Manic Monday

I fretted a bit that we only had one house showing this weekend.  Our realtor says one or two a week is the norm in the current market....so I really shouldn't worry.  But I do.  Anxious to get 'sell house' off the list of things that need to be done before we move to Nevada.

Our slow paced Monday morning turned in to a somewhat less than mad dash to prepare for two showings - one at noon and the other between one and two.  It worked out fine.  When the call came about the noon showing, it was 9:45 and we all hit the deck running.  Ran the vacuum, swept all the floors, dusted everything, made sure the kitchen was in good shape - gathered up Chloe, her leash and some water and headed to the park.  The first showing was 45 minutes.  We returned home quickly, ate lunch and got the call that the second group were 10 minutes away.  They were in the house maybe 8 minutes - the realtor texted to say 'beautiful house, too many stairs'.  There was an older couple and a young couple and the older gentleman was using a cane.  This house is not cane friendly.  "Multi-level" was the rage 19 years ago and there are stairs everywhere.  Even though it has a full bedroom/bath downstairs (which we've turned in to an office but it could be turned back to a bedroom easily enough), it's still stairs up in to the kitchen.  Didn't work for them.  Too bad because it is a really great house for multi-generational living which happens a lot these days. 

Tomorrow, J. is going to Monterey to take the cremains of his parents to a boat where they will be scattered at sea.  This has been on the list of things to take care of for a very long time and I am very happy the cremains will no longer be in our closet.  He has to stop at the County clerk to file some forms, then head to the boat.  And since he's driving all that way, he's going to enjoy a round of golf while he's there.  He'll be leaving the house at 6AM and be back 12 hours or so later.  H. is off tomorrow and Wednesday so he will be able to help me if there are more showings tomorrow. 

Chloe loves the park.  This time, we went to the back section of the park and sat at tables there.  She can wander to her hearts content and not get near the street.  She walked and walked and was very hot - even though it was a very mild day - we were completely comfortable but we're not covered in thick fur.  We took her home to cool down and when we went back, we made sure we had a bowl and a big bottle of water.  We weren't there long enough to need it but now we have a ready set of "Chloe supplies" for future park visits.  She has been sleeping like a rock since dinner - we wore her out!

I lunch with a work friend tomorrow and have a work friend dinner on Thursday.  I am supposed to go to Reno this Friday for three nights but I'm going to call tomorrow and cancel.  I'm not feeling it and really would rather stay home.  We've got reservations at the end of the month and we will probably go then - hopeful that by that time, we'll know the house here is sold and can start sketching out a timeline. 

Time for bed.  I'm going to set an alarm to get up before J. leaves - to see him off and be available for Chloe - might take a nap tomorrow if I need it.