It's official - the Sacramento real estate market? Out of control. I just saw a listing fora 900 square foot, 2 bedroom house that's going for about a half-million dollars. Sure it's in East Sac, but still ...

I mean, Good Lord.

Yesterday I saw a CNN.com story that listed Sacramento as the 9th most-overpriced market in the nation (or something of that nature - we're behind LA and SF, of course) - I'm not sure whether this makes me feel better or worse about the situation. I have this sinking suspicion (wait, can suspicions 'sink'? Maybe I just mean 'feeling') that we're going to buy at the peak of the market and then have to watch as prices - and the value of our new abode - dives.

OK, that's it, done feeling sorry for myself, at least for today.

I have the week off from work and not a moment too soon. Last week was filled with so many ups-and-downs (as those of you whom I regularly see or talk to already know) and then the weekend was spent in recovery --which basically meant doing a lot of acting as un-responsible as possible and involved lots of eating out (pancakes, veggie burgers, quesadillas, etc - no, not all at the same time), going to a King's game with some friends (the team lost, but the time at Arco was still fun and much-needed), movies (a sneak preview of "Fever Pitch"), sleeping (countless naps) and so on and so forth ....

Now, this week is about getting things done. Everyone keeps asking me if I'm going to do anything "fun" during my time off and if by "fun" you mean finish my taxes, clean out my closet, go to hand/wrist therapy, get ready for a seminar in which I have to speak in front of 100 people and catch up on house cleaning and laundry, why then yes, it's a virtual House of Fun over here. Stand back people, we are dizzy with fun.

...and on that note, my To-Do list beckons ...