House showings

So, we have now had 3 showings for the house in the last week. They are the first 3 showings but I think now that school is out, the people searching for a new house is picking up.  That's great. Really, it is.  But... I hate showings. It's so stressful. You feel like the house has to be beautiful and perfect. It's like getting your house ready for a first date over and over again. My house doesn't like dating.  She'd rather stay in her comfortable, slightly messy and disorganized state.  Then there's the waiting to see if she gets a phone call.  Do they like her enough for a second date? The first people she went on a date with said they wanted a garage. She has a garage, actually she has a carriage house. They could park their car and their horse at the same time.  I know they probably mean a garage that is either attached to the house or right next to it. Not one that they would have to open the gate to pull into.  But, really, how could they not want a place to park their horse in the middle of town. We drove by while they were looking at the house.  They drove a big yellow hummer. I'm not surprised they would want to actually park that in the garage.  They probably don't even have a horse. Oh well, maybe one of the two people that looked at it yesterday will want a second date.

I saw the sign…

When I pulled in the driveway on Wednesday, there it was... the for sale sign in my front yard, right there in the middle.  I thought it would be a feeling of pure joy when I saw it. The beginning of a new future. In reality, it was bitter sweet.  Excitement over the future, mixed in with sadness over what I'll be leaving behind. This is the house my kids have grown up in. Where I sat on the front porch and watched them ride their bikes down the street.  Each year getting further and further away until the year when they rode off with their friends and no longer needed me to sit outside and protect them. Now I watch them get in the car and drive away.  In this house we went from training wheels to car tires. I know that a new house and a new town will bring all new memories and the old ones will never be forgotten but it will definitely be hard to walk away from our home.