Realtor VS Garage Door

It was a good day. Headed out to the suburbs to take some staging photos of a condo.

All started easy - no problems. I ring the door bell - no answer. So I use the key box on the door to get inside the condo. Started taking pictures & mentally staging the house. Then out of nowhere a person comes down the steps. She needs to get her car out of the garage - so I follow her to the garage & move my car out of the way. It is wet, muddy, & snowy so I tell this person - I will just go out through the garage when I'm done so I don't track mud through the house.

I finish up. Slide my feet in my lace up Lug shoes so they are half on - good enough to get to the car. I hit the button & start to head out the garage door. To my surprise, the garage door is really fast & is too far down so the sensors kick it back up. Score: Garage Door 1 ~ Realtor 0.

Thinking this is just a fluke - I head back to hit the button again. I hit the button & start to run - I start to realize that I am dodging snow/mud piles on the garage floor- the world's fastest garage door beats me again. Score: Garage Door 2 ~ Realtor 0.

Clearly, this is not going well...but not being a quitter, I decide to try again. I sit down- pull my socks up, put my feet all the way into my Lugs (wishing they were track shoes), tie them tight. I stand up - plan my route - avoid the mud/snow piles & run like the wind. Ready, set, go - I hit the button & start running fast - I'm going to make it go, go go! Holy crap that door is fast - I keep going... I attempt to jump the garage door sensor and... splat I land butt first in one of the snow/mud puddles I was avoiding. Score: Garage Door 3 ~ Realtor 0. At this point, I'm feeling pretty wet, muddy and defeated... and then I noticed the neighbor across the way was watching me and smiling.

Make it a good day! :-)