Real Estate vs. Mercury Retrograde

"Tell me what she has!" - concerned parent.
"A cold!!!" - Dr. House.
(From the prime-time drama "HOUSE")

Not too many people are aware of this, but I read my astrological horoscope (in addition to watching TV, oh no!) Yes, I'm aware it means nothing to most people, but I read it. And I try to make sense of it, try to apply it to my life and wonder what I'm doing wrong. Or right. There are times when I am right. Or I just believe what I think it does. There's some early morning solipsism for you. That cappuccino must be working!

Anyway, this past week has been interesting. Since I came back to work, I've been glad to know that real estate seems to have picked up since last year. And the clients have been more interested in buying something.

I met some wonderful people last weekend and they were looking in Pollock Pines. Their daughter even had the same name as mine! Unfortunately, they fell in love with a home in Nevada City. Well, unfortunately for me, fortunately (hopefully) for them. Such things are common, say the astrologers, for the period of Mercury retrograde, on until about October 31. Along with communication snarls come computer crashes and other networking errors, lost checks in the mail (read late rent payments) and so forth.

All this madness leads to annoying, nagging worries and unnecessary panic. And I am not good when I'm annoyed or panicked. Go figure. The good thing about the Mercury retrograde period? You run into friends - old and new. And the confusion adds a heaping bunch of creativity to whatever you've been doing. Here's hoping!