This Last Week has Been a Great Ride

• Last Thursday and Friday I attended the Certified Luxury Home Designation class taught by Active Rain guru Sharon Simms and her daughter Tami Simms-Powel.
• Sunday I got a commitment for 4 new listings that we will be putting up over the next couple of months.
• Monday: opened a new escrow, had 3 home inspections, attended the CRS Sell-a-bration, help host the Honolulu Active Rain Gathering with members from around the country and Active Rain founder Matt Heaton and wife Lydia in attendance.
• Tuesday I closed a nice escrow and got a commitment for another listing and attended the CRS Sell-a-bration and the CRS Fun Night.  At the Fun night I sat with top agents from around the country including a really fascinating agent from the Bahamas, who joined Active Rain today.
• Wednesday I attended the CRS Sell-a-bration, invited several more agents to join Active rain over lunch and won a grand prize at the CRS convention. (More on that later).  I then had an evening community meeting followed by a dinner.
• Thursday I signed a great listing of an older home on the hill with a nice view and did a walk through of another one that they are getting ready for sale.  I will most likely be putting that on the market in about 2 or 3 months. That evening I taught my chess class.
• Friday I came up for air.  I am catching up on paperwork, follow-ups and Active Rain.
• Tomorrow I will be back hitting it, starting with another listing appointment, followed by showing homes to a buyer and speaking at a doctors conference in Honolulu about my experiences with my tremendous weight loss over the last year.

This has been my first chance to take a deep breath in a week.  I would not have been able to juggle that insane schedule if it were not for having technology and great support.  Cell phone and a laptop makes my office anywhere where I am.  Having wonderful agents in my office like Celeste " WooHoo Sally" Cheeseman and Karen Davidson covering for me in a pinch made me look good to my clients even when I was cutting it a little too tight.

Looking back, it was a great ride.  With my batteries completely recharged at the CRS conference, the Simms luxury homes classes and the Active Rain Gathering I am ready to hit the ground running and have a great 2008.