New Beginnings v3

It's been a bit of a crazy week out here. As I mentioned last week, we didn't renew our Realtor's contract and I spent the first part of last week looking for someone new. Damn, did that suck. After that experience I'm convinced that it's entirely too easy for any idiot to become a Realtor. Seriously, what special abilities do these people have that I don't?

In all of my conversations last week I didn't meet a single individual who'd done more analysis of the Lawrence realty market than either Nena or myself. It was ridiculous. My favorite moment was when a Realtor told me that I was asking too much for my house to have appreciated a single dollar in the two years we've owned it.

Ugh.

Now, we have a new guy in charge and he's busy running around getting bids on repainting the place. Apparently the colors are just too bright for this market. So we're gonna try this and going with a new lawn service. Hopefully this helps us out.

In other news, fantasy football season is around the corner and the Lawrence Fighting Vonies (GO VONIES!) have moved to Santa Fe and been re-christened the Santa Fe Stormin' Shepards. A prize to the person who correctly guesses the team logo I'm ripping off in this design...Cody?

I'm optimistic about this season going better than last season did. I mean, the Vonies started out well but just tanked at the end. I think I have a better handle on the draft this time out, so I'm more likely to do things like take into account who my players play for and such.

Also, the league (which has been renamed the Federation of Associated Liberal Artists' Football Enterprises League or F.A.L.A.F.E.L.) is much less pass-dependent. We've upped the points for running and catching, so things will be a little more predictable this year.

Or, I think they'll be more predictable. No real way of knowing what this is actually gonna mean.

The job front is what it is. No bites yet. At this point I'm starting to wonder what's wrong with me that no one seems to want to interview me. Oh well.

That's life, yo. We're headed up to Chicago on Saturday and I'm busy trying to unpack this place so we can, yknow, live. Big fun, yo.