I look like I'm casing my own home~

So the house still hasn't sold yet (anyone want to move to Charlotte?). In my Realtors defense though she has quadrupled the number of showings of our last realtor (okay so it wasn't hard, she only had 2 total in 60 days) But still!
The poor kids can't do anything for fear of that phone ringing then me tearing around the house like a rat on crack trying to clean everything up (even if it is already clean, it can still be better). They are bored out of their adorable little skulls.
And the neighbors...ah, let's talk about the neighbors... they think I'm even crazier. This, I know, does not come as a shock to many of you. But today after a strange look from one of them I realize what they must have been thinking until she saw it was me.....Here's what happened.
We got a call for a showing (enter rat-on -crack- mode). Kids and I get into the car with no idea where to go and what to do for only an hour and a half. Okay let's go to the post office. 5 minutes down 1 hour and 25 minutes to go. Let's go to Target. Surprisingly I didn't buy a thing, that's not to say I didn't want to. It's also not to say I didn't want to throttle Colin with a Ben 10 toy that he HAD TO HAVE. (He thinks he has to buy them as soon as a new one comes out). No Colin you just got a new toy the other day. "But I don't have this one." "Colin, Mommy said no, not today." "Well, I said YES." followed by a foot stomp, arms crossed over his chest and a scowl...Oh my God...it is my 6 year old self! Well, that just won't do "Colin, I said no and that's final, if you want to argue with me, feel free, but I can play this game better than you and I GUARANTEE you....I....WILL.....WIN. Wanna go?"
Guess not b/c he dropped his arms and kept walking next to me. We decide to leave Target and head to CVS, where I am pretty sure every person on the store floor learned Colin's name in the first 5 minutes "Colin watch where you're going " (Right into a display b/c he was watching his feet) "Colin, please come this way" (Kelsey and I were making a right and Colin was making a left) "Colin don't play with that" (CVS has those little magnifying glasses on an elastic cord in every aisle to help people read the fine print, but which my son thought was fun to pull as far as it would go and snap back....so maybe I shouldn't have said anything on that one...they ARE pretty fun to snap).
We get to the parking lot and you guessed it....1 more "COLIN" at the top of my lungs b/c boy wonder walked out to our car...and then kept walking! He made it to the gas tank when he heard my scream and then just looked at me and said "What"...okay right then and there, he looked more like Rob ("Who me?") On a side note about CVS...have you ever noticed the life sized people pictures they put on the store windows, pharmacists and employees and such? If not check them out...Out of the corner of my eye I caught one smiling (If he were human he'd have been laughing at me!) and then laughed at myself b/c I thought it was real. So here I am laughing and Kels asked at what, so I had told her he looked real and it looked like he was laughing and I wanted to tell him "Dude, that's not funny" I have issues with the word dude... I use it alot...deal with it. Well Kelsey thought "Dude that's not funny" was the funniest thing she'd heard all day and just cracked up. Now if you know Kelsey you know her laugh, if you have never heard her laugh...call me one day I'll make her laugh and you'll get it. It is the greatest sound in the world.

So back to casing my home and the neighbors...that was the point a few paragraphs ago right? It is only 2:35 and the showing was scheduled til 2:45, so I decide to drive by the house, if they're there we'll go to the neighbors. WELL.....we pull up and a car is parked in front of the neighbors so I don't know if it is still our realtor or someone at Dennis's. There goes my plan to squat at his house for 15 minutes. I drive by our house looking to see if anyone is there...can't tell. But Neighborlady across the street is giving me a very quizzical look so I wave...but between the sun and my tinted windows she can't tell I'm waving, just driving by...And she knows my car, but really if It were my car should I be driving very slowly by my own house? No. Well as it's a cul-de-sac I have no choice but to turn around and drive back (Fully expecting Neighborlady to be out front now dialing 911). The kids and I take a little ride (10 minutes worth of gas) and come back...The other car with the guy still in it (Now that's who you should be dialing 911 for Neighborlady!) is still there prompting a "Dude, get a life" from me and another round of Laughter from Kelsey. So I drive by again...ah smart thinking I open my window and wave at Neighborlady. Seriously you could see her "WTF" expression just melt into a smile of relief. I turn back around and think Realtor be damned I'm going home.
I did find out why mystery man was sitting in the car across the street. (Something to do with investigating 1 of my neighbors son's for a background check...wow they're thorough!) And then talked to Neighborlady for a few and assured her it was me driving by both times she said she was worried b/c she thought it was me, but wasn't sure (damn windows!) and was going to keep an eye on the house anyway. Who needs neighborhood watch? See another reason for you to consider moving to Charlotte and buying our darn house!!!