You had to see me this morning before the realtor arrived for the open house. I was flying around the house, dusting, vacuuming and cleaning the floors of every room, unloading the dishwasher, making sure the laundry room was free of dirty laundry and making sure each room was in show room condition.

I began to feel my stress level increase as I slept in an extra hour. Bobby was volunteering to help with some of the things I was not able to do and we both whipped this place into shape and not a moment too soon. We had the nice soft classical music filling the air, candles were lit in the foyer and family room, cookies and drinks were provided and we were right on schedule. But it also left a very stressed out Debbie. (Sigh, praise, sigh, insert another praise, things were just the way I wanted before we left the house!)

By the time Bobby hollered up to let me know the realtor was here, I was not even dressed. I was literally flying by the seat of my pants and jumped into my jumpsuit as I was clearing the rest of my bathroom counter of all the things that I was using. I was shoving hairspray, toothpaste, the hand mirror, my comb and brush, flat iron, blow dryer and make-up into their designated cabinets and drawers. I made it downstairs in one piece but the stress must have been still hanging on. It was not even 5 min. of visiting with the realtor but what she could tell I was stressed. She calmly told me that it was time to relax and get out and enjoy the rest of the morning and early afternoon.

That is exactly what we did. Bobby took me out for a wonderful lunch in Arlington and we just chilled. It was so relaxing and as I sighed, I heard Bobby ask, “What would my soul mate like to do for the rest of the day?” I replied “I’m doing it, I’m with you and all I want to do is spend the rest of the day together.” Bobby could see my stress level melting away and I finally was able to chill. The rest of the day is ours to loaf and this evening we’re going to work on a project outside in the cool of the evening.

I’m making a mental reminder to never sleep in that extra hour on the day of open house!