I may try to take Monday off.

Last week was an astonishing week. Thursday I made sure to attend the homes preview tour of the Galveston Multiple Listing Service, which is held every Thursday at 8:30. A quick preview of the 15 houses took until about 11 AM. The rest of the day was just as busy.
Friday I was honored to be invited by Bill Baldwin, the owner and broker of Boulevard Realty to attend a 7 AM breakfast honoring the top 25 Realtors and Real Estate Teams of Houston. It was at the fabulous Houstonian Hotel and Spa- which, of course, is about 65 miles away, or about an hour and a half drive, even starting at 5:45 AM. You would have been proud of me: bathed,shaved, brushed, perfumed and discreetly suited (with a TIE!) by 5:30 in the morning.  The coffee was superb, the fresh berries and yogurt were a perfect start. The croissant was crisp. Yum.It still took much of the morning, and in spite of having a Blackberry, I really cannot do all that I need to do for my career while driving to and from big doings in Houston.
Then, Saturday, of course, when I could least afford the time, I agreed to take a dressing call for the National Tour of Hairspray. So, yesterday was a doozie- starting at 6AM to unpack the show. Two performances and then a load out. It came to about 18 hours of work, not counting the Real Estate related calls and emails in my down time.
I enjoyed today's open house at 802 Omar, in Woodland Heights. It's a plushly redone little bungalow from the 1930's. It has been added onto in a very thoughtful way adding a deck and Master Suite at the back of the house. I'll confess, at $450,000 for a moderate three bedroom/three bath house, I'd like to see a better kitchen- more storage and maybe upgraded counters- and, I'd much prefer a gas range.

But, really and truly, you can hardly beat the neighborhood or location. I was also quite happy to see the owners have a taste for Laurell K Hamilton novels as well as Janet Evanovich and Charlaine Harris. I thought those were kind of a secret sin sort of read. Trashy. Just what I like!