I've known of (ie either my uncle's or friends who were doing a sale at a deceased family member's house) have the auctioneers take a percentage of the total profit. I'm not sure if you are just looking at appraisers at this point, but an auctioneer would generally advertise that there are going to be X collectibles and Y collectibles at the sale. You might not get as much as selling items directly, you might get more. But it'd all be over in one day. They'd also sell things like dishes, pots and pans, furniture, etc., so you wouldn't have to hire a dumpster and do that yourself.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Thanks, this is all valuable info. I admit I don't know very much about auctioneers... but we are talking to an auction house now so hopefully something will happen soon!