Okay my crazies are kicking in again. No, not the 'I want to emasculate my husband and make a chew toy for my dog' crazies. Although that does sound like fun. These crazies are about money. One of my friends had the brilliant idea that I should rent my house this summer. We'll be spending most of the summer break at my parents' so our house is just sitting there, empty, sucking up money. Why not make it work for us?
When she told me her idea, I bet she saw $$$ sprouting up in my eyes. Ah, the money I will make once I place the ad. People will be vying to stay in my house. It's so purty and homey, who wouldn't want to make this their vacation destination? Well, the ad ran on our local town list serv and Goddamn it, no one's flocking to me yet. I wrote an engaging ad offering all the comforts of home for out of town guests. Does no one in this town need housing for their obnoxious visiting uncle and their 42 year old cousin who still lives at home? The nearest hotel is about 20 minutes away. Rent my house and you can have your family close but 'not under the same roof' close.
If the summer rental doesn't work out, I have hope. I'll place another ad during ski season. We live near three different ski areas. Maybe some rich doctor will want to skip staying at the luxury resort and will want to rent a family home for him and his trophy wife and their 2.5 children. I'll even take their pocket size poodle Trixie. Just rent my damn house and let me get a nest egg in the bank.
I have learned to be relieved when financial windfalls don't happen when I expect them - I take it as a sign that I really won't be needing the money I was trying to conjure up!
ReplyDeleteConversely, when extra money does come my way, I have found I ALWAYS end up needing it for something like a car repair or a new water heater.
My "nest eggs" seem to come when I am least expecting or planning them, but always in the nick of time.
Hope you can put your financial anxiety in a bubble and let it float away. Money used to be my biggest worry in the days leading up to my divorce, but now I realize money answer always comes and never in the may I "planned."
Thanks so much. That's so true about the extra money disappearing once you get it. Very rarely do you come out ahead.
DeleteThanks for reading and writing. I'm trying to let go of those anxieties.