Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Another Big Change!

It was almost mind boggling when we considered all that had to be accomplished over the next few weeks.  Nursefinders offered us a trip to San Antonio, to check out the area and start the search for a new home.  We were only allowed to hold on to the profit from our first home for eighteen months before we would have to pay taxes on it, so we didn't have the luxury of moving to Texas and renting until we became familiar with the city. In addition I had a lot to learn about running a nursing agency.

We contacted Carolyn, the real estate agent I talked to in San Antonio and she began lining up some houses for us to look at during our three day stay in town.  On the day we arrived we got off the plane and felt like we were hit with a wet wool blanket.  It was not only hot but very humid, a bit worse than we experienced in St.Louis.  We rented a car and found our way to a motel in the city.  Once we got settled, Carolyn came by and took us on a grand tour trying to familiarize us with our new city.  I remember how quaint the down town area was and we were  fascinated with the Riverwalk, which is below the street level and lined with shops, restaurants and hotels.   It had a European look to it and really caught our attention. After getting something to eat we headed back to the hotel to get some much needed rest.

The next day we got an early start looking at the homes Carolyn thought might interest us but it became evident that being so unfamiliar with the area Jane and I were really confused.  Maggie was going to be starting school in a few years so locating in a district that had a reputation of excellence meant a lot to us.  Around and around we went and the more we saw the less we knew.  Finally calling it quits in the late afternoon.  Carolyn decided that the next day we would concentrate on an area northeast of the city, it was a relatively new community and the elementary school was in the subdivision.  We only had one day left so we wanted to make the most of it.

It turned out the subdivision called Camelot, was closer in style to what we had experienced growing up and in St.Louis or Denver.  We saw several single story homes that would have worked and then a two story four bedroom house on a culdesac not far from the elementary school that intrigued us.  Carolyn unsucessfully tried to contact the listing agent but we went back to her office to discuss our approach.  Jane and Maggie were heading back to Denver the next morning and I was going to meet Ann Rains at the hotel and begin my orientation.  Carolyn promised to pursue the listing agent and contact me at my motel or the office.

The next day, feeling frustrated, I packed up the girls and I got them to the airport by 8 am.  Then I followed my directions to the office, which as it turned out was two blocks from the hotel in which we were staying.

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