So much for vacation!

 My goodness, I had no idea how difficult it would be to take a vacation and not answer my phone... I totally failed!

There were very good reasons for why I had to answer my phone. One of my listings is under contract pending the home inspection report, but a few problems had arisen during the inspection and my clients and I were waiting for the addendum to the purchase and sale contract from the buyers. We received this document about 1 hour before their deadline for submitting it, and the day after I left. Unfortunately, my fabulous colleague who was covering for me was having some technical issues (or maybe I was) so that none of the attachments were forwarding to her. Consequently, I spent time on the phone calling her, my clients, and the other Realtor(r) in order to sort through the last negotiations.

So I thought I could put my phone away then... ha! Because my husband and I had gone off in different directions, I put my phone in my pocket to make it easier for us to reconnect later that day. The call I received was not from him. Instead it was from another colleague with whom I am co-listing a very challenging property. He had confronted an issue with our clients relating to a driveway easement and property improvement that left him flustered and frustrated;10 minutes later, he finished telling me what was happening and I finished guiding him through the next steps. I was glad to have been able to help, and set off again to get work out of my mind and focus on just having fun.

The next couple of days involved emailing once per day and then not touching my phone for any work purposes... except texting my buyer clients about the showing they requested while I was away... and responding to the angry email I received about a canceled appraisal I knew nothing about... and re-responding to the addendum issue I wrote about above... and answering a phone message about a property as we drove home... and calling back another client once we were home to answer the questions she had generated while I was away.

Actually, I did manage to have a pretty good vacation with a lot of quality time spent with my family. Next year, though, I am leaving the country!

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