That does sound great.
I've got another 1:15 to work, and then I have two days off. But next weekend will be a three-day weekend, and the one after that 6, so that'll be nice.
Buffy. When I saw you stop the world from, you know, ending, I just assumed that was a big week for you. Turns out I suddenly find myself needing to know the plural of 'apocalypse.'
Riley ,'Potential'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Sep 04, 2015 9:47:40 am PDT #4779 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Liese S. - Sep 04, 2015 10:16:45 am PDT #4780 of 30003
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Hey, Suzi, is Broomfield, CO actually Denver?
SuziQ - Sep 04, 2015 10:31:07 am PDT #4781 of 30003
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
It is just north of Denver. Tis a suburb.
Connie Neil - Sep 04, 2015 10:45:33 am PDT #4782 of 30003
brillig
I had a productive morning. Went to the eye doctor for a follow-up--all's well--and while in the waiting room got a call from a lawyer in Pennsylvania about paperwork details for the gas lease. Apparently my grandfather's heirs are a point of frustration for the energy company that has the lease, as there are so many of them in so many places, and it's hard to get in contact with all of them (my father's two sisters had 15 children between them, and those also have had a lackadaisical approach to birth control). The lawyer made an unhappy noise when I mentioned that I wasn't sure if my late sister's husband had gone back to Brazil or not. I told him my other sister would know.
For some reason, even though Daddy was the youngest, he is apparently primary heir (yay, primogeniture?), which make Linda and me the candidates for official executors of our grandfather's estate--at least in this matter. Whee, I'm an heiress to lands in the old country! At least until I notarize and return the documents that make Linda the sole executor, which is the only rational step, as executors have to appear in court, and I don't think my bosses would be happy if I told them I had to pop back East for a couple of days to appear in a county probate court.
Also, despite my personal knowledge that Mother and Daddy had wills drawn up--I held them in my hands--there is no record of such wills. I wonder if they never bothered to file them properly. No wonder he sounded frazzled, this is a case with property deeds going back a hundred years. 1913 sounds so recent, but not when you think of how much paperwork has to be sorted through.
I would have loved to talk to him more about it, but he was busy, and my cell phone is pay as you go. It was funny when he mentioned sending the papers out to me, then he said, "Oh, wait, do you do much with computers?" I did not guffaw loudly and say "Why, yes, I make my living with them, why do you ask?" Given that he's been working with mostly rural people who consider education past high school kind of a waste (I know my relatives), it's not a foregone conclusion that I'd be comfortable with receiving an email of the files. I may be in Utah, but I'm in the tech hub of Utah, not in rural Greene County, Pennsylvania, home of dying coal mines and small farms.
To finish the morning, as I was leaving the doctor's office, LifeFlight went by overhead and made a hard, steep turn to get to the landing pad. I've never seen them come in so hot before, and I can't imagine the angle they were at was comfortable for anybody. I hope they got there in time.
Now to watch RDJ as Sherlock Homes and clean the bedroom.
Jesse - Sep 04, 2015 11:04:59 am PDT #4783 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Whee, I'm an heiress to lands in the old country!
Nice.
Maria - Sep 04, 2015 11:05:19 am PDT #4784 of 30003
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Thanks, bennett!
And my morning worked out perfectly! Washed my own hair, got it cut (at a discount!), the place I wanted to have lunch was open, the ortho called me back, so I went right there after, then grocery shopped, now home. A very successful three hours!
Jesse, that's a pretty damned good day.
Enjoy your time off, Suzi!
My plan was to shut down right after my call at 3. Didn't work so well. I'm still working, and I'll be working over the weekend.
Connie, sounds like you're doing the best thing you can considering the distance.
Lee - Sep 04, 2015 11:11:26 am PDT #4785 of 30003
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
They are letting us go at 3:00 today.
3:00 seems very very far away though.
flea - Sep 04, 2015 11:18:54 am PDT #4786 of 30003
information libertarian
mr. flea got sent home at 2pm today. I am not sure who did the sending, as he said there was nobody in the office. Then he got to meet the electrician and get an estimate for bringing our house up to modern and sane standards with respect to wiring. He reports: "Guy mentioned several times that it's going to be expensive." Oh, yay.
ION I looked up the form 990 of the organization for whose directorship I got headhunted yesterday. The retiring head made 3 times as much as I make in 2014. They are SO not going to hire me for this job.
Liese S. - Sep 04, 2015 11:18:55 am PDT #4787 of 30003
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
It is just north of Denver. Tis a suburb.
Cool! ...Cause I'm gonna be there Sept 30th - Oct 3rd for a songwriters convention. Will you be around?
Vortex - Sep 04, 2015 11:21:08 am PDT #4788 of 30003
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
ION I looked up the form 990 of the organization for whose directorship I got headhunted yesterday. The retiring head made 3 times as much as I make in 2014. They are SO not going to hire me for this job
YES THEY ARE. And they are going to finally pay you what you are worth! Or at least more that you're making now ;)