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I posted elsewhere I'm feeling overwhelmed today.
I've mentioned before that I still own my mom's home I inherited when she died. That was in the midst of the financial crash. I held onto the house because the market was so bad. Then I thought I'd move into the house when I retire. The house is in a 55+ community. The folks who lived there when mom was alive were nice, every day kind of folks. The demographics have changed. The people there now are busy bodies who are in everybody else's business. I do the best I can to look after the place. I go once or twice a month to spruce up the outside to keep it up to standards. I've gotten three letters in the last year about weeds in the flower beds. I went an cleaned things up as soon as I got the first two letters. I'd already cleaned things up by the time the third one reached me.
I was there two weeks ago, pulled the few weeds there were, trimmed bushes, that sort of thing. I thought the yard looked nice when I got done. Yesterday I got a certified letter with a fine for $100 because I haven't kept the place up. There no explanation of any current problem, just an abusively word letter about the "eye sore." I'm pissed beyond words. I'm also feeling overwhelmed. Mentioned before that I have a couple of weeks off work with plans to do some things both around the farm and mom's. Now I'm feeling pressured to prioritize mom's place. I need to rest. I know I need to rest. At the same time I need to get mom's place taken care of. I'm going to put it on the market ASAP. I can't maintain both places. And there is no way in hades I want to live in a place where other people have their noses in my business all the time.
To top things off I woke up yesterday to the onset of a flare . That was before I got the letter. Read the letter, stress level went through the roof and flare was off to the races.
Thanks for letting me rant everyone. I'm a little less stressed as a result. Typing things out helped me lay out a plan. Flare is still kicking my butt, but at least I have a plan.
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