My Everest…

But before we got too excited we needed to go through the motions of finding and buying a condo and selling this puppy….In the span of 2 weeks we had interviewed 2 agents.   Picked one to help us with the process.  In the second week,  hubby, I and our agent  looked at all the condos that we liked that met our expectations.   During the weekday my agent and I were looking at any that came up on the market.   We found one that we liked and put in an offer and it was declined, because our house wasn’t on the market yet.   Our agent told them that our house was scheduled for pictures next Tuesday and should be on the market Wednesday.  That was not good enough!   During this time …we were also dog sitting.   So once my son and fiance returned from his sunny destination vacation and picked up the dogs,  my husband and I went into cleaning mode.  So that if the other place got an offer our house would be ready, early, to go on the market!  Usually I need a good few days to rest after dog sitting to get my body back on an even keel.   But this was time to muster everything in the tank and just giver!  There were no words spoken, it was just a natural agreement. He started on one floor, I on the other and slowly but surely we met up in the middle.  Realizing that we still had lots to do.  But we also needed to rest. Also, knowing that if we stayed in the house we would be constantly picking up things to do,  we got in the car and went for a mandatory rest break to his sister’s place.  They were happy for the visit and we were happy for the break even if we were exhausted!  The next morning we woke up and it was GO time again!   I have no idea how we managed to get through it.   My body still has not caught up with it.  My mentor from scouts called me knowing that I wouldn’t cancel on going to a meeting unless I was not feeling good but I was dying with exhaustion and pain.  Still we needed to meet with my agent to discuss a few things before we went live with a list price.  This coupled with the feeling of exhaustion that I just needed to sit calmly so the flare bear didn’t come to play.  Even though all of his boundaries were broken…..mind you we did take lots of meds to prevent (Mask) the pain.  Or maybe he’s just sitting in wait,  maybe he is shocked that all of his buttons were pressed to the max and I was still going that he didn’t know how to retaliate or maybe he felt sympathy for everything I just put myself through, that even he didn’t have the heart to induce anymore pain ???? 

I’m flattered, people! You came to my house and said kind words, complimented the daylights out of it.   Said the price was right …….so what’s the problem?   Someone buy it already!  I used to be a patient person, however it hasn’t been a full week (only 5 days)   we have had 8 showings of our house and 2 open houses that had a high success rate (a total of 18 couples came thru) one a repeat and today hubby and I are sitting here in our house everything perfectly placed, cleaned and tidied.   Waiting in a tense yet energized atmosphere.   When I get a text, who is it ?  A call who is it?  Only to be disappointed that it is not my agent calling with some kind of news.   I know its early days yet but I feel like this game that I used to love to play is somehow wearing on me in a different way.   I get up and bake something that doesn’t make a huge mess or require lots of time.  Send a photo of it to my agent telling him that if he brings me an offer this freshly baked cake will be his.   A bribe that I know will bear no fruit!  But in the moment it needed to be done.   Still no offer but now I am on the hook for baked goods if one comes in apparently.   My Agent is a good sport about it all.  I am not sure  anything phases the guy.   Before when I put houses for sale I used to have distractions of people and busy-ness and driving kids to and fro.  Now it’s just hubby and I, trying to relax while waiting for time to tick by.   Thank God we don’t have a clock that ticks!!  Both him and I can see the wear and tear the last week or 2 has put us through as the pain slowly starts to creep in….while we are weary and under stress.