June 14--Group 320
I'm sitting outside this morning, as the temperature is pleasant for the moment. We are expecting a heat wave this week, so I'm enjoying it while I can. It's supposed to get up to 109 on Thursday.
I'm also on jury duty this week, but don't have to do anything until later this afternoon. Most of the time I am happy to go in and be a prospective juror, but this week, in addition to the heat wave, one of our major freeways is closed down for repairs. It's the freeway I would take to get to the courthouse downtown, so I'm hoping they will just let me stay down here, where the birds are singing and the coffee is strong and plentiful.
Ol' 97, out near Michigan Bar.
I spent a good part of last week working on estate stuff, particularly the sale of my dad's car and the sale of my step-sister's house. The car sale should have been easy, but my dad, when he bought the car from the leasing agency, never filed the sale paperwork. That was 10 years ago. So I had to clear that up, and then transfer the title from the estate to my sister.
The California DMV is perpetually screwed-up, and I desperately wanted to avoid having to go in, but I had to. I will say that everyone I talked to was pretty helpful and nice, other than the unnecessarily gruff security guard at the door. Maybe he's seen things.
In any case, I took in every possible form the could ask for (they asked for every one), and after a series of checkpoints and waits, I made it to the counter, where I was able to get it done.
I turned the car over to my sister and she took off for home, even though we had invited the family over for dinner and I had barbecued all sorts of stuff she liked. That's my sister.
A hazy morning in Yosemite Valley.
My step-sister's house got put on the market last week, and sold almost immediately for a lot more than the asking price. I am involved mostly because half the house was in my dad's name, though he had no financial interest in it. So I sign a bunch of documents, and hold on to the money for a while, until it goes to its rightful owners. Everything is done electronically, so not much to it, other than taking the time to read the documents.
I've been retired for almost a month. It feels like I have been as busy as I was when I was working. I think this week will be less busy, provided I don't have to go to the courthouse. I haven't had much time to go out and practice with my drone, and want to do that.
We did go up to the Sierras yesterday for a picnic with our friends, and I flew around a bit, but forgot how to access the manual camera controls, so a lot of the pictures were overexposed. I have since downloaded the somewhat unhelpful manual to my phone, and watched a bunch of videos about how the settings work.
I think this one was taken by Tanika, our delightful houseguest. We're all there somewhere. Once I figure it all out, I have all sorts of ideas about how to use it.
I'm also on jury duty this week, but don't have to do anything until later this afternoon. Most of the time I am happy to go in and be a prospective juror, but this week, in addition to the heat wave, one of our major freeways is closed down for repairs. It's the freeway I would take to get to the courthouse downtown, so I'm hoping they will just let me stay down here, where the birds are singing and the coffee is strong and plentiful.
Ol' 97, out near Michigan Bar.
I spent a good part of last week working on estate stuff, particularly the sale of my dad's car and the sale of my step-sister's house. The car sale should have been easy, but my dad, when he bought the car from the leasing agency, never filed the sale paperwork. That was 10 years ago. So I had to clear that up, and then transfer the title from the estate to my sister.
The California DMV is perpetually screwed-up, and I desperately wanted to avoid having to go in, but I had to. I will say that everyone I talked to was pretty helpful and nice, other than the unnecessarily gruff security guard at the door. Maybe he's seen things.
In any case, I took in every possible form the could ask for (they asked for every one), and after a series of checkpoints and waits, I made it to the counter, where I was able to get it done.
I turned the car over to my sister and she took off for home, even though we had invited the family over for dinner and I had barbecued all sorts of stuff she liked. That's my sister.
A hazy morning in Yosemite Valley.
My step-sister's house got put on the market last week, and sold almost immediately for a lot more than the asking price. I am involved mostly because half the house was in my dad's name, though he had no financial interest in it. So I sign a bunch of documents, and hold on to the money for a while, until it goes to its rightful owners. Everything is done electronically, so not much to it, other than taking the time to read the documents.
I've been retired for almost a month. It feels like I have been as busy as I was when I was working. I think this week will be less busy, provided I don't have to go to the courthouse. I haven't had much time to go out and practice with my drone, and want to do that.
We did go up to the Sierras yesterday for a picnic with our friends, and I flew around a bit, but forgot how to access the manual camera controls, so a lot of the pictures were overexposed. I have since downloaded the somewhat unhelpful manual to my phone, and watched a bunch of videos about how the settings work.
I think this one was taken by Tanika, our delightful houseguest. We're all there somewhere. Once I figure it all out, I have all sorts of ideas about how to use it.