The bamboo flute has a bid. Little did I know, nearly 20 years ago when I was given the thing on Oswego St., that I’d one day sell it at an online auction on the other side of the country with my husband of all people!

It’s been hot, though not murderously hot. We only need to run the AC for 4-5 hours in the afternoon.

Another pound miraculously lost for no apparent reason at all. Now I’m 128, though I’ve been having 1500-2000 calories a day. Maybe exercising for an hour a day really was overkill. I read somewhere that too much exercise can actually retard the process of fat loss. I’ve been doing half-hour workouts instead, figuring that as long as I didn’t have the willpower to cut down to 1200 cals a day, I wouldn’t lose weight anyway, though I’d certainly be in good shape. It’s like with protein. Having too much protein prevents the body from reaping its benefits.

Still only one bid on that lot. It’s too soon to really guess whether or not I’ll win it, but now that I know more about what I’m doing after Tom explained more to me about how auctions work, I just may win it in the end. I’m going to place my maximum bid of $33 tonight. Shipping is $7 and it’ll be parcel post which can take up to 9 calendar days. If I win, I hope they’ll get here sooner than the blue fairy did because they’d be coming from Texas and not New Jersey.

The seller went and added the fact that one of the dolls has missing feet and a few have chewed hands. This will hopefully lower the interest. The lot has had over 200 views as it is. Although I’d prefer dolls from smoke-free homes with no damage, I can always wash the stinky smoke out and hide missing feet with long gowns. I’m not even sure I’m going to like the damaged ones so I may want to put them towards my own lot. I’ll remember, of course, to state any damage up front.

I’m both shocked and pissed that Bob blew me off. Come Monday the 22nd, I’ll send one last email. If that fails to generate a response, I’ll call him directly the next Monday, the 29th.

Later…

I saw lights on this evening in the houses in front, but it looked like it might’ve been the owner. This is because I saw the lights go off in one place, then a car drive from there to the other house. Now both places are dark and I assume the car’s gone. For my sake, I’m glad they’re still vacant, but this also doesn’t strike me as a very good sign. Shouldn’t they have sold by now?

Although it might have been better to wait till the last minute to place my bid so as not to give others time to be tempted to outbid me, I placed my bid and now it’s either win or lose.

Little Guy’s still more playful than even Little Buddy was and greased lightning for damn sure. He’s taken to a new game of charging at me when I enter a room he’s hanging out in after not being in it for a while. He’s so cute and so much fun. The only thing I don’t like is the play biting, though he usually nips gently enough.