Crap.

As usual, I find myself in "quite" the pickle.

In preparations for getting rid of my old house and finding a new one, I asked my old realtor to work with me. I never really liked her that much, but she did help me find my current house in a timely fashion, so I decided to go with her again.

However, when I told her that I wasn't going to be using her to SELL my house, she bristled. When she looks at me, I see dollar signs gleaming in her beady little eyes. I am simply unwilling to shell over the (ample) dough she wants to sell it, so I had to go with somebody else. She did not take the news very well.

More specifically, she has not spoken to me for over a month.

Then today, I get a "cheerful e-mail" to "check in" and "find out where we are in terms of selling my house and looking to buy again."

OK, well, when she stopped calling me, I thought she had dropped me for good! So I sort of asked the realtor who is helping me SELL my house to also help me BUY.

And then I get this e-mail today. Crap! CRAP!!

So now I have to formally "ditch" my old realtor, who is none too happy with me to begin with. Ack!! I absolutely loathe this sort of encounter. What on earth do I say to break the news gently?

The upshot is that I get to take the weenie's way out and do it via e-mail, since she e-mailed me first. But still, now I have to snuff out the greedy little light in her eyes once again. Like attempting to pry The Ring from Gollum's repugnant fingers. I'm sort of expecting the same reaction, spittle strands and all.

Ugh. I suppose I should just do it quickly and get it overwith, like a band-aid. Still, she's kind of like that creepy monster that lives in your closet that you can feel breathing down your neck in the dark. Come to think of it, WHY did I ever agree to go with her again????

Why me....