Showing this house will be the death of me, but worth it in the end. Monday is my crazed day at work, and showings at 1:30 and 3:30 today, meaning prep and taking a drive with Skinner while the realtor does his thing. Have I mentioned how much I hate sweeping/mopping/vacuuming floors? Also, DH's huge shoes grab all manner of debris. So tired. If it were an option I would move out and rent somewhere during the process.

Good luck, Laura. It must be so stressful! I've never owned a house, so I've never had to deal with all that. On the other hand, moving even when you're just renting is a pain in the ass... lately I've been thinking that there would be major benefits to having our own place. And I finally feel like I've landed back in the general area where I'll stay until the end. Previously, I've moved around enough to be really, super commitment averse (and also, "I'll never qualify!" shy) about trying to buy. Of course, this is not the time for it. Anyway. I ramble.

Bottom line -- good luck today!

And, for the masks - have you tried mask frames? they're little plastic things that clip onto your mask on the inside and make a little air pocket between your mouth and the mask. I have some and they've made it possible for me to wear a mask without half suffocating myself.

Those look helpful! I'm good with the KN95 masks, since they're pointy rather than flat and they stay off my mouth. I should probably order some more, now that I think of it.

Good luck, Laura!

Thanks, Jen. It is definitely a time to sell and not to buy. I'm very fortunate to live where so many people are looking and so little is available.

Just hope that no one looking at the house opens a closet or something and an absolute avalanche of stuff you were hiding falls out.

So true, Todd! The realtor did make it clear and it was fine to stash stuff in closets. One of the rooms is empty so I left the closet open in that room. When it comes down to it we are living here, so yes there is stuff in our closets and cabinets. When I was a buyer some of the places I looked at had dirty dishes and pet/kid toys all over. At least I have cleared the debris field completely.

Scheduled my Booster/Flu shots for the 29th. Omicron isn't surging in SF but it will soon enough.

The good thing is masks have become totally normalized in San Francisco and Proof of Vax is required anywhere you might take your mask off. I'm wondering how long before they require the boosters to be considered Fully Vaxxed. Probably in January.

We've got Emmett, EM and my MiL coming to Xmas this year. Fingers crossed everybody stays uninfected this week.

I would like One Adulting Credit, please. I did the onerous task of transferring my son's phone over to my plan, AND retain his phone number. As he was coming from an AT&T Business account (with his mother's company) this involved a truly boggling series of extremely long numbers that I had to transcribe (IMEI, SIM Card number, Business EIN...) correctly whilst dealing with the online customer rep chat. I had been avoiding it but managed to line up all the necessary numbers onto one document before I started the process and [knock wood] it should go through today.

Have most but not all of my shopping and wrapping done and now shifting into meal planning mode for the holiday, though EM will do most of the Xmas eve cooking.

Filled with vague sense of unease as we head into Solstice. What fresh hell awaits in 2022? I'm getting flinchy.

Gold stars for the adulting, Hec.

I'm more concerned about the virus than I have been to date. I haven't been out and about except for medical stuff and that is all masked and vaccinated. I only do grocery curbside. DH on the other hand has basketball practice or games almost daily. He did say yesterday he is going to keep some distance from me until after my surgery to be on the safer side. We are both boosted. Florida of course is a Spike zone most likely due to a combo of an idiot governor and so many tourists and snowbirds this time of year.

On the good side, I was wrong about the showing times and they are 2:30 and 3:30 when I thought it was 1:30. So a bit more time for prep. The 2:30 dude has an avid water skiing son and I live on the most popular skiing lake around here. The realtor is very good about vetting potentials and says he is very qualified.

Mask frames have made my life so much easier in terms of claustrophobia. I would have had a really hard time wearing them for hours otherwise.