An Expensive Christmas Cruise

I guess some clients are just not meant to be. I had been keeping in touch with a lovely client that was relocating to Colorado from the Chicago area to make sure when she decided to purchase here and move, she would think of me. Well, I guess it just wasn't meant to be. I was on a cruise for a week over Christmas trying to keep my eye on my emails and voicemails, but I didn't respond as quickly as I normally would do, when she left me a couple voicemails, and I lost her to another agent. I am bummed. She DID try to contact me first, but when a buyer is ready......they are ready, especially in her case when her home suddenly went under contract also in my absence, and she needed to find something quickly. Sometimes a day or two is hard to wait when you need to find something NOW. It is my fault, as even though I called her before I left to check in with her, at which time nothing had yet happened, I should have told her that I would be out of town and if anything DID happen in my absence, she could contact my associate. I have learned a good lesson on this one, but I hate expenseive lessons.