Summer Will Be Here Soon

Oh My Goodness! I know that today is not the first day of summer.  It is tomorrow.  However,  I had a real physical problem that came on very quickly and that caused me a great deal of concern. To be honest, given what I had experienced medically before, this kind of situation scared me a lot.

I could not figure out at first what the cause of the problem was. All that I knew was that I was in pain and did not know what to do about it. I was not sure if I had to go to the doctor right away to see what my issue was.

As I am sure that you will understand, dear reader, I do a lot of exercising every day to help me out with my medical issues that I experienced in the past.. Oh, it is not something that one has to be so physical about but it works out to 1 to 2 hours per day of getting my muscles into as good as shape as I possibly can. I have to admit that, when I first start a new exercise practice, I do feel the pain. However, after a few days of repeating the exercise, I feel much better.

The problem that I had here was that I really was not doing anything new. Accordingly, I could not understand why my legs hurt so badly. Then, it hit me. It was my fault that caused the pain in my legs!

What does that mean you might be thinking? It truly was my lack of my usual type of exercising and keeping up with my normal schedule that caused the misery that I was experiencing. For the few days before the pain arose, I had stopped doing a large part of my usual exercises. I was not stopping exercising at all, or so I thought. I just spent a lot of time doing what I thought were other appropriate matters. As an example, I was walking around my area much longer than I did before because the weather felt good and therefore was building up my physique.

It finally hit me that my failure to continue my usual practices hurt my body and caused the pain that I was experiencing. I immediately started doing again my "old" exercises and, lo and behold, my pain disappeared within a very short timeframe!

There you have it, dear reader. I don't know if what I'm telling it is right not or not but that has happened to me. I am sure that there is a reason for what I went through and maybe what I have just told you is that reason.

I have to admit that I do not know the answer. All I know is that my pain has disappeared and I am feeling back to normal once again. Accordingly, I can now write more stories, dear reader.

WINDSOR UNEMPLOYMENT

I am starting to worry a little bit.

For the past while, our unemployment rate numbers dropped quite a bit. It appeared that things were starting to get really positive here with jobs available for so many people. Our numbers kept going lower and lower every month.

However, things started changing recently. The unemployment rate for the past few months started getting a small bit higher. Not a huge amount for the increase but one that was getting a little bit bigger when one examined the monthly report.

Here is the story for last month's increase:

“Windsor’s Jobless Rate Jumps In May

The unemployment rate in Windsor went up in May.

The latest employment figures from Statistics Canada were released Friday morning. The jobless rate for Windsor-Essex in May was at 5.9%, up from 5.5% in April.

This also marks an increase from May 2017, when the jobless rate was at 5%.” (Mark Brown, Blackburn News, June 8, 2018) 

Should one be concerned about the rate increase? Well, I am not sure about that answer yet. It is not all that large a rate increase. In addition, here is one explanation for it:

"More people looking for work put upward pressure on the unemployment rate. It was to be expected with all the college and university graduates now looking for work…

“Overall, the numbers are healthy,” Falconer said. “There are still strong and consistent job postings.” (Dave Waddell, Windsor  Star, June 8, 2018)

Let's just hope that the number of people unemployed will not keep on increasing and that there will be jobs available. However, I am getting nervous about what we may see as time goes on.

SELLING MY HOUSE NOW

Why not? House prices seem to be doing quite well these days. Wouldn't making a nice profit make one rather happy!

I have to admit that I am pleased that my wife and I were able to buy a new home for us several years ago. As you will recall, we purchased that home after I returned from the hospital with my horrific disease. We needed a new place to live because our home was just too large for us and because our kids had moved out. That is why we moved to Tecumseh.

I have to admit that our move was great for us. We were able to get a pretty good price for our Windsor home that we were able to sell quickly. In addition, we bought our new Tecumseh home at a very attractive price as well.

Just so you know, and as I am sure you have experienced, dear reader, I have seen increases in my house value in the past but then it has crashed also for all kinds of reasons subsequently as well. I just hope that doesn't happen once again for my house value since I have already seen something like that happen now in a couple of other real estate markets in other Canadian cities.

What interests me is what is happening with pricing in our area. It seems to have gone up a fair bit for our houses. That's great for me because it means more profit. However, it's not so great for me if I was looking to buy another place. I might have to pay more than I expected for the new one. Just as an example, I have seen the price of a much smaller two-bedroom near where I live at a substantially higher cost than my unit. What is interesting, and what may provide for the excuse of such a much higher price, is the fact that it is a new unit. Yet, how can this happen? The market does not seem all that active these days. Rather than prices falling, they still seem to be doing very well going up:

"The trend of fewer sales but better prices applies to reselling homes, as well as new construction.

Bob Peters, a Windsor real estate agent the last 33 years, says area properties remain attractive.

“Housing sales are down but prices are up,” Peters said. “But there just aren’t enough properties on the market.

“It’s a crazy market. It’s a fantastic market to sell a home. It’s a very hard market to buy a home.” (Craig Pearson, Windsor Star, June 8, 2018) 

Back to what I said at the beginning, I could sell my house today and make a profit. However, can you imagine what the cost would be for me to buy another one? I would think that the price for that house would be much higher than expected and I would have to compete with a whole bunch of other people to buy it in the first place.

If that is true, I think I am just going to stay with my unit now for quite a number of more years.