i should have left five minutes ago, but at the end of the day i have trouble leaving work. strange, isn't it? i can't make myself walk out the door at 4:30.

tomorrow an angel of web design will darken the door of my office and perform miraculous wonders that no one in our IT department knows of. I can hardly contain it.

owner came back and is trying to chuck $500 bucks at us in order for us to stop demanding things to be done on the house before we move in. we're not demanding major issues. just things like, "Could you please meet the fire codes?" and "Add insulation to the upstairs." jason called and we decided to negotiate. "N" (one of our new neighbors if this all works out) told me last one thing last night. remember: the owner is not your friend. you don't have to make nice with him.

and i thought: hmmm... why not? i always try to make nice with everybody. i'm not a people pleaser by any means, but i do have an innate desire to make my relationships functional. even recently when i found out someone i know had applied for this job, and i got it. i thought i should go and talk to them. jason was like, "what are you gonna say? 'sorry i got your job.' " good point, honey.

so if they don't agree with our counteroffer for repairs, we have a statute and then we walk.

but we don't really want to walk. and there are limited options. so as you come to the conclusion of this blog, can you just take a moment to regard our situation in the name of Jesus?

Thanks.

God answers prayer.

posted by Kelly @ 4:37:00 PM