{"id":189,"date":"2018-12-18T14:09:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T14:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rudymartinez.wtf\/stuff-and-nonsense\/2018\/12\/18\/i-guess-i-was-off-by-one-day\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T20:32:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T20:32:53","slug":"i-guess-i-was-off-by-one-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rudymartinez.wtf\/stuff-and-nonsense\/2018\/12\/18\/i-guess-i-was-off-by-one-day\/","title":{"rendered":"I Guess I Was Off By One Day"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Yesterday I posted that it was the four year anniversary of us closing on Chez Martinez – our home in Mexico Beach. Facebook just reminded me that today is the anniversary.<\/p>\n

Four years ago our home was a beautiful place in a beautiful town.<\/p>\n

Today is a wet mess in need of a new roof and some new walls.<\/p>\n

Our town is much, much worse off.<\/p>\n

My friend asked me to write an essay for his book detailing how I am handling the stress. I’ve written thousands of words and it always comes back to one simple sentence: I am faking it.<\/p>\n

Not in a fake it til you make it<\/i> sort of way. No. I am faking it because the alternative is to crumble.<\/p>\n

Sometimes I crumble anyway.<\/p>\n

And I find myself angry a lot more. Contractors, the city, insurance agencies… sometimes it feels like they’re all conspiring to make recovery as difficult as possible. I may know better logically, but when you are taking three steps back for every step forward logic seems like a fickle bitch.<\/p>\n

Although, between you and me, the city is being a bit of a twat. They sent out letters, with no documented proof, stating that our home was more than 50% damaged by the hurricane (it wasn’t) and now I have to jump through hoops to disprove what they – wait for it – haven’t actually sent proof of.<\/p>\n

Don’t pity me. I knew going into this that there was going to be fights. I may have been naive in expecting the city to be more of an ally than adversary, but here we are.<\/p>\n

Like everyday over the last couple of months I will dust myself off, remember that I am a badass, and start over.<\/p>\n

When it happens – and it will – that it all starts to feel a bit too much, I will lean into my wife, squeeze my dog, scream a few expletives, cry, and then get on with it.<\/p>\n

Four years ago today we closed on our dream home.<\/p>\n

Nothing is going to steal that away from us.<\/p>\n

Have a day.<\/p>\n

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