My little dog Shula and I were invited to petsit in Ojai. I keep a list of pets I want to sit for as well as places I want to go. Sitting a Corgi, was on the list and I got to meet the sweetest one around. The owner had flown to Seattle for a Celebration of Life event for a friend.
While petsitting, I was madly trying to line up a sitter for my Ventura home in June. The sitter I had selected, canceled leaving me in a bind. One of my approaches was to reach out to local sitters who were building up their reviews. When I reached out to Maya, from Oxnard, she got back to me in a timely manner even though she was on vacation in Alaska. We had two days of spotty communication as she rode a train to Denali and back but she never missed an opportunity to try and get through. Her dedication led me to accept her as a sitter without ever having a face to face conversation.
All of a sudden I got back to back texts from Alex, the lady I’m petsitting for, then Maya, my future sitter, that their planes from Seattle were delayed for electrical reasons. I asked a couple of more questions and quickly surmised that they were on the same plane to Santa Barbara. With permission, I shared each other’s TH profile shots.
After a few awkward incorrect introductions, they found each other and sent me this great photo. What a fun coincidence showing the “community” of Trusted Housesitters. They sent me this photo from the airport.
