morning routine

every day i come into work, i turn my computer on and generally while waiting i open a game of spider solitaire. this is usually because i have a lot of programs to load upon arrival and they take some time to load. but the thing is, i never finish my game. i get a short ways in to the game and then when my programs open i get my work done and get out into the field. i have to be honest in saying more recently i've also looked at house business along with everything else. either way, my games are never finished. just an observation i have made of my standard day. thrilling i know.

houses

it's really depressing to me that as i have been searching for a house these past months that i have come to realize more each day that my city has changed. outsiders have changed the market and have determined value and worth beyond any reasonable conclusion. houses that only ten years ago would have been worth under $100,000 are not somewhere close to $400,000. there are more houses around city park which the owners are seeking more money than the houses are worth and thus in this area there are more houses which have been on the market for one year or longer.

these prices have brought me to the realization that i am not sure i will ever be able to afford to live in a my "dream house" of sorts. living in an area which i have grown up admiring is something that very well may never happen.

i want to know who determines worth and value? who is supreme enough to say what should cost what, and who should or should not be able to live in places. i understand that some people make more money and thus can afford elaborate homes, cherry hills is a good example. but that is all together different from this situation because cherry hills was never an aim of mine. however there is this awesome little farm house just off the highline close to where colorado blvd starts that i could handle... but really, it would take me near a lifetime to be able to afford to live in the neighborhood in which i have spent the majority of my life in, and we live in a standard middleclass neighborhood.

maybe i’ll just leave colorado all together.