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edenfalling) wrote2021-12-08 10:57 pm
edenfalling) wrote2021-12-08 10:57 pm
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Wednesday life update
Things done today:
1. Two apartment tours this morning. One was a person still clearly in the looking around stage. The other was a pair of roommates who were ready to rent... but who then got cold feet about potential noise issues, alas. I plan to email them Thursday morning and suggest a different apartment in a quieter part of the same building, so we shall see how that goes.
2. Updated our tenant list spreadsheet to account for sublets and a couple late leases/swaps. Then I used that list to send winter reminder emails to everyone -- basically, "Here is some general information about living in Ithaca during the winter, here is some important advice to follow if you leave for winter break/family holiday visits/ etc., and here is a little bit of information about driving/parking in an environment that includes snow and hills."
We try to send those around every year since we have a lot of undergrad tenants from warmer climates who don't understand how easily pipes freeze and burst, and also a lot of tenants who don't seem to grasp that if they have packages delivered to Ithaca while they're out of town, there is nowhere for those packages to GO. We are not made of infinite space! *wry*
Tomorrow I'm going to tape up some physical signs that summarize the main points of those emails.
3. Updated my PTIN information on the Not the IRS website, so that's one task out of the way. Tomorrow evening I have my next live paid training class, which I am sure will be exactly as boring and pointless as the first one. *sigh*
4. I need to pick a health insurance plan tomorrow. I should do that during my lunch break, probably -- I just need to compare my options via the rental company and via the state marketplace website.
5. It snowed a little overnight -- maybe 1/2 inch? Light and easy to sweep off my darling car. We had scattered flurries during the day, which didn't stick, but then the snow started coming down for real around 5pm and I'd say we got another 3/4 inch or so. It's stopped now and the streets and sidewalks have all melted clear once more, but I will have to sweep my car clean again in the morning. *sigh*
And now to bed. :)
1. Two apartment tours this morning. One was a person still clearly in the looking around stage. The other was a pair of roommates who were ready to rent... but who then got cold feet about potential noise issues, alas. I plan to email them Thursday morning and suggest a different apartment in a quieter part of the same building, so we shall see how that goes.
2. Updated our tenant list spreadsheet to account for sublets and a couple late leases/swaps. Then I used that list to send winter reminder emails to everyone -- basically, "Here is some general information about living in Ithaca during the winter, here is some important advice to follow if you leave for winter break/family holiday visits/ etc., and here is a little bit of information about driving/parking in an environment that includes snow and hills."
We try to send those around every year since we have a lot of undergrad tenants from warmer climates who don't understand how easily pipes freeze and burst, and also a lot of tenants who don't seem to grasp that if they have packages delivered to Ithaca while they're out of town, there is nowhere for those packages to GO. We are not made of infinite space! *wry*
Tomorrow I'm going to tape up some physical signs that summarize the main points of those emails.
3. Updated my PTIN information on the Not the IRS website, so that's one task out of the way. Tomorrow evening I have my next live paid training class, which I am sure will be exactly as boring and pointless as the first one. *sigh*
4. I need to pick a health insurance plan tomorrow. I should do that during my lunch break, probably -- I just need to compare my options via the rental company and via the state marketplace website.
5. It snowed a little overnight -- maybe 1/2 inch? Light and easy to sweep off my darling car. We had scattered flurries during the day, which didn't stick, but then the snow started coming down for real around 5pm and I'd say we got another 3/4 inch or so. It's stopped now and the streets and sidewalks have all melted clear once more, but I will have to sweep my car clean again in the morning. *sigh*
And now to bed. :)
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