One of the things that I knew I would have to deal with after my Mom died was my Dad's whims. He tends to want to do everything at once then changes his mind in two hours about that too. Lately he has been very lonely without my Mom where they lived together. Don't get me wrong, he always misses my Mom, but lately, he's just been feeling the lonliness more than usual. I dread the winter when he doesn't have the distractions of the yard to mow, something to fix, or the garden to work in. So he has been on the kick of selling his place again. It's true that someday he will have to move. My dad is 75 years old, a very fit and spry 75, but 75 nonetheless. So eventually the 5.5 acres of ground he has will need to be tended by a younger person. So he's been looking at places to live in town and closer to my husband and I to live. The problems is that my dad lives in a manufactured home. To those of you that aren't familiar, manufactured homes are quite common in Indiana. Unfortunately the powers that be at Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae as well as the PMI companies find them less than standard housing these days, thanks to the mortgage crisis. So my dad will have a hard time getting his place sold, not because of its condition or where it is, which are all very good, but because of the lack of financing available for people buying it.
So its been an up and down process. Right now, my dad is back to not wanting to sell, at least not now. He is busy beautifying it, sorting items to get rid of etc. I've told him that he shouldn't make big decisions like this the first year after mom was gone. Well as the anniversary of her death looms closer, he still is deciding to stay or to move or to move or to stay.
Its enough to make a person scream! Oh well, I will put up with it for now. Who knows it might be all that wondering that keeps him young. Of course its making me old!
