(Remember that show - That Was the Week That Was?)
Sorry – I’ve been lazy about posting so here’s a quick review of the week that I’ll just dump in your lap.
Monday we headed off to my teachers' credit union to continue
the process of putting our goods and chattels into a trust so the kids won’t
have to slog through probate. We’d already been to our main bank, Bank of
America, where we’ve had an account since My Guy was in the Army in 1971.
At BOA the banker’s office was almost antiseptic, not a tchotchke
in sight, as streamlined as their process, where we just converted the name of
the account. It took a while for them to sort all the paperwork but even though the rep looked to be early 30s, you could tell he’d been down this road before.
Not so much at the credit union, where the manager (!) declared I’d have to open a new account. Not to be judgy, but she never introduced herself and her office was a minefield of cutesy plaques, candles and even what looked to be the decoration from a past wedding cake.
more delightful than Thursday’s golf, the end-of-the-year outing for our league. On this occasion we played a ‘scramble’, in which everyone tees off and hits, but the foursome always hits the best ball down the fairway.
I’d been assigned to a group of
three other women whose handicaps were literally half of mine (i.e. far
superior players) so outside of the one or two times we played my ball, it was
mostly a long lesson in humility for me. This wasn’t helped by the fact that
one of the women doesn’t like me for some reason. (Mystifying, since I’m a
delight. Just ask me.) I still can’t see
any point in my having been there. Note to self – skip the whole thing next
year.
Wednesday – our complex’s Ladies Lunch out. A small group
this time, only about 10 of us, but very pleasant. Particularly since a woman
who with her husband has had a lawsuit going against our complex – costing us
thousands in legal fees – was NOT there. If I haven’t already, maybe I’ll put
together a post about them. They want to install solar panels on their roof,
against all by-laws and already voted down by a majority of the residents.
Charming people.
Friday saw us at the investment place that handles My Guy’s
IRA, where, you guessed it, we did more trust organizing. Good thing. Even
though I’m a beneficiary, if he were incapacitated for any reason, I wouldn’t
have been able to give them direction. So now that’s sorted.
Home Depot after I finally admitted that no, I can’t lift four 50 pound bags of marble stones for the garden. We loaded up the car, then carted the bags around the back of the house on a hand truck, and today I laid them around the air conditioner to discourage weeds and small beings that I suspect are tunneling back there.
Now for a tall glass of wine.
Your golf outing reminded me of being drafted to be an emergency 4th at bridge. Never happened again. I can tell you that being a good pinochle player will not let you "pick up" bridge.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds terrifying. I've always avoided bridge, figuring - accurately - that I wouldn't have the brain power for it.
DeleteA busy and productive week. I hope the Trust is now done and dusted. And that you enjoyed your glass of wine.
ReplyDeleteWhy the opposition to the solar panels? Appearance? Weight? Just curious. It seems like it would be a good thing to allow people to use solar energy.
ReplyDeleteI'm very pro-solar generally, but there are several reasons - yes to appearance, but we also have concerns about battery storage in these conjoined buildings. In a condo complex the only thing we actually own is the interior of our homes - everything else is commonly owned. This couple's roof, which joins their neighbor's, is one of the earliest to be updated and therefore one of the oldest. When we do our next round of re-roofing, the panels would be problematic. Also, our buildings were constructed 20 years ago and thus the roof structure was never intended to support that kind of weight.
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