Negotiations Underway

For the past 2 days we have been actively negotiating the sale of our house. And guess what? It is very difficult to be the real estate agent and the seller. Tomorrow may be the day we either have a deal or we have no deal.

So today also happens to be the night that the reality television show, Survivor, is broadcast in the Seattle area. If you have never seen it, the show takes a group of regular Americans into a remote area of the world and they compete to survive and outlast all members of the group for the chance to win one million dollars.

The series has been on since 2000 and Mike and I have been hooked on it from the beginning. So hooked that when the show had a casting call in the Seattle area, we went and Mike gave it his best shot. The potential Survivors tried out at a local casino by making a three minute videotape of themselves. Mike dressed in his best New York City police officer outfit (authentic New York Police Department t-shirt and baseball cap Mike bought on a trip to New York City), with his black jeans tucked into his Harley boots...ahhh, I wish I had a picture.

Unfortunately, Mike was not selected as a Survivor and we have had to live vicariously through the television series...

ANYWAY, tonight one of the contestants was enjoying a "party" with a tribe of native Micronesians and a comment was made about his innocence and his pure appreciation of a culture of which he had absolutely no knowledge. As I watched this segment, I could only think of my time in Mexico City and how I was mesmerized by the Mexico City culture of which I had no knowledge. I fully identified with the feelings the Survivor contestant experienced. And it made my resolve to move to Mexico City stronger than ever.

So that's my goofy story about Survivor and how I am integrating it into my negotiation strategy. Maybe Mike and I should give up our "power" and just make the house sale deal happen so we can get on to what really matters...