Monday, May 21, 2007
Can I Just Shoot the Professor?
What do you do with people who will not make a decision and stick to it? We have been working with the architects for months, and everyone is ready to get the permits and begin the remodeling ... except, guess who. Off on another of his trips (he has spent about 50% of his time traveling since he retired), he bombarded me with emails over the weekend about how we could do the remodeling piecemeal instead of all at once.
A little background: we bought this house almost 20 years ago at an amazing price because it was not in a habitable condition. We got walls and floors put in and there were several things we were going to do. I did all the things I could do on my own; the ones I needed help with and the ones the Professor needed to do ... yeah, you guessed it, they're still undone. And he thinks I am going to go down that path again?????
I checked out new houses, since I could buy a pretty nice house for what the remodeling will cost. But I quickly learned that a house in a neighborhood with no trees would be torture to me. I looked at older homes in leafy neighborhoods. Everything I liked had a swimming pool in the back yard, and the Professor is adamant that he will not have a pool. And nothing had as much land, the beautiful view of the bay, the bearing pecan trees, or the quiet neighborhood. So we committed to remodeling.
Oh, that's the problem ... commitment. On the surface, Prof is a hard man to pin down. He is always thinking of other ways, other options. (That's what rocket scientists do, you know.) But this is the man who worked for NASA for 45 years, and who carried a torch for me for 28 years. He's as faithful as the sunrise in his actions.
Have you ever asked someone for advice, and then, when you finish telling them the problem, you know the answer? I seem to be there. Thank you for listening; you've been a great help!
A little background: we bought this house almost 20 years ago at an amazing price because it was not in a habitable condition. We got walls and floors put in and there were several things we were going to do. I did all the things I could do on my own; the ones I needed help with and the ones the Professor needed to do ... yeah, you guessed it, they're still undone. And he thinks I am going to go down that path again?????
I checked out new houses, since I could buy a pretty nice house for what the remodeling will cost. But I quickly learned that a house in a neighborhood with no trees would be torture to me. I looked at older homes in leafy neighborhoods. Everything I liked had a swimming pool in the back yard, and the Professor is adamant that he will not have a pool. And nothing had as much land, the beautiful view of the bay, the bearing pecan trees, or the quiet neighborhood. So we committed to remodeling.
Oh, that's the problem ... commitment. On the surface, Prof is a hard man to pin down. He is always thinking of other ways, other options. (That's what rocket scientists do, you know.) But this is the man who worked for NASA for 45 years, and who carried a torch for me for 28 years. He's as faithful as the sunrise in his actions.
Have you ever asked someone for advice, and then, when you finish telling them the problem, you know the answer? I seem to be there. Thank you for listening; you've been a great help!
3 Comments:
Glad I could help!
Ya got to love him
you can not kill him.
Hiding the body is
so much trouble.
You could tell the neighbors
he is dancing in Vegas.
but they will not belive you.
Love him, simply love him.
kay kee
Any time!
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