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Apr. 3rd, 2022 11:23 pmThings and stuff:
1. We had a small church Board meeting Saturday morning to meet with a UUA representative about [various topics redacted], which I think went well though I had to bail early in order to get to work.
2. Company Owner has been raising rents at a rapid clip, much to my and Mr. Geniality's mutual frustration, because it makes us look like jerks to prospective tenants when we have to tell them a quoted rent is no longer valid. Also I have to update all the numbers every time -- in our internal spreadsheets, on our website, in our internal databases, and in all of our online advertising through multiple third-party websites. Anyway, we stalled him for a couple days on the most recent raise because of [reason redacted], but I will need to spend all of Monday fucking around with numbers, argh.
2. On a tangentially related note, Landlord Dude and I signed my 2022-23 lease extension this afternoon. He's raised my rent by $50/month, which is actually more than fair because as a leasing agent I can assure you that my rent is still significantly under market rate for the size and location of my apartment. Such are the benefits of being a long-term tenant. :D (Also Landlord Dude tends to forget to raise my rent for several years in a row, so instead of getting small annual increases, I get larger ones every few years.)
4. Tax Day approacheth, and I have been doing a surprising amount of actual work at the Not the IRS office. I guess online appointment scheduling does make some difference... and also my colleagues know that I am really a level 3 tax preparer though my official certification is only level 2 -- I keep forgetting to test up -- so they're comfortable throwing various clients at me even if the official matching software won't pull up my name.
Today I had to give some bad news to a client who started doing some self-employment stuff in 2021, hadn't realized how that affected their tax situation, and wound up owing the IRS a fair chunk of money. Hopefully my advice has put them in a better position for 2022!
5. I started on a blood pressure medication a week and a half ago. I have no idea if it's doing what it's meant to do -- I will have to pull out my home blood pressure machine and check on that -- but so far I haven't had any dramatically awful side effects. The main thing has been... uh... okay, I'm going to cut this next sentence.
( cut for body-related TMI ) This does seem to be settling out a little, and some of the cramping may have been related to ovulation (yes, I can track that; my cycle is irregular but my body believes in adequate warnings *sigh*), but it's something I intend to keep an eye on and report to my doctor if it doesn't fully clear up in the next week or two.
6. I think I mentioned a while back that I had started hate-playing the NY Times Spelling Bee. I have since stopped hate-playing and settled into just playing -- mostly because I realized I could lie down on my bed and use my actual physical dictionary to help me find suitable words. :D I also use the hints section religiously, because I don't care about bragging rights -- I just want to find all the words and be done with it.
I have learned some ridiculous "words" that I don't think are real words but turn up a lot; run into several perfectly cromulent words that are, I think, much more common than some NY Times-approved "words" but are not accepted; and have sent some grumpy emails about "How can you not have allowed [redacted] as a word -- here it is in the dictionary and on Wikipedia, so what the fuck!" (but, you know, politely). I have also determined that I have two reactions to learning which words I missed (when I miss any) from a previous day. The first is, "Okay, fair play, that's on me," while the second is, "Oh fuck you, that's nonsense." *wry*
7. The Collegetown office of the rental company has FINALLY found a new hire. I have been doing some training this past week -- I got yanked up to Collegetown on Thursday because Aunt Boss was on vacation and one of Mom Boss's kids was out of school sick, so we needed coverage -- and I have high hopes that he will work out. He won't get a nickname for another couple weeks, though, and for the moment he remains New Hire... uh... 6.
For reference: New Hire 1 was super nice and drove me to the hospital when I had my kidney stone, but had scheduling conflicts and didn't work out. New Hire 2 was Miss Goldberry, who was awesome. New Hire 3 thought office hours were suggestions and was fired during the trial period. New Hire 4 was Miss California, who was also awesome. New Hire 5 found the office too fast-paced and quit.
8. My sleep schedule got kind of misaligned for a while, but I have begun to wrench it back into some kind of order, as part of which I took a nap this evening and will shortly return to bed so as to get a solid 8.5 hours of sleep. And on that note, adieu!
