Working From Home Today!

On Friday morning, I sit at my desk enjoying the view of my beautiful living room sipping coffee and trying desperately to focus as emails keep popping up on my screen, the phone ringing, and my mind wandering off to things other than work. The boys are enjoying their last day of Lego camp, Mia’s reading Harry Potter on the couch and Martha’s under my desk keeping my toes warm. It’s going to be a desk day at my home office. I’ll be checking new listings for clients, writing emails, blogging and reviewing my plans for next week as he is traveling and I’ll be juggling work with three rugrats. I keep looking out of the window as I hear the trails calling my name, and I’m tempted to hop in my trail sneakers and go eat some huckleberries with Martha, maybe later.

The Emma e-flyer that I created for my open house on Sunday was sent out this morning and shared to Facebook, paper flyers were printed on Wednesday, so everything is in order with the exception of the open house binder that I always have with me. The one with other similar listings in the area, information on schools and commute times and the home itself. Making the binder is few minute thing that I’ll do on Sunday morning before I hop in the car with my A-boards. If you know someone who’s looking, or you just wanna come and say “hi” to me, I’ll be on Union Hill in Redmond on Sunday from 1 to 4pm. (5039 236th Ave NE, Redmond 98053 MLS#: 1151946 $799,000). I believe the home is within Alcott Elementary boundary, but with the boundaries being redrawn again, I’m not absolutely positive.

It’s been a busy week filled with tours with clients, working on finding potential properties within multiple listing service for several families, running around my own neighborhood hanging business cards on everyone’s door – yes, soliciting without actually knocking on anyone’s door, but yet running into several of my neighbors, talking real estate market and neighborhood stuff and discovering that it’s surprisingly hard work to write 56 notes.  Yet, I have also met friends at the beach and the pool, had dinner with my supper club girls, drinks with a co-worker as well as hosted and arranged playdates for my kiddos. I have scheduled ortho appointments with several different offices, been on search for swimming lessons and found some. I have also watched my 7-year-old finally learn to ride his bike.

It’s been a good week. It’s been a great week. More weeks like this, please! Everything that I felt left out of, when working that steady office job, I have been able to accomplish this summer. It does feel incredibly awesome!