Un/fortunately
Yesterday, Daniel came home from school talking about Fortunately/Unfortunately stories. We made some up over supper and they’re quite good fun. They’re also reasonably evocative of my comme-ci comme-ca mental state. Like this:
Fortunately, having almost finished his PhD, Ed got a great job.
Unfortunately, that meant moving.
Fortunately, it meant moving to a lovely town and a nice new house.
Unfortunately, that meant leaving Philadelphia and selling their pretty home.
Fortunately, their friend’s sister wanted to buy the house which made it all very easy.
Unfortunately, Francesca had pretty much no desire to move at all, so there.
Fortunately, she’s a pretty reasonable woman.
Unfortunately, she’d recently started questioning the ultimate value of being reasonable.
Fortunately, she hadn’t yet made up her mind to be unreasonable.
Unfortunately, this made her even more dissatisfied and confused.
Fortunately, she had chosen Action as her word for 2007, which meant that all sorts of things happened no matter how confused she felt.
Unfortunately, no matter how much action happens, her feelings are still stuck in November.
Fortunately, she’s been through tough moves before and is still around to talk about it.
Unfortunately, she’s getting tired of moving.
Fortunately, she’s not yet got arthritis.
Unfortunately, she has got bursitis
Fortunately, that’s what Advil is for.
Unfortunately, the move is going ahead no matter how I feel about it.
Fortunately, I’m certain that I will ultimately be all right, no matter how I feel right now.
Moving sucks.
Wa ha – I was going to write a brilliant “Fortunately/Unfortunately” comment, but Karrie’s comment really sums it all up.
Fortunately, Stuntmother is an amazing woman, and no matter where she goes, people will realize this.
Unfortunately, where she is moving is further away from me me me.
OMG–I love the Remy Charlip Fortunately/Unfortunately book. My son loves it too–we really should borrow that one from the library again. I think that book has explained much about life to him.
Everything on the internet should have a “Fave” icon at the top.
Unfortunately, moving means packing.
Fortunately, it’s a little like Christmas and you find all sorts of things you forgot you even had.
I love this post. That’s great that you have a prospective buyer already! I hope that eases your stress a bit.
Venessa