1. We had a small church Board meeting Saturday morning to meet with a UUA representative about [various topics redacted], which I think went well though I had to bail early in order to get to work.
2. Company Owner has been raising rents at a rapid clip, much to my and Mr. Geniality's mutual frustration, because it makes us look like jerks to prospective tenants when we have to tell them a quoted rent is no longer valid. Also I have to update all the numbers every time -- in our internal spreadsheets, on our website, in our internal databases, and in all of our online advertising through multiple third-party websites. Anyway, we stalled him for a couple days on the most recent raise because of [reason redacted], but I will need to spend all of Monday fucking around with numbers, argh.
2. On a tangentially related note, Landlord Dude and I signed my 2022-23 lease extension this afternoon. He's raised my rent by $50/month, which is actually more than fair because as a leasing agent I can assure you that my rent is still significantly under market rate for the size and location of my apartment. Such are the benefits of being a long-term tenant. :D (Also Landlord Dude tends to forget to raise my rent for several years in a row, so instead of getting small annual increases, I get larger ones every few years.)
4. Tax Day approacheth, and I have been doing a surprising amount of actual work at the Not the IRS office. I guess online appointment scheduling does make some difference... and also my colleagues know that I am really a level 3 tax preparer though my official certification is only level 2 -- I keep forgetting to test up -- so they're comfortable throwing various clients at me even if the official matching software won't pull up my name.
Today I had to give some bad news to a client who started doing some self-employment stuff in 2021, hadn't realized how that affected their tax situation, and wound up owing the IRS a fair chunk of money. Hopefully my advice has put them in a better position for 2022!
5. I started on a blood pressure medication a week and a half ago. I have no idea if it's doing what it's meant to do -- I will have to pull out my home blood pressure machine and check on that -- but so far I haven't had any dramatically awful side effects. The main thing has been... uh... okay, I'm going to cut this next sentence.
( cut for body-related TMI ) This does seem to be settling out a little, and some of the cramping may have been related to ovulation (yes, I can track that; my cycle is irregular but my body believes in adequate warnings *sigh*), but it's something I intend to keep an eye on and report to my doctor if it doesn't fully clear up in the next week or two.6. I think I mentioned a while back that I had started hate-playing the NY Times Spelling Bee. I have since stopped hate-playing and settled into just playing -- mostly because I realized I could lie down on my bed and use my actual physical dictionary to help me find suitable words. :D I also use the hints section religiously, because I don't care about bragging rights -- I just want to find all the words and be done with it.
I have learned some ridiculous "words" that I don't think are real words but turn up a lot; run into several perfectly cromulent words that are, I think, much more common than some NY Times-approved "words" but are not accepted; and have sent some grumpy emails about "How can you not have allowed [redacted] as a word -- here it is in the dictionary and on Wikipedia, so what the fuck!" (but, you know, politely). I have also determined that I have two reactions to learning which words I missed (when I miss any) from a previous day. The first is, "Okay, fair play, that's on me," while the second is, "Oh fuck you, that's nonsense." *wry*
7. The Collegetown office of the rental company has FINALLY found a new hire. I have been doing some training this past week -- I got yanked up to Collegetown on Thursday because Aunt Boss was on vacation and one of Mom Boss's kids was out of school sick, so we needed coverage -- and I have high hopes that he will work out. He won't get a nickname for another couple weeks, though, and for the moment he remains New Hire... uh... 6.
For reference: New Hire 1 was super nice and drove me to the hospital when I had my kidney stone, but had scheduling conflicts and didn't work out. New Hire 2 was Miss Goldberry, who was awesome. New Hire 3 thought office hours were suggestions and was fired during the trial period. New Hire 4 was Miss California, who was also awesome. New Hire 5 found the office too fast-paced and quit.
8. My sleep schedule got kind of misaligned for a while, but I have begun to wrench it back into some kind of order, as part of which I took a nap this evening and will shortly return to bed so as to get a solid 8.5 hours of sleep. And on that note, adieu!
