Adventures of a Non-Binary Author – Before they go

Three days off has done nothing to stop me waking up before my alarm. It’s strange. Somehow I can sleep past six on my days off, yet instinctively know it’s approaching four-thirty on work days. Granted it’s not like I’m not aware of the time passing. I’ll wake briefly to check the time on my FitBit periodically. If I really wanted I could probably give up on sleeping at four-fifteen. But there would be nothing to gain from that. Besides, four-thirty is more than early enough.

Of course I’m not going to rely on my body continuing to do this. My alarm will still remain set on days I’m working. It’s more than possible my body will realise how ridiculous it’s being, and I’ll sleep till my alarm. I’m not certain I’d want that. I kind of like waking up naturally. But I’ve no idea how this is possible right now, so relying on it seems foolish.

I don’t waste the time either way. My pre-work mornings just feel better all around with this extra time. As for scooting into work. It’s definitely hard work in places. More so on the way home. But I’m sticking with it. And my recovery time is steadily improving.

Still, Saturday is the day my partner is going to view some properties without me. We need to hit the ground running if we’re going to find our forever home. So anything they see today, which is a viable candidate, I will be viewing for myself. Either alone or with them, depending on circumstances. We just need things to slow down a little. So many of the properties we book to view, are sold before we can see them. So the number of properties my partner is viewing today keeps fluctuating. Things are being added to the list as things drop off.

In the end they see five places. Two contenders among them. So second viewings are booked in for Friday. We’ve already got a first viewing booked in that day. So, as it stands, I’ll be seeing the strongest contender on my own. Then the one neither of us have seen will be done together, followed by the third property. Not a bad way to end the week. Certainly something to look forward to.

But with the way the market has been going, will all three properties still be there Friday? Or should we just expect all of them to cancel now? Can things slow down just enough to give us a chance? We know we can take our time to find our future home. But we still want to have a chance at finding something now….

To be continued…