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August 25, 2005
The way we were......
Wow... the more things change, the more they stay the same. "Back in the old days", our home had all but revolving doors in it. People were coming and going all day and night, take a number, state your name; I never really knew how many people would show up for dinner sometimes. It was entertaining to say the least. The last few years of consulting work certainly changed all that but I didn't realize just how much activity there had been around here until this morning.
Backing up....Last night at 9pm, our tenant called to tell us she took a job in Seattle. Well no surprise there, I guessed that when she extended her trip last week. Long story drawn out, she had someone who wanted it and one of old tenants just happened to call last weekend looking for a place, so I also had someone who wanted it.
As of this morning...The prospective tenants both had prospects elsewhere as of yesterday but they both wanted our apartment as their first choice once they heard it was available (remember 9pm last night). The emails were flying back and forth with former tenant Aaron; Colleen brought Emily in for introductions at 8am, Leo showed up with the quote for more work on the back of the house which I had changed my mind about unbeknownst to him. Liz popped in for Coffee and then of course Aaron came over to revisit the apartment he'd left behind 3 years ago to be sure he wanted to "come home". I'm, in the meantime, worried that we are going to end up with neither Emily nor Aaron as they end up forced into signing leases on apartments they had already verbally committed to. In between all of this, we are conversing with Leo, telling him I no longer want a deck but a cat door would be cool so the boys don't tear up the screens.
The upshot? Well, Aaron is coming home, Emily was only an hour late signing a lease on another apartment, Leo is more excited about plans for the back porch (no deck) with a little more creativity on his part and I do believe all is right with the world at the moment. We also discussed plans for the sunroom rennovation off the living room for which we'll need a permit, soooo stay tuned, there just may be photos coming up as we progress through all this. Oh yeah, Liz didn't get too dizzy caught up in the middle of this and she did get a fresh bag of coffee beans with the entertainment. Not bad for a morning's work.
Posted by frani at August 25, 2005 02:59 PM
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Good gracious, woman, I thought my life was hectic!
Posted by: bunnybeth ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.frani.net/weblog3//nav-commenters.gif)
at August 26, 2005 12:13 AM
Hey, is Aaron the one that left you the rubber snake in the cupboard?
sorry for using the "S" word!
;-)
Posted by: Cori at August 26, 2005 02:49 PM
Noooooo, that was Adam after Aaron
Posted by: Fran at August 26, 2005 04:02 PM
who's moving in?
DA
Posted by: DA at August 30, 2005 06:14 PM
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