A House Update - Finally

So things are really progressing.  For real this time.

Yesterday afternoon I left work early to meet with the realtor to discuss putting it on the market.  My ex has submitted our application for a short sale, so he is in charge of staying on top of that process.  In the meantime, I am on realtor duty.

Of course, things aren't always so easy.  I was rear-ended while I was waiting to turn into the parking lot of the realtor's office.  Not really any damage, but several people still think I should file a claim and get my car checked.  Just another thing on my laundry list of activities in the next couple of weeks.

The visit with the realtor was eye opening.  Houses in our direct neighborhood have recently been selling for about half of what we paid for ours.  No joke.  I'll let that sink if a moment....

So yeah.  There's that.  Thankfully, he says that we can get this on the market as soon as we are ready.  He also has a title lawyer that he works closely with that helps with these short sale processes.  Of course, there is some money involved up front ($$$) but it would be worth it.  Also, to get it on the market ASAP, I need to get on top of getting that hole in the bathroom fixed ($$$).  I also need to get the basement taken care of.  We are definitely going to need to put carpet back down ($$$).  And the realtor suggested that I declutter what I can.... of course.  So I ordered a POD system to come next weekend so I can start moving some stuff out of the house ($$$).

Are you getting the picture here?  I suddenly feel like I am hemorrhaging money.

In addition to the house and car, I also now have a 36 hour-three city-trip planned for work.  It's a really long story, so I try to sum it up.  There was a hotel issue in one of our cities we contracted (for 2016), so my boss panicked and wants to send my coworker and I down to do a site visit (again).  Then he figured, while we are down there, why don't we swing by the 2013 city so we can view that site (again) as well.  And it needs to be done now.

So next week, I am  making an unscheduled trip for 36 hours.  The good news.  Since I am forced to make this trip, I added a few extra hours so that we could visit the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.  Yes, I am a 29 year old woman and I'm really freaking excited about it.