Filed under: Being Mere
My new fave word. And I am having a chicken/egg moment….what came first? The douches in my life or my propensity for labeling them?
FUCKING DOUCHES!
I have a client having a meltdown which is causing me to lose my mind, my patience and my ability to care if they fuck up their own escrow – I am DONE with this douche.
Sigh. I need a vacation. Soon. And I cannot afford one. But I am making it a priority. The second or third week of June, I will take a vacation if only to sit in my own yard with my feet in a kiddie pool sipping frozen cocktails.
Filed under: Uncategorized
So I am dicking around on Match today….making a grocery list of boyfriends.
This will sound stupid. It even sounds stupid to me, but there was one I came across that I had an actual physical reaction to. My stomach dropped out. Weird, huh? Out of 50 pages of “mutual matches” there is ONE that I react to. I mean I know it is merely biology at work. Something about the way he looked spoke to some part of me that said “HIS SPERM WILL DO” in a big booming voice. Haha. Or something like that.
And then I read it….divorced, with kids, a COP. Fuck. Just about everything I would NOT want. And he lives 45 minutes away – and not in the sexy direction….more towards the sticks.
There is another that I have no reaction to, other than our lives seem parallel is so many ways. I stalked him tonight and now I know his last name, his band and if I tried harder probably where he works.
Boys are so easy to figure out.
Anyway. Can’t sleep.
Filed under: Home Ownership
The ducts are being cleaned as we speak. It is the loudest noise I have ever heard. I am sorry nieghbors. I would have lived with the dust had I known I would lose my hearing. And my sanity. It is very unnerving to type and not be able to hear it.
Filed under: Home Ownership
My ‘best friend’ and I had a conversation while she was visiting her folks at Christmas about cleaning ladies. I want one, she has one. And she said the reason she loved it was that her WHOLE house was clean when they left. And a light bulb went on. THAT is why I want one. For just one day I want the whole house clean. Not just the upstairs vs. the downstairs. Not just everything but the bathroom. All of it clean.
And without the help of a cleaning lady, at this moment in time, the whole house is clean. The guest bedroom is ready for the next occupant. The office is dusted and vacuumed. The master is spiffy. All of downstairs is neat and swept. The cat toys are all in one pile (impossible for more than 10 minutes). The shoes are all in the closet.
Clean.
Filed under: Drinking
As much as I can feel neglected as my friends go find men to hang out with, I realize why we are friends when we do get together. D and I had the same meltdown about the same issues this week and we could commiserate and laugh about it all night long…..as we drank too much and tried to find a good place to hang out. It seems the local young pup club has closed and all those little fuckers were at my bar. Taking pictures of each other all night which is SO irritating. This fucking MySpace generation and their ‘if there isn’t digital proof of how much fun I am having, it did not happen’. They are all so vain.
Anyway….woke up to cat barf all over the office down the hall. I was at Target at 8:30 to buy carpet cleaner for the Spot Bot (which has proven its value over and over and over….)
Oh! And! It was old home night last night. My cousin was there. Val was there – ignored me. The Dry-Humper (more of it here) was there – said something I couldn’t hear so I waved him away. It is a shame, he had so many qualities I would look for in a guy (funny, could keep up the conversation, good looking, tall…in fact he is almost EXACTLY what/who I picture myself with – which sort of creeps me out) until he never called me again. But then he always remembers my name and says god only knows what. I recognized him as D got behind him at the bar to get a drink, but I did not realize he was the Dry-Humper until he leaned over to speak to me. It then took me 10 minutes to remember his name.
Anyway. I am remarkably well considering I was bouncing between vodka and beer last night. I think I will survive my day at work. I am ready for the heat of the late afternoon and may even wear a dress (gasp!) to work.
Filed under: Uncategorized
So…the fave clients blew us off but the mom snagged a deal that will entail 2 sales and a purchase. SCORE! And no referral fee to a relocation company. Whoohoo!
And I got another referral yesterday.
And I almost got today off! Almost! Then I had to spend 4 hours on the computer and go show one house. But that is ok, I did it all without eye makeup.
Last night I went with a friend to go see her new boyfriend at his restaurant. Now I used to be a restaurant manager. I know what someone of his level can do – like COMP OUR APPETIZER if not our whole tab which included $9 glasses of prosecco.
He did none of it. And while I only dropped $20 I could have stayed home, where the booze was free. Asshat.
Anyway….since all of my friends are leaving me for lame men, I bit the bullet and put my ass back on match. It is against my better judgment but “desperate times” and all that jazz…
I went on a walk at 10:30 this morning and have the sunburn to prove it. It was already 70 at 10:30. Summer is coming!
Filed under: Uncategorized
An hour in my sunny backyard with a glass of ice water and a good book.
I love things that I just don’t get….until I DO get it. And then I turn into a 14 year old boy and cannot stop giggling.
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So. Those favorite clients? The ones that I came home and cried over? The ones who I swore I would go visit in Illinois when they went home?
They chose another realtor. Fuck me! The mom is having a freaking meltdown. I was bummed yesterday. It is typical to go over everything that was said. Maybe I was too flippant. Maybe we were not prepared as we should have been, but we assumed they would trust our info.
I really hope they did not choose the person with the highest price – because they are going to get SCHOOLED.
I am moving on. The mom will wallow, but there is nothing I can do about that.
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Went into the city last night for mani/pedis and appetizers with beer. It was much needed. But I find I have little to talk about these days since I do not DO anything.
I need a life. Fast.
Is it wrong that I am totally depressed to be surrounded by so much good news? A friend, perpetually single like me, has a new boyfriend and it is getting serious fast. Another just got engaged. My favorite couple just had a baby.
And what do I have? More wrinkles. 2 cats intent on breaking every nice thing I own. A full schedule of work, work, and more work.
GAAAAAH!
I am done.
I went grocery shopping yesterday and spent about $60. Then I went to get cat food and spent $55. They eat as well as I do.
I found a display of samples of dry cat food. Or so I thought. After they scarfed up 2 bags of it, I finally read the package. DOG food. But they love it. And so far no exploding butts.
Yesterday was spent relaxing as much as possible. I finished watching a movie (these days it is hard to do 2 hours of subtitles – I am always multi tasking).
I am in counter on a deal. I give it a 10% chance of coming together.
Uh….yeah. Nothing else.
Filed under: Uncategorized
There are so many good things about today!
My to do list is not long, and I think I can do much of the work from bed. Then I can run personal errands that I have been shoving to the back burners. THEN! THEN! I can clean. And organize. Which this house really needs.
Two very dear friends are scheduled to have their baby today. The couple both have outies, so they had to go the surrogate/in-vitro route, which was time consuming, but from my perspective easier than a lot of people’s experiences. Of course, they did not have fertility issues. They had egg and womb issues. But they solved it quickly and efficiently and here we are very close to meeting the new addition to their family. I could not be more excited.
I get to go deposit a $20K check. I believe the is the biggest check I have made in real estate.
The new tv is on the wall!
