The one where we had to say “Huh?”

I swear, this Universe thing might be a little spooky or maybe just overwhelmingly interesting.  Yes, many say that my experiences are  just coincidence or I’m reading into things too much.  Maybe.  Maybe not.  The process of selling off a life seems to be more than we bargained for at times so I find comfort in believing that the Universe helps us along.  Feeling overwhelmed, wondering what to do next, trying to figure out how to proceed … if only Amazon.com sold a book called “Selling Off Your Life For Dummies.”

This morning, John and I both felt a sense of stand-still.  At least that’s what I’m guessing it was.   Anticipation fills a human body with pangs of joy but at times waiting for something, something that’s life-consuming and life-changing, turns the positive aspects of anticipation into frustration.  Frustration because you must wait.  I am reminded of tiny children demanding what they desire.  “I want it NOW!  I want my new life NOW!”    Anyway, for a couple weeks my to-do list included “Try to sell Halloween stuff on Craigslist” so this morning I thought to myself, “Why not now?  If I wait I’ll lose my Halloween-Is-Right-Around-The-Corner window and we gotta get rid of some of this stuff.”  So, I got out the camera, took pictures of some of my favorite Halloween decorations and uploaded them to Craigslist.

Less than 6 hours after my upload to Craigslist we received two calls.  The first couple to show up took all of our big stuff.  I said goodbye to my dancing/singing Frankie and Mr. Skeleton.  I always loved those two guys.  I found them so funny I’d routinely fall to the floor with laughter when they performed.   I also said goodbye to my 2ft tall, light up ghost and mini-Frankie.  So long guys!  I loved having you around.

The mere fact that our big, bulky and most “expensive” items sold so quickly made us thankful … of course, to the Universe.  The Universe helped us find new homes for our largest items and brought us a bit of pocket change all at the same time.  Then, the second group of people came and John openend his big mouth and said “We have Christmas decorations too!”  My first thought was, “Wait wait wait, I have no plan for this.”  Then it hit me.  I don’t need a plan.  I _used_ to need a plan.  I now need situations, just like this, to learn to act spontaneously and completely without a plan designed to comfort me and ensure that everything goes “just right.”  So to my closet I went and I started grabbing box after box of Christmas decorations.  The ladies took quite a bit of it.  So, not only did my Halloween postings find homes for some of my Halloween stuff but it found homes for some of my Christmas stuff as well.

Okay, no biggie.  Holiday decorations found homes.  Big deal.  The “Huh?” part of our experience came about 45 minutes after the second group of shoppers left The Pappas Flea Market.  The phone rang.  John answered.  The second group of shoppers called back to see how much we wanted for our house.  “Huh?”  We mentioned that everything we own will soon be sold but “HUH?”  “Huh?”  Did I mention, “Huh?”  Funny enough, we just scheduled an appointment for our realtor to come out, this Tuesday, to help guide us on our remodeling choices.   So, John told the shoppers that we’d talk with her, figure out a good pre-renovation price as well as an after-renovation price and get back to them.  A simple set of Craigslist advertisement for Halloween decorations might result in an offer on our house.  Seriously, all I can say is “Huh?”

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