Our house is for sale.
Our NEW house is purchased.. three weeks from tomorrow until we close.
Needless to say, I'd prefer not to have two mortgages to pay for.
So, I woke up Friday morning on a mission. I was Annette Benning in 'American Beauty', taking off her heels and suit jacket and cleaning the house she's trying to sell in a frenzy, repeating to herself: "I will sell this house today! I will sell this house today!"
I put out Open House signs and SCRUBBED, WASHED, LAUNDERED, DUSTED, MOPPED our house from top to bottom. Our house has never looked better. I put on nice clothes rather than my usual no make-up/sweats motiff, sat in my living room with my laptop and waited. Hell, I even put a crystal candy dish full of mints on the island next to our flyers.
Friday night, only one lady stopped by. I chalked it up to "most people look on the weekends.. tomorrow will be better."
Saturday... NOT ONE PERSON CAME. NOT ONE. I sat on my behind waiting ALL FREAKING DAY. My wedding photos are organized. My scrapbook items are sorted and labelled. Our sub-basement and storage areas are clean. And I have played so much Mario Kart, I now have my own Mii to race.. it takes a lot of races to unlock that feature, folks.
By the time Brian got home from his marathon Berkshire-weekend, I was on the verge of tears.
a) I wasted a GORGEOUS day I could have been running or gardening or tanning on the deck.. sitting inside waiting for people to look at our house
b) I just want to focus on our NEW home and what we will do... not what else we have to/should/could do to get our house to sell
c) NO ONE CAME. NOT ONE PERSON. Lots of people grabbing flyers.. lots of people driving real slow past.. NOT ONE PERSON STOPPED. WHY???!!!???!!!!!???
Brian took me out to Red Lobster for a very late dinner.. where I took out my stress on a pound of crab legs and an ice cold Mai Tai. I felt much better.
I left for work today thinking "today will be the day.. way more people look on Sunday, right?"
Just texted Brian, and nadda. Nothing. Nope.
This blows. I have now officially become the Annette Benning in 'American Beauty' when she does NOT sell this house today... and she ends up slapping her self, sobbing, saying "stop it!!"
OK.. I haven't gotten to that point. But here's hoping for a change.. and a buyer.. soon :)
