GAWD ... I was ready for the last week to be over before it started. First my old host goes down for over 24 hours, and I hear NOTHING, NADA, ZIP from the hosts about it. Support tickets? What's them? Are we supposed to answer these? *shrug* So, I go find another host ... highly recommended, etc. Dump a bunch of money into setting up a new account. Go to switch my domains yesterday ... *KABLOOIE*

Apparently my new host is having the worst bout of technical problems ever. And none of my subdomains are working ... and none of my email addresses are working ... all on the same day I'm supposed to be closing an advertising deal on this site, and getting an email about some land financing. And their support department is so busy, I never hear from them either. Until this morning, when one of their people called me, and helped me get the last few bugs on the account sorted out. So that's good. (And judging from the reduction in blatant garbage in my inboxes, it looks like enough spam bounced to get me bumped off a few junk mail lists? Wishful thinking? Yes, perhaps ... but a girl can hope.)

Oh, did I say "land financing"? Yes I did. In the spirit of taking things into my own hands rather than just letting my life happen to me, I decided to start looking for land again when my last deal started falling apart. And I found a lot. And I looked for some equity finanacing on my house to help pay for it. And I think I found that too. So I think I got some land. Still biting my nails about the financing, and I've got a wacky internet-driven financing alternative kicking around in my head that just might work ... so stay tuned for more on that. I might be running a sort of limited-time-only bed&breakfast/tour company if it all works out. ;-)

But, today it seems like everything might be sorting itself out again. So, onward and upward. After I maybe go out tonight and heave a big sigh of relief on the rocks ...