I've appreciated your comments and insight on my thread and many others.... but never actually read your situation. Anyway I'm up to speed now, and I see that I have been missing out on the party thread. So glad to have found it now! Cool about the possibility of the job - that would be great trial separation for you to get clear about what you want. I'm crossing my fingers for you.
I notice that you say you are going to 'try' and you 'might' get around to fixing the clothesline. That give you the back door out of not getting it done, but at least you can say you 'tried'!!!! So tell us when you ARE going to get the clothesline done - I bet it will make a big difference, and I love the cute note idea too.
OK get that clothes line fixed so we can get this party pumping!