Sunday, April 18, 2010

Offers

What the hell was I thinking? Apparently you put your house on the market and then people actually come and see it. There aren't enough hiding spots for my dirty laundry.

I got a call at 3:30 that there are people who want to come and see it at 4:30. An hour to try and pretend that I am a person who folds her jeans and puts them away. I was in the middle of doing my taxes. Have you ever tried to do your taxes after you have lost your hard drive and didn't back anything up?

Five people came over to look at the house but really five people looked at my life. I knew I wouldn't like the feeling.

The agent is back with an offer. In through the nose, out through the mouth.

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Moving Forward

I need to move out of my house because I think it has bad Karma. It has taken two divorces to come to this conclusion. While I am quite sure that both those husbands would have you believe that the reasons for the demise of the marriages fall squarely on my shoulders, I don't care. I think its the house and I am getting the hell out of here.

It isn't easy to sell a house. It is much harder to do it by yourself. I agonized over the decision for six months. I figured that was a good time period to make a well thought out plan. I have never sold a house without a husband and truthfully when I started out, I never thought I would have to.

It took me four days to call the Real Estate agent. I drove by her sign a whole bunch of times and promised myself that I would write down her number the next time I drove by. I didn't. Great excuse not to call. Then her smiling face taunted me from an ad in the newspaper. I felt like I couldn't avoid it anymore. I dialed and was thrilled when I got her voice mail. Turns out she picks up her messages.

She came over, walked around, told me what needed to be fixed and gave me a list of documents that she needs. More procrastination and panic. Where is my certificate of location (I think exhusband #1 took that one when he left...)? Tax bills? Proof of repairs? A level of organization that I aspire to, but will never achieve.

And today she called me to tell me that there is an offer. Which means that someone wants to buy it. Which means that I could be moving. Which means that I could be starting over. Again.