general life update
Whoops, haven't posted in a while!
Anyway, stuff in my life:
1. The remainder of my vacation was lovely, and I enjoyed getting to see Nick's house (complete with creeptastic basement!) and neighborhood between leaving the island and catching my flight back to Newark. I may make a more detailed post sometime.
2. Susan's wedding was lovely and I will make a more detailed post about that later this week.
3. As I expected, Mr. Geniality did not take photos or video of several of the apartments I specifically told him to photo and video. I left an EXCRUCIATINGLY CLEAR spreadsheet and everything, but alas, that is a task that constantly falls out of his head unless I poke him repeatedly. There are other tasks that fall out of MY head if someone doesn't poke me repeatedly, so I understand, but it's still annoying.
4. The raspberries in the back yard and the black raspberries in the front yard are both fruiting enthusiastically, and I have been enjoying their bounty. (Carefully! In small batches! Interspersed with bites of something else! I am not interested in triggering an allergy attack, after all, but berries are delicious and one of the fruits that I can eat raw if I take some precautions.)
5. When tenants move out, particularly Collegetown tenants who may be returning to the other side of the US or across an ocean, they often leave items behind. This means that summer is a time I often acquire interesting random stuff, which can range from furniture/lamps to utensils to food. Currently I have nabbed a sack of potatoes, a bag of red lentils, a container of bay leaves, and a sack of brown rice-and-stuff mix. Today I peeled, cubed, boiled, and mashed six of the potatoes and will thus have delicious homemade mashed potatoes for next couple-three days.
(I spent much of my childhood thinking I hated mashed potatoes, only to realize around my teen years that what I actually hate is something about the flavor and texture of instant mashed potatoes reconstituted from dried flakes. I don't know what it is, exactly, but it's gross and DEEPLY WRONG, whereas mashed potatoes made the long way are wonderful and a gift. Definitely more effort, though, so I can see why the instant glorp exists for people who aren't sensitive to whatever sets me off.)
6. All my peppers, tomatoes, squash, and zucchini survived my absence, which is nice. :)
7. I had a three-day weekend because of the 4th of July. The whole office was closed on Saturday, today is a paid holiday, and I will work tomorrow to make up for losing my hours on Saturday.
8. Tomorrow I have a dentist appointment at 8:30am to replace two leaky fillings. Blargh.
9. In Not the IRS news, I need to either recertify as a level 2 tax preparer or test up to level 3 certification by the end of July, because a certification only lasts three years and mine is due to run out in December. I also need to dive into my required continuing education, ugh. At least I got my rehire application in early?
And I think that's about where I'm at. :) If you want to comment on this post, you can do so over here on Dreamwidth, where there are currently (
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Anyway, stuff in my life:
1. The remainder of my vacation was lovely, and I enjoyed getting to see Nick's house (complete with creeptastic basement!) and neighborhood between leaving the island and catching my flight back to Newark. I may make a more detailed post sometime.
2. Susan's wedding was lovely and I will make a more detailed post about that later this week.
3. As I expected, Mr. Geniality did not take photos or video of several of the apartments I specifically told him to photo and video. I left an EXCRUCIATINGLY CLEAR spreadsheet and everything, but alas, that is a task that constantly falls out of his head unless I poke him repeatedly. There are other tasks that fall out of MY head if someone doesn't poke me repeatedly, so I understand, but it's still annoying.
4. The raspberries in the back yard and the black raspberries in the front yard are both fruiting enthusiastically, and I have been enjoying their bounty. (Carefully! In small batches! Interspersed with bites of something else! I am not interested in triggering an allergy attack, after all, but berries are delicious and one of the fruits that I can eat raw if I take some precautions.)
5. When tenants move out, particularly Collegetown tenants who may be returning to the other side of the US or across an ocean, they often leave items behind. This means that summer is a time I often acquire interesting random stuff, which can range from furniture/lamps to utensils to food. Currently I have nabbed a sack of potatoes, a bag of red lentils, a container of bay leaves, and a sack of brown rice-and-stuff mix. Today I peeled, cubed, boiled, and mashed six of the potatoes and will thus have delicious homemade mashed potatoes for next couple-three days.
(I spent much of my childhood thinking I hated mashed potatoes, only to realize around my teen years that what I actually hate is something about the flavor and texture of instant mashed potatoes reconstituted from dried flakes. I don't know what it is, exactly, but it's gross and DEEPLY WRONG, whereas mashed potatoes made the long way are wonderful and a gift. Definitely more effort, though, so I can see why the instant glorp exists for people who aren't sensitive to whatever sets me off.)
6. All my peppers, tomatoes, squash, and zucchini survived my absence, which is nice. :)
7. I had a three-day weekend because of the 4th of July. The whole office was closed on Saturday, today is a paid holiday, and I will work tomorrow to make up for losing my hours on Saturday.
8. Tomorrow I have a dentist appointment at 8:30am to replace two leaky fillings. Blargh.
9. In Not the IRS news, I need to either recertify as a level 2 tax preparer or test up to level 3 certification by the end of July, because a certification only lasts three years and mine is due to run out in December. I also need to dive into my required continuing education, ugh. At least I got my rehire application in early?
And I think that's about where I'm at. :) If you want to comment on this post, you can do so over here on Dreamwidth, where there are currently (
comments)