I'm usually more of a commenter on stuff but this week (is it over yet? or has it just started?) is kicking my butt. DH left for a pre-planned guys weekend OOT this morning and I'm already ready to call it quits on the weekend and go and hide until Monday, when the relative organization and routine of work will prevail.
Since Tuesday, when DH got a speeding ticket on this way to work, we've: torn our house apart looking for part of one of his work projects only to find it two days later in his car trunk ready to go; had to pay through the nose to have a locksmith unlock my car and retrieve my car key and spare key since I'd just had the car for some work done on it; and are now trying to resolve a dispute between our tenant and our real estate agent so we can sell our house and get the heck out of the rental property business.
The tenant has accused the real estate agent or one of his other clients of disrupting - and possibly taking - personal property and no longer wants us to show the house unless he (the tenant), DH or I can be there with whoever. The real estate agent swears no one touched the tenant's property beyond what goes on at a showing - cabinets opened, light switches tested, curtains moved, that kind of stuff. Tenant then argues that real estate agent couldn't be in all the rooms with all the people all the time - we are taking four people at yesterday's showing, agent responds to us that he thinks tenant trying to get out of showings he'd previously agreed to... And so on...
I love our real estate agent - we've been clients for a decade - and know less about our tenant since we use a property service for most of our rental transactions, including placements. Even still, I don't want to have to pick sides since we'd like the tenant's cooperation until he moves out at the end of the month, and we still want to be able to do business with our agent.
With DH out of town, I'm the ringmaster of this circus - after have previously had to get the tenant's dishwasher replaced and mailbox post fixed on DH's two previous trips OOT. Other than never allowing DH to leave the county, which I'm seriously considering, I'm also wondering at what time it's acceptable to open a bottle of wine if one is drinking alone.
Thanks for letting me vent!