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  The  other day I was in New York on my way to the airport when my daughter reminded me that we needed to fill the car before returning it, so that we would not have to pay the inflated gas rates that the rental agencies charge. Stopping in a nearby town we were shocked to find gas priced at $4.65 p/gallon. Thinking that we could do better we drove around for 10 minutes (wasting more gas) only to find 2 other stations with similarly priced gas. Grateful that we had rented an economy sized car (and that I wasn't driving my new "crossover vehicle" whatever that means) we filled up and $55.00 later we were on our way.

  Arriving back in Florida I was pleasantly surprised to find gas priced at a reasonable (hahaha) $4.27 at one station and $4.13 a mere 1/2…

 I've been thinking about starting a blog for a long time, but like most of you folks out there life keeps getting in the way of all the things that I want to do. It has also been a bit challenging trying to come up with ideas to write about that would interest readers.

  I am a Realtor by profession, and real estate is a passion of mine that ranks below my husband and my children, but above grocery shopping and house-keeping.  (I'm not sure where it ranks next to the mall and shopping for clothes.) I chose to become a realtor because it allowed me to combine my love for seeing homes and my love for meeting new people. I also thought  that i would be able to set my own hours and still have plenty of time to spend with my family.  That clearly however…

 I'm going to keep this short since it is 12:30 AM and I just came in from my workday 2 hours ago. I did not have dinner tonight , ditto for two nights ago, same situation. I need feed-back please from fellow realtors (or anyone in a service type industry)- Does anyone but me have a problem saying "no" to customers?

I'm not sure if it's the fear of losing business, or the fact that I really do enjoy helping my customers, or that I'm a borderline insomniac so I might as well be working if  I'm up anyway, but am I setting a bad precedent by showing my customers that I am always available no matter what time of day? And what about my family, am I being fair to them???

Let me know what you think.