September 21, 2004

The End of the Road?

the end of the road, Kalapana road sign inudated with lava. This is about 12 miles from our house. Hwy 130 just sort of stops and you can see the 10 foot wall of black lava that poured over the road...

Well, it happened today Woody showed the house to a real estate guy. Selling it furninshed will get us at least 250K, thats double what we paid in 2001. Pretty good return on your money and we have the business as well. there are people lined up to buy homes here and you dont dare list without having a escape plan in place as there are zero rentals... and Azure Seas Jewelry? This guy has a buyer for that too. A couple was in last week looking for a business to buy for his wife...

I think it was this that got Woody going. We cant afford that but we can afford beachfront property in the Galveston area, Trouble is that they have a lot of the same sorts of issues that Florida does and they have names ...so to speak

Now that someone knows that we "might" be interested in selling there will be a flood of people calling us and stuff. Its a pain and I dont want to think about it.

But like the sign in the photo, I too feel sort of "up to here" with hard stuff. The reality is I dont want to work as hard as I think I am going to have to work alone to keep things going and I am not sure what I want to do or where Woody is going with this. I hate being so alone Frankly my dears, I hate the whole thing.

I dont want to move but I dont want to see Woody work in Kona forever and I dont think I cant do both, do the repairs and run the store but there isnt the money to hire anyone... sigh. I know that Woody and I can find better paying work and maybe have a life that we are more accustomed to... But somehow, I dont feel like we have given Hawaii enough of a chance...

Still waiting for the sign from above.