Day 20 - Problems Alleviated

Amazing!!!  I wake up this morning and there is the electrician working on our pool, some guys filling in the 4 foot trench through my backyard, side yard and half the front yard, cement guy measuring for forms, and water filling the pool the rest of the way.  Funny how everyone now seems to be able to work.  I guess the perfect storm of delays has finally passed and we are now ready to proceed.  The planets and stars have aligned and today, finally, there is progress being made again at the Rupczynski house!

On a good note, with funds running low and more and more people wanting checks, I caught a break.  On a side note, it is amazing how all contractors can be weeks behind on their work, but their contracts guarantee them their money.  As a joke, I told one of them that I didn't have their check.  He told me that no further work would get done until they got their check.  I told him to do the last 2 weeks worth of work that they were supposed to have completed, and then tell me that they are going to stop working.  You have to be making progress or have movement in some direction in order to stop.  otherwise, you are simply continuing non-motion.  

Back to my break.  I had some issues with expense checks at Alberto.  Funny, in some sort of spite, they sent all my latest expense reports back.  They made me break out my hotel charges by day.  Let me tell you, you never want to break out daily charges, in a foreign currency, convert the charges, provide in triplicate, in blood.  This was the biggest waste of time, but I did it to get my money.  A man's gotta eat!  And those of you who know me well, know that I eat well.

So, I drop off the reports and a friend grabs lunch with me.  We talk nonsense for a while and then, the best part of the story.  He picks up the tab.  Being unemployed, you get worried about these things.  Believe me, in this economy people worry.  I once had an agency that wanted to take me to Olive Garden for dinner.  Now this agency charged a lot of money, but they wanted to take me to Olive Garden???  You gotta be kidding me.  The economy does weird things with your head.

Now, I have a great ending to this day.  I have class.  Mind you, I haven't been to this class for the last 5 sessions.  I made it to the first class, but with the traveling of the last few weeks, I haven't been able to attend.  So I get to the classroom and no one is there.  Granted, I showed up about 15 minutes late.  So I am walking out, and I walk by my class.  They have switched classrooms.  As I walk in I mumble some explanation and the teacher informs me that they kept a sign up for the last 4 classes telling people that they moved rooms.  Now, everyone snickers and I take my seat.  I love grad school.  What I wouldn't give for this to be over.

In a strange way, I am missing Gibson.  I could really use a massage.  This whole real world thing is not the best for my neck and shoulders.  I can't imagine actually going back to work next week.

Tomorrow should be fun.  I get to take Maddie to her first swimming class.  Now, of course it won't be at my house.  MY POOL WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE!!!  

Until tomorrow...