The aching sweetness of the past

[serai]

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*sigh*

Back in the 80's, when I was working the Renaissance Faire here in SoCal, I had money. Not HUGE amounts, but enough to run around and buy lovely things at the Faire. One of the things I bought was my beautiful Celtic harp, made by Tripplet Harps of San Luis Obispo. I had such dreams of learning to play it! But alas, it turned out that I have no talent at all for melody instruments. (Percussion's another matter - I was playing a djimbe - African chalice drum - five minutes after picking it up, albeit at a very elementary level.)

So my lovely harp has moved with me from place to place, basically fulfilling the role of a gorgeous piece of furniture. It's made me sad to look at it all these years and almost hear it weeping for not being played. Thus, when things got so financially awful for me over the last year, I decided to sell it. I've had it on Craigslist for about six months now, and guess what?

I got TWO CALLS IN ONE DAY. I'm sticking around at home all day today because one or the other of these ladies is going to be coming to my house and whisking my beautiful girl away to a life of happy fulfillment of its stringed destiny!

Here's a picture of my darling:



Isn't she beautiful? My heart hurts to have to give her away, but it's just not right for me to keep her anymore, especially when there are people who really, really want her. The lady who's most likely to show up is over near LAX at a Doctor Who convention, and when I heard she was a fancritter (even though I've never watched an episode of DW in my life), I knew she's the one I want to take the harp away. (Though it'd be fine if the other lady took her, too.)

In exchange for her freedom, I will get FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.

Yeah.

I'm so jazzed about this. I'd kinda given up on the harp selling, but was determined to just keep posting the ad until that special person saw it. YAY!

So please cross your fingers or say a prayer or light a candle or place an order with your cat (they are avatars of the Goddess, you know) that this will work out for me. I SO MUCH need this right now - it could be the seed of my getting up and out of my asshole situation. (My BiL will be backing me up during the sale as a precaution, and I've promised him an eighth of weed as payment, heehee.) First planned purchase: a nice cheap digital camera so I can place MORE stuff online for sale. I have so much crap, and a lot of it really is nice and of good quality.

ETA: Tara (the DW lady) has called and is one her way from LAX now. *does Kermit flail*

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Comments

[addie71.livejournal.com]

She is gorgeous! I can see why it's hard for you to sell her. And wise of you to have the BiL there as a back up. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you. :)

[serai1.livejournal.com]

Well, it all worked out great. I had a good feeling about Tara when she called, and her being a fangirl made it perfect. She's off to a new life, and I have some much needed remuneration. Everybody wins!

[shirebound]

I'm truly happy for you, although I know how it feels to close a door on something for which we always held out a shimmer of hope. My candles are lit, my fingers are crossed, may it work out beautifully for both of you.

[mews1945.livejournal.com]

Everything crossable is crossed for you to make the sale you want, and that it will give you what you need to get out of your situation. The harp is lovely.

[lijahlover.livejournal.com]

Yay everything went well :)