I’m closing escrow and moving this week. I work for a salesperson who just absolutely cannot get that when I say no, it’s because it has to be no. Hard no.
Even “I am buying a home and moving” does not seem to register. It maybe is even emboldening her because she thinks I’ll be more dependent on the place when really my thinking is more along the lines of “what can I continue to do education/skill wise to be even less dependent on this office now that I have to pay this mortgage?”
Last week, I tried to pump the breaks to do basic stuff like the inspection and utilities. Not getting it. I log off 2 hours to make some calls and there’s a list of things she thinks will happen if she sends them at 8pm at night.
It is ridiculous how offended I know she’s going to be when I’m not prioritizing random pitiable e-mails from customers while I’m in the goddamn escrow office. That I won’t be drafting documents from a U-Haul truck. But it’s the way it will be and then hopefully I can sleep for three days straight over Labor Day weekend.
Last year, my certifications. This year, home ownership. Hopefully next year, bouncing on this nonsense in one way or another.