32786 Harrow Road

Yesterday will go down in my history book as "The day in which St Joseph and Craigslist decided to get together and work their magic..."

Last Thursday....feeling very frustrated about the lack of interest our realtor has brought to our home....I spent Thelma's entire nap time searching for St Joseph in my backyard. I buried him early in April, before our house was officially on the market...(which my mom says was my first mistake!!!) Within a week of having buried him, either Thelma or Delip pulled the stick out of the ground that was marking his location, and he has been missing ever since. Thursday was not the first search I have conducted for St. Joseph. I have spent hours on at least two other occasions searching for his 3-inch white plastic figure. Have you ever tried to dig around in your back yard? Its amazing all of the treasures that you can find....army figurines probably dating back to the 1950's....spoons with their handles bent all the way back....pieces of what was once someone's treasured china. Things left behind and probably forgotten. Every time I would hit an object with my garden spade my heart would leap with hope, and then drop with disappointment. I held my hands upon the ground and prayed to God and St Joseph and the Universe and whoever was listening to help me feel his energy so I would know where to dig. I didn't think it was working, until my shovel scraped against something that clearly sounded like white plastic! And then, there he was, in my hands. I felt like he had just been born out of my backyard at 663 Smith Ave as I vigorously rubbed the dirt off his face and feet. After a very heartfelt talk, I buried St Joseph in his new location, upside down, facing SSE in the direction of Harrow Road.

Yesterday afternoon, around 1pm, I posted an ad on Craigslist in an attempt to rent both apartments of our home. By 1:30, I had recieved the first response and my phone has been ringing ever since. We showed the apartments to three potential tenants yesterday and actually had to chose between them because all three wanted to live at 663 Smith. It was practically a bidding war. Tonight I am going to call back the other 15 inquiries to tell them the apartments are rented. We are signing leases with both tenants tonight and we have to be moved out by October 1st. Two weeks....plenty of time, right? Except that Pat and Sara are getting married on September 30, and the wedding festivities begin on the 26th....Romantica opens for Ryan Adams on the 27th....and we have no place to move. They say where there's a will, there's a way...and I have my heart set on moving to 32786 Harrow Road.