(This story is best enjoyed if you start the video at the bottom of the post before you start reading!)

Wow... what an unusual Monday! 

The day began... as all Mondays do... with lots of coffee, a shake off of the "weekend attitude", and a "kick it into gear" for a great week ahead.

My arrival at the office brought a few surprises, but nothing that could not be considered par for the course of doing business in a busy Real Estate office.... especially in this challenging Real Estate Market!

At about lunch hour, I wandered into the kitchen to unwrap my "frozen pile of italian mush" chosen for Monday's lunch, and pop it into the microwave to be turned into a "steaming pile of italian mush" to be consumed to fuel my brilliance for the day. 

(I use the word "brilliance" very loosely here!)

Now usually... I start the cooking process and being the "fabulous multi-tasker" that I am... return to my computer to pound out a few more strokes of "marketing magic" for our team while my lunch is "baking."  Of course... as most "fabulous multi-taskers" will do... USUALLY...I become driven to finish ALL the tasks that I am multi-tasking... simultaneously, and I completely forget about my little "pile of steaming italian mush" until it cools off, congeals, and forms one "solid block of lukewarm mush" which... because I am so hungry by this time... I gobble up as if it were a gourmet meal!   USUALLY... but NOT TODAY!!!

TODAY... I continue pounding out my "marketing magic" and even threw in a couple of phone calls when....suddenly.... I SMELL SMOKE!!  I pause my call to whisper to a team member working next to me..."Something's burning... do you smell smoke?"  I end my call and head down the hall to investigate the reason for the "burning smell" and as I pass by the kitchen, I see our Office Administrator with the microwave door open fanning the smoke towards the back door and I ask... (still in a state of denial!) "Is something burning?"   YES!...  she says... SOMEONE'S LUNCH!  About that time... my little brain kicks into gear and it dawns on me... that she's talking about MY lunch... or the little "pile of steaming charcoal!" that is is at  that point.  As I apologize sheepishly... trying to figure out how I could have mistaken 4 minutes for 40 minutes on the microwave timer... she laughs and says "At least it didn't set off the fire alarm!"  Prophetic words were never spoken any truer!!  In punctuation at the end of her sentence... the piercing sound of the alarm rang out... not only throughout our office, but also throughout the surrounding businesses in our plaza! 

Our agents who were in the office got up from their computers and ended their phone calls... ALL business stopped for about 15 minutes while we all waited for the fire department to arrive.  It amazed me that it took so long!  Maybe it seemed a lot longer because of the shrill, high pitched tortuous alarm that our ears were being subjected to... maybe it seemed longer because of the sheer embarrasment of being the "cause" of everyone's inconvenience... in any case the firemen did arrive... EVENTUALLY. 

I and another member of our team stood at the entrance to greet the firemen... me to confess my transgression... she ...with her "cute face" on... getting a  good eyefull of 2 adorable heros that spend their lives putting out fires! 

(Why are firemen so "hot" anyway... is it a job requirement or something?!) 

On cue.... my team mate says... "Wanna buy a house?"  The cutest of the pair of "hot firemen" replies back, "No... but I have one to sell!"  My team mate... without missing a beat says "Here's my card... call me!"  Now here's where I must elaborate on my team mate.... she's a "hottie" herself and single... AND... what a coincedence... so is this cute fireman! (THERE MIGHT BE A "SEQUEL POST" SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE!)

To wrap up this insane "half hour" of my unusual Monday and to reflect back: 

• A good "buzz" in the office is always invigorating... especially on a Monday and... we got that!
  

• I really wanted a good lunch because I skipped breakfast... and since my lunch was literally toast... I ordered out and... I got that!

• My team mate deserves to have something to daydream about... a daydream that MIGHT turn into a beautiful "reality" someday ...you never know! ... she got that!

• We've ALL needed something to laugh about lately... we got that! 
  

IN TRUE KELLER WILLIAMS FASHION... IT WAS A "WIN - WIN" FOR EVERYONE...

I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT THE REST OF THE WEEK HAS IN STORE FOR US!

KELLER WILLIAMS REALTY OF MANATEE ....  THE SERENA GROUP....

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