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I am all packed for Burning Man except food which I’ll pack last.  I packed pretty easily – If I didn’t already have it (except for new goggles), I didn’t need it.  I had one pair of shorts that needed a top.  Katie made a suggestion of something I could make and I told her that making costumes did not fit with my Easy Man plan.  An old T-Shirt, a pair of scissors, some ribbon, and 10 minutes later Katie had made me a shirt.  Thanks Easy Man and Katie!

I stayed up super late though taking pictures for the realtor of everything that could be packed and moved to storage while I’m gone.  Exhausted.

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I met with another realtor that was recommended to me.  I told her my issue about not being able to clean the place up before I left for two weeks.  She said it was no problem.  Stuff could be moved out while I was gone and the place could be cleaned and staged.  It would be on the market before I got back.  She also said it wouldn’t be an issue to work around my roommate’s schedule.  I decided to work with her instead of Trelora.  Soon, my house will be up for sale.  This makes me sad.  I love my house, but I don’t know when I’m coming back and I’m not sure I’m coming back to live here.  And it would be financially easier to leave.  So, here we go.

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I’m a Rescue Diver!

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I got my rescue diver certification this weekend.  Whoa, that was exhausting.  Lake Chatfield is cold and dark and murky.  What a nasty place to dive.  Dragging “victims” into shore all day was physically challenging, especially when they are big men and I’m a tiny woman.  But, I must say, I rocked it.  Saturday night I went home, ate dinner and went straight to bed.  Almost the same thing today.  It must be a popular place to practice rescue as Little Fire was there today and both days rescue dogs were practicing.  Today there were rescue Newfoundlands.  What beautiful dogs – made me really miss my Saint Bernard, Kuma.  It was almost comical at times to look out across the water at all the pretend victims splashing around.

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Jury

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Jury duty today.  Wow.  This is nuts.  They called hundreds of people for this case.  I didn’t even know this many people lived in the county.  There wasn’t enough room for people to park.  I had to park 5 blocks away.  They didn’t have enough room for us to be in the same room and we were packed in there.  They had to give the information out twice.  Then we had to wait a couple hours while they went through some of the questionnaires.  We came back and they let some people go and told the rest of us to come back in a few more hours.  Then back again so they could let  a few more go and let anyone who wanted to say why they couldn’t serve speak.  We had to call back that evening to hear more names of people who could go.  This could ruin Easy Man.  I was let go this evening.  What a long day of hurry up and wait.

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Ouray, Silverton, Telluride

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I had planned a trip to Ouray with a friend of mine that I haven’t hung out with in a long time.  We were going to go climbing and mountain biking and I was so looking forward to reconnecting with him.  It would have been last weekend, but after I made campground reservations, he told me he might not be able to go and he’d let me know when he found out.  Time came and went and he never gave me a definite answer.  So, I made plans to go to Grand County last weekend instead.  The campground let me reschedule my reservation for this weekend and Cynthia and I went.  Again, this is part of my plan to spend some quality time with Colorado before I leave.  It was also great to spend quality time with Cynthia.  We spent a day in Telluride too.  I have never been there and fell in love love love with Telluride.  And surprise! It was the weekend of the Telluride Mushroom Festival.  Oh, small mountain towns…..  I’ll let the pictures tell the rest of the story.

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I’m not real happy with the realtor’s numbers so I called Trelora.  They charge a flat fee for their work, not a commission so I could save a bit of money.  They think I can sell the house for $275,000.  That’s better.  I’m skeptical that buyer’s real estate agents will want to show the house since Trelora is known for offering a low commission to the buyer agent.  However, everyone I’ve talked to at Trelora is upbeat and easy to talk to.  I think I’d like working with them.  They said they could list it quickly even though it’s a bit cluttered right now and they could easily work around my roommate’s schedule.

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