Until two days ago I can’t recall the last time I’d read my horoscope and two days ago it gave me this advice for the week …..
” Ease up and try listening to what others have to say, you could learn something ” So I did and it seems to have been poor advice
They whined , I mean a lot. I’m not to say it was without merit but I will say that I just wasn’t all that sympathetic to what they had to whine about . The couple told us that they had just come down from up north and moved into their new home with the furniture having been delivered just last week. And then they started …
” Took ten months to build the house … the builder told us it would take four ”
She then continued on …. ” We had to rent for an additional six months after we sold our house up north , do you know how much that cost ? “…. ” Part of the problem is permits and inspections … something really should be done about this “….. ” Already lots of problems with the house that need to be addressed and the builder won’t answer the phone ” ” The next door neighbors are slobs” ….. this was just the beginning and I uncharacteristically just stood and listened.
The couple are freshly arrived to Florida as part of the 1,100 added to the population of Florida every single day encouraged by what is loudly and proudly touted as growth . I wanted to mention that during the time it took to build their new home literally thousands of others like it have gone up in the area in the past year . I wanted to mention how many people I personally know are still waiting to move back into their homes 13 months after being ravaged by a severe natural disaster. I wanted to ask if she knew how much that costs after the insurance company fails to pay up. I wanted to mention a neighbor a few houses down
Ian took half the roof off a neighbors home allowing severe damage to the inside . With zero help from the insurance industry they sold the vacant lot next door to help finance the needed extensive repairs . I’m pleased to say their roof is being installed as we speak …. but it’s being installed a year and a month after the damage. And it’s being installed only two months after the roof was installed on someone else’s brand new home sitting on their once vacant block next door. It’s likely the new home owners will have moved in while the neighbors are still residing illegally in a camper in the back yard behind their damaged home.
As much as I wanted to say all this I knew that it was more than likely this couple and I simply didn’t share the same horoscope . And I’m sorry I listened
