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5 Things — Annoyances

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Dr. Tanya noted that for her 5 Things prompt, she most often ask us for our five favorite things related to whatever topic she gives us. But this week, she decided to go to the dark side and has asked us to share five things that can cause a lot of irritation or that annoy us. What? Only five things?

I am annoyed by…

  1. People, often tradespeople or service providers, who tell you they are going to show up at your home on a certain day or time, or commit to getting back to you with an answer or a quote by a specific day, and then never show up or even call or text.
  2. Dog owners who don’t bother picking up their dog’s poop when walking their dogs around the neighborhood or wherever they might be walking it.
  3. People who refuse, in the name of “personal freedom,” to get COVID-19 vaccinations and to wear face masks in public.
  4. Most television commercials, which is why I rarely watch live TV. Almost all the things I watch on TV are shows that I’ve recorded on my DVR so that I can zip past the commercials when I view the recordings. And these days, much of what I watch on TV is on subscription streaming channels, like Netflix, HBO Max, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Apple TV+, and Discovery+, which have no commercials.
  5. Republicans.

Please Bear With Me

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Dear friends,

4F6571AC-D5A4-4773-81D2-095330481DE3As of yesterday at around noon my time, my wife and I became the proud (?) owners of two homes — the one we are currently living in and the one we’re moving to in about two weeks.

Earlier today I was at our new house way out in the suburbs awaiting some tradespeople that I needed to meet with before we move in. While I was waiting for them to show up, I was looking out of my backdoor, which is actually an oversized sliding glass door, admiring the view. It was a clear morning, and, because our new house is situated near the top of a hill, I could see for miles. It’s quite a different view than we have from our home in the city, which is basically the side of the apartment building behind our house.

But I digress. We have about 10 days to get our belongings all packed up (i.e., our shit together) before the movers show up to empty our current place and move our stuff to the new place. And then, in about a month, after some painting, minor repairs that need attention, and staging, our existing house will be going on the market.

I’m hoping that it will sell within a few weeks and that we’ll close within 30 days of the sale, or about two-and-a-half to three months from now. I don’t relish the idea of paying insurance and utilities on two homes for much longer than that. But, as they say, what will be will be.

Finally, I want to apologize to those of you I follow. With all that’s on my plate right now, I haven’t had sufficient time to go through my reader and read many of your posts. Nor have I been as prolific as I usually am when it comes to publishing my own posts. I’m hoping that within a few weeks of the actual move, we’ll be settled in enough that I can resume reading and posting at my traditional superhuman pace. Until then, please bear with me.

Best regards,

Fandango

Written for Ragtag Daily Prompt (looking out of my back door), and Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (clear).