Aims, I am sorry your mother-in-law is driving you crazy. FWIW, I often boggle at the comments she leaves on your posts.
Numfar! Do the dance of joy.
Elder ,'Power Play'
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sj - Jul 21, 2012 3:20:41 am PDT #17507 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
WindSparrow - Jul 21, 2012 4:09:54 am PDT #17508 of 30001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Things I want to accomplish today:
1. Go to the farmers' market.
2. Sweep kitchen and bathroom, and sniffer the stairs, living room and dining room.
3. Actually read some fanfic and review it. (since taking a pledge to leave a comment on every fic I read, I have not read any because I didn't feel I had the energy.)
4. Nap.
5. Maybe try out the Italian restaurant around the block that has been there for a year.
billytea - Jul 21, 2012 4:59:43 am PDT #17509 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Rassen frassen. Came home on Friday to find a letter from the government. Apparently we've been overpaid child tax benefit and childcare benefit to the tune of $9,000, and they'd like it back now please. (Actually $11,000, but they already took back $2,000 from our tax return.)
Next week I predict a call to see if they're amenable to setting up a (re)payment plan.
amyth - Jul 21, 2012 5:23:02 am PDT #17510 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Ugh, billytea, WTF? That's a pretty serious mistake on the government's part.
billytea - Jul 21, 2012 5:29:18 am PDT #17511 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Ugh, billytea, WTF? That's a pretty serious mistake on the government's part.
No, it's not really their fault. It was the financial year where I'd just gone back to work after getting laid off during the GFC. We estimated at year start how much we were likely to earn over the year, based on the days per week my work was saying they'd need me for; and our entitlements were assessed on that basis. In the event, my work hours got ramped up quickly and drastically, so our income was higher than anticipated. (I'm guessing we crossed some cut-off threshold.)
That's all fine, I don't mind having to pay it back. (I very much support government assistance being better targetted to those most in need.) But it's still a pretty hefty and unexpected bill to have to deal with.
beekaytee - Jul 21, 2012 5:29:37 am PDT #17512 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
Zen, If you decide to modify the business plan to le nubian's specifications, I'd like a job as the trainer for local counselors.
Kozmo was an on-line convenience store/delivery service founded by two Wall Street whiz kids in the early Zeros.
You could get pretty much anything delivered in an hour. I vividly remember being super-hormonal and unhappy (major breakup had just occurred) and ordering a delicious salmon dinner, a new heating pad and two Farscape dvds. It was bliss.
Sadly, the kids lacked a viable business plan, despite garnering 250 million in capital.
There is an absolutely fascinating documentary of their cautionary tale entitled e-Dreams. I highly recommend it.
WindSparrow - Jul 21, 2012 5:47:36 am PDT #17513 of 30001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Zen, If you decide to modify the business plan to le nubian's specifications, I'd like a job as the trainer for local counselors.
I could totally do this job. Additional services I could offer include cleaning up pet messes clients do not have the physical/emotional wherewithal to deal with (no judgment, only empathy) and I could bring Harvey along to snuggle with and purr for clients.
§ ita § - Jul 21, 2012 6:12:50 am PDT #17514 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
billytea, you are an excellent citizen. Having to pay back nine grand couldn't have happened to a better guy.
Okay, that's not precisely what I mean. But it's great that you're totally philosophically okay with it. It fucking bites that you have to do it. Paying back money that already got integrated (and therefore spent) is no mean task.
WindSparrow - Jul 21, 2012 7:53:30 am PDT #17515 of 30001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Finding out you owe a bunch of money to the government is kind of scary and discouraging. I do hope you are able to work something out, billy tea.
JenP - Jul 21, 2012 8:51:29 am PDT #17516 of 30001
But it's great that you're totally philosophically okay with it. It fucking bites that you have to do it. Paying back money that already got integrated (and therefore spent) is no mean task.
Couldn't have said it better, so I won't try.
I kind of feel like they'll be amenable to a payment plan. That's a huge chunk to expect immediate payment for.
In weather news, it's blissfully cooler today than yesterday and the past two weeks.
Doing laundry, making phone calls, checking on the mom from time to time... staying up at my sisters for the next couple of weeks while they/she travel/s. Months of angst and drama WRT our mom's care, where she should live, etc. (Mind you, in my family, our angst and drama is all very... reasonable? It's so weird. Doesn't make it less stressful, though.)