The house sale falling through was not a total surprise to me as Dale saying he was working on the financing and a permit to develop the land had been going on for months. The house brings in a lot of rental income as we have 7 bedrooms rented out. My sister-in-law has been doing the managing of the house and the cleaning for $2,000 a month and she does an excellent job. My lease is up at the end of June, and I do have the option of moving back to the country if I don’t find a suitable job. I noticed that there aren’t many jobs in my field in the city. I relaized yesterday that the biggest reason there aren’t a lot of jobs is because when I was looking before I moved, I was looking at all the jobs in my field province wide. With my age and the number of years I’ve been out of the paid workforce, I believe that also makes a difference. I’m just going to have to do the day at a time. Within walking distance of me is a drop in ceramic studio. I saw people of all ages there. I used to do ceramics decades ago and it doesn’t interest me all that much but it may be somewhere to go occasionally. I saw advertised that Loretta Lynn was having a concert at a local casino. Many of you won’t know who she is. I’ve never seen her in concert and prefer to remember her voice as it was. She is 81 years old and I can’t imagine her having the energy to give a concert. One of my problems in the city is my small support network of friends. I could have more friends here but I don’t want to be friends with people that talk behind my back and who are emotionally draining at this stage of my life. I’d rather have no friends than bad friends! Carole
