I received some news on Wednesday; my tenant backed out. Yep. O.M.G. – I was devastated. I felt so discouraged and was teetering on the edge of DEFEATED.

Overall, I consider myself a positive person – I try to find the *good* in the trials and tribulations of life. But this time, I cut off the voice in my head that normally says: ‘it’s all going to work out.’ You know what it’s like when you’ve worked so hard for something and you’re SO close to obtaining it and the rug gets pulled out from under you. There are times when you just don’t feel like telling yourself  that it’s all going to work out. My head was full of questions: ‘did I miss my opportunity .. will I be able to  rent out my house .. should I just walk out the door and let the bank take it over.’ So, I took a day or two to RE-prioritize. And then a text message comes in from a good friend in NY:  “what is your next step?” Simple enough, right? God, I owe him one. It forced me to stop with the overwhelming thoughts and come up with a new plan. I made a decision that’s going to alleviate some of this chaos: I’m hiring a broker (realtor) to rent out my house. It’s extra cash I don’t have (where’s that damn money tree!), but it’s going to allow me to keep my focus on the move to NY. I am NOT changing the move date. And besides, I know in my heart that NY is a huge part of my destiny. This is just a little setback… stupid setbacks.

And on a more funny (was NOT funny at the time) note. I had a “only xian” moment after work on Wednesday.  I was walking Isaak (my dog) and some random dude on a bike comes up next to me and asks: “are your straight?” My eyes probably turned black, and I reply: “what?? why is that important?!” He replies: “I got a bag of weed and wanted to know if you wanted to eff around at my place.” I just looked at him and said; “um, no thanks.” I couldn’t believe it. Really?? That’s when I realized it was best to turn my ass around and go home. I was about to go postal on someone. I’ve had some pretty random events happening lately; big time weirdness. I’m just waiting for the pilot of my own reality show, or for someone to pop out from behind a tree and say: you on candid camera!! Haha

Okay, the mocha has officially kicked in! Let’s do some Ask Christian action, shall we? Got a question?  I might have an answer…