I will be so happy when this week is over
Aug. 16th, 2022 07:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Things done recently:
1) Yesterday I realized I'd gotten so caught up in my job at the rental company that I'd forgotten to reapply for my seasonal job as a tax preparer at Not the IRS. I couldn't find the reapplication link on the relevant site, so I emailed the guy who coordinates that stuff and he told me the (completely non-intuitive) way to search for it. So this evening I updated my "resume" on file (basically tweaking the years at various jobs and adding my brand new experience creating video tours, so help me) and submitted my application.
2) I staged three apartments yesterday and three more today. One of today's apartments was very nearly a complete disaster, due to a glitch in how our computer system creates work orders. Basically, we needed to move furniture into a mostly unfurnished apartment, but the listing of the items already present created a phantom work order. When we deleted that, nobody (in either the rental office OR the maintenance office) realized we'd need to create a new work order for bringing in all the other furniture. So I went to stage the apartment and found it empty except for a bed and dresser. And the tenant was scheduled to arrive at 4:30pm.
This was, shall we say, less than ideal. Anyway, we were able to get in touch with Maintenance Dude directly, who corralled some Maintenance staff into fixing the problem -- and actually, I was able to streamline the issue slightly because I knew that, coincidentally, the tenant in the apartment literally next door wanted some furniture removed, and that included two pieces we needed to furnished the empty apartment. So that was helpful.
In the event, I got the photos and videos, and the tenant hadn't turned up to get their keys by the time I left at ~5:15pm, so who even knows what was going on there. *hands*
3) Tomorrow I have three more apartments to stage, one of which is a 3-bed 3-bath unit which is going to be a pain in my ass. The really annoying part, though, is that I couldn't have knocked off one of the other apartments back in July -- I just overlooked the fact that the previous tenant vacated early, so I exacerbated this time crunch myself in a way that could easily have been avoided. Gnrgh. Ah well. After tomorrow, I have only two more units to handle, and one may turn out to be unnecessary -- it only needs staging if the furniture has changed from last year.
4) I've been working on this whole "going to bed at a reasonable hour" thing, and I have to say, it produces really nice results! Yes, even after days when I have run myself into the ground. *wry* I will be continuing that streak tonight, because I need to get to work early tomorrow in order to have any hope of knocking off all three apartments.
5) My parents have 90% completed their move to Minnesota as of this past weekend. They still have some stuff in their NJ shed which they will collect in September (when they will be back on the east coast for some doctor/dentist appointments, and I think also for Nick to see a specialist at Johns Hopkins), but the real estate agent has taken pictures of the house and I think they will open for showings and offers next week. Everything is moving so fast...
6) My peppers and zucchini are doing well on the back porch. :)
And now I will go eat a light dinner and websurf a bit before I fall into bed in a timely fashion. *wry*
1) Yesterday I realized I'd gotten so caught up in my job at the rental company that I'd forgotten to reapply for my seasonal job as a tax preparer at Not the IRS. I couldn't find the reapplication link on the relevant site, so I emailed the guy who coordinates that stuff and he told me the (completely non-intuitive) way to search for it. So this evening I updated my "resume" on file (basically tweaking the years at various jobs and adding my brand new experience creating video tours, so help me) and submitted my application.
2) I staged three apartments yesterday and three more today. One of today's apartments was very nearly a complete disaster, due to a glitch in how our computer system creates work orders. Basically, we needed to move furniture into a mostly unfurnished apartment, but the listing of the items already present created a phantom work order. When we deleted that, nobody (in either the rental office OR the maintenance office) realized we'd need to create a new work order for bringing in all the other furniture. So I went to stage the apartment and found it empty except for a bed and dresser. And the tenant was scheduled to arrive at 4:30pm.
This was, shall we say, less than ideal. Anyway, we were able to get in touch with Maintenance Dude directly, who corralled some Maintenance staff into fixing the problem -- and actually, I was able to streamline the issue slightly because I knew that, coincidentally, the tenant in the apartment literally next door wanted some furniture removed, and that included two pieces we needed to furnished the empty apartment. So that was helpful.
In the event, I got the photos and videos, and the tenant hadn't turned up to get their keys by the time I left at ~5:15pm, so who even knows what was going on there. *hands*
3) Tomorrow I have three more apartments to stage, one of which is a 3-bed 3-bath unit which is going to be a pain in my ass. The really annoying part, though, is that I couldn't have knocked off one of the other apartments back in July -- I just overlooked the fact that the previous tenant vacated early, so I exacerbated this time crunch myself in a way that could easily have been avoided. Gnrgh. Ah well. After tomorrow, I have only two more units to handle, and one may turn out to be unnecessary -- it only needs staging if the furniture has changed from last year.
4) I've been working on this whole "going to bed at a reasonable hour" thing, and I have to say, it produces really nice results! Yes, even after days when I have run myself into the ground. *wry* I will be continuing that streak tonight, because I need to get to work early tomorrow in order to have any hope of knocking off all three apartments.
5) My parents have 90% completed their move to Minnesota as of this past weekend. They still have some stuff in their NJ shed which they will collect in September (when they will be back on the east coast for some doctor/dentist appointments, and I think also for Nick to see a specialist at Johns Hopkins), but the real estate agent has taken pictures of the house and I think they will open for showings and offers next week. Everything is moving so fast...
6) My peppers and zucchini are doing well on the back porch. :)
And now I will go eat a light dinner and websurf a bit before I fall into bed in a timely fashion. *wry*
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Date: 2022-08-17 12:58 am (UTC)I will also be glad when this week is over; I have three more exams.
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Date: 2022-08-17 01:45 am (UTC)(I am 100% DONE with August.)