Paid bills finally on, ummm... Tuesday?
A few things had slipped through the cracks the last few months, but I think I got it all tidied up.
Thinking about money, I called my bank to check the funds...Ahhhhh! Grief! Woe! Panic! My stock transfer didn't happen! I have to have that cash *tomorrow* to close the house...
(several frantic phone calls later)
Okay, it's being wired to the bank now. I can get it tommorrow...
Where was I?
Oh yeah. I got the recommendation to advance from 2nd brown to 1st brown (also known as pre-black, or "doberman" because it's a split black/brown sash).
So that's cool.
Unfortunately, I won't be able to test for Black in December. I need 60 classes (minimum) to do that, and I only have time for about 30. Bleh.
So I'm looking at my black sash on December 2006, unless they do a test mid-year or something.
Did I mention we close on the house tomorrow?
There was a spot of fun yesterday. The door knob on the house-to-garage door stopped working. Frozen solid.
I took the knob off this morning, but the OTHER side of the knob wouldn't pull through (and I bent the latch a bit trying... heh).
So I sawzall'ed off the knob. I love power tools.
Of course, I'll STILL need to take the door off of its hinges to replace the knob mechanism.
There are actually a number of maintenance jobs I have to do on the house, that have been lagging due to other business....
The doorknob (dammit).
We want to make the front door more secure.
There are some trouble areas the inspection noticed around the garage framing that I would like to fix.
I need to re-work the tiles in the master bath shower -- the caulk is coming out and there is a concern of water damage behind it.
The roof really ought to have gutters and spouts.
There are probably a few more, too...
And on an aesthetic level, we want to get rid of the bulk of the carpet and replace it with wood. Carpet and cat-yack really doesn't mix well. And wood is nicer in other ways, too.
Also I want to replace the lame-oid plastic bed trim with concrete. And the yard and garden needs not end of work...
... sigh.
This weekend SHOULD be the last weekend for principle shooting, but then we thought that last weekend, too.
Next week I restart classes and, hopefully, settle back into a rational, life-sustaining routine again.