War and Peace and Real Estate

       I have been under some stress for the past several days. It’s a good stress, mind you. Indeed it’s a happy stress, because Tom and I are hoping to purchase a wonderful and unusual home that we discovered several months ago.        

       Since I learned only ten days ago that it might truly be a possibility, I have hardly been able to sleep. And so far, that’s been okay. 

       But I have to keep my wits about me. Since Tom is extremely busy with his job (and because I am, after all, a lawyer), it will be up to me look after all the details that could make this dream our reality. So I do need to sleep sometime.

       That’s why I decided this would be a perfect month to fulfill my commitment to read War and Peace.