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I feel like I am the only one who is upset that we are selling my grandma's house. The closing is today ... the people who are buying it are no doubt going to tear out a lot of things and make it nicer. That is awesome, but I wish that we were the ones doing that and that it was still going to be in the family. They bought the house in 1966 and with the exception of the kitchen and some new carpet, it's in pretty much the same condition. I love that house - I've moved around all my life and that is the only house that I have known since I was born. Maybe it's not really that big of a deal, but my family is not too sentimental about things and Eric's family is completely opposite, so maybe I am becoming someone in the middle. I told my mom and dad that if this were happening five years from now, Eric and I would totally have bought the house. It's perfect for a family - five bedrooms, big backyard, on a cul-de-sac, unfinished basement, large rooms and hardwood floors ... and they only sold it for $50,000 more than Eric and I paid for ours. In a nutshell, it makes me very sad. :o(
Yesterday at work was crazy. I hate it when there are only four people for the whole day ... I flipped salads, fried chicken, made cubans, filled the muffin case, did dishes, did cakes, cleaned up from lunch, and helped Sara stock. I didn't stop going a million miles an hour all day long. But afterwards, mom and I walked through grandma's house one more time and I took lots of pictures (it's so weird to see it empty ...) and then we went to the new Olive Garden that opened on Monday. The service was overly good and the people were overly nice. I know they are just trying to get employees into good habits, but it was like we were in Pleasantville or something. It was humorous sometimes! But the food was good and I had whole wheat linguini with meat sauch and one and a half breadsticks.
I am still in bed ... and the battery is about to die!
Yesterday at work was crazy. I hate it when there are only four people for the whole day ... I flipped salads, fried chicken, made cubans, filled the muffin case, did dishes, did cakes, cleaned up from lunch, and helped Sara stock. I didn't stop going a million miles an hour all day long. But afterwards, mom and I walked through grandma's house one more time and I took lots of pictures (it's so weird to see it empty ...) and then we went to the new Olive Garden that opened on Monday. The service was overly good and the people were overly nice. I know they are just trying to get employees into good habits, but it was like we were in Pleasantville or something. It was humorous sometimes! But the food was good and I had whole wheat linguini with meat sauch and one and a half breadsticks.
I am still in bed ... and the battery is about to die!
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Man, if anyone understands your sentiments it is I, the one that had all the same Summer visits to "Grandma and Grandad's House." I was quite sad when I first stepped into the house this past January. I thought mom and dad were sort of giving everything away and losing the house to strangers made me sad. Then, realizing I would feel weird if Jeanine and I were to buy the house, the feelings lessened. It is still saddens me a great deal that a house that has been in our lives longer than any other is no longer open to us, but I've accepted it. You and I both tend to focus on places since there were fewer constants in our lives while growing up...but I think all of the pain of moving was worth it as far as it has affected who we are and what we've become. Anyway, I could go on forever with this stuff. Just wanted to say that I share your feelings, even if no one else really does.
Seth
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