Today was a mixed bag day. We started the day attending to the debacle of 'us vs the city'. Best possible scenario? We end up with a bit of leverage. If not, we are receiving some sound professional advice. It is a time for waiting for things to unfold, but I'm not so good at waiting. Unfortunately, we don't have much choice in the matter. The first packet of bills were delivered before 9:30 am on February 22nd. The second billing was received by their office at 11:18 March 5th. The city has not responded.
We are putting installing the plumbing at the new build. We will continue with that project tomorrow. We have two vent pipes to put in as well.
Other than that, I am waiting on two orders of books. Puckoon, To Say Nothing of The Dog, Hoot, Lamb, Diary of a Nobody (when Jaycee writes her book, she'll have to find another title for it, I guess!), Thank You Jeeves and McCarthy's bar. It will be an interesting pile of books and I'm sure that one (or more) of them should tickle my funny bone, which really could use a bit of a tickle right now.
I couldn't afford to buy all of your book selections, but I did list them in a notebook for my purse. I am sure that most of them can be found at the library. Again, thanks, everyone for your suggestions.
That's about it, really. It's just been a tense time, and it is not going to stop. However, we've started the ball rolling, and we will continue on course. We will know how the story ends when it ends.
Someone else has been waiting. Her waiting is done. Stop over and congratulate Jenny. She's a grandma!
Tom Petty was almost Pretty.
ReplyDeleteMaybe I was too young, but we had to study Puckoon in secondary school. I just didn't get it all.
What a bad for Jaycee.
I have no idea how available it now is but in my profile is one of my favourite books, which is funny and very Australian set in, as I recall, the 1890s. The Cousin from Fiji.
Another book for The List.
DeletePuckoon is very good and very funny.
ReplyDeleteIt arrived today and I am reading it now!
DeleteMaybe Puckoon should be read aloud?
ReplyDeleteWell I have just begun it but it has given me a couple giggles already.
DeleteYou have a good selection of books there and can switch from one to another as the mood takes you.
ReplyDeleteBoo to the city!
Puckoon arrived today.
DeleteI miss young men with lots of hair but enjoyed the song. As for waiting that is what bureaucracy is best at, they hope you will go away or die.
ReplyDeleteNot going to go away. However I suppose dying is ultimately out of my hands.
DeleteGood luck with your battle with bureaucracy .
ReplyDeleteI haven't read Puckoon but I really should. Thanks for the nudge. Diary of a Nobody is very "English"... I hope you enjoy it.
By the way, I am currently working on my book... its working title is "A Yawn A Minute".
A yawn a minute???? Spoken by someone who has jetted off to Italy AND Bermuda in the space of two months????!!! Riiiiiiiiiight. I imagine that the yawn part came in as you flew back from your last vacation with those bed seats in first class. It WOULD be hard to keep your eyes open in those circumstances! 😉
Deletehttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/26/baltimore-bridge-ship-previous-collision-antwerp-2016 this should be read about the ship...
ReplyDeleteI read that. Maersk was also slapped with a pretty hefty fine for retaliation against whistleblowers, instituting a policy that required employees to bring concerns to them instead of reporting them to outside agencies, which allowed them to address issues without oversight. It seems that this particular ship had previously experienced this issue.
DeleteMake sure you send the city a letter from a good lawyer. We had an issue with our town and it went on for seven years then we went to court and of course we won. The person from the city sent someone else to court because he knew he was wrong. We should have had a good lawyer at the beginning. Gigi
ReplyDeleteYes. It looks like that is where we are headed. We have found someone with a camera to send down the line. We will give it a couple weeks to see if we receive anything from the city.
DeleteThat bridge collapse was tragic. I was surprised how quickly it crumbled into the water.
ReplyDeleteWaiting is rough but you are organized and determined so I think you will persevere, Debby. Good luck!
We will persevere. Whether it does us any good, we will see.
DeleteThat Tom Petty song is an anthem of mine. I am not good at waiting either.
ReplyDeleteOh, I suck at it.
DeleteLocal Govts can be almost impossible to deal with sometimes. I hope this works out for you.
ReplyDeleteSeems like a lot of self important people are attracted to the positions sometimes.
DeleteI know this has got to be frustrating! It would drive me crazy too. I sympathize. (Or empathize? I can never remember.)
ReplyDeleteInteresting. I have never thought of it. Empathize is our ability to understand another's struggle while sympathy is defined as empathy along with relief that it is not happening to you. I don't know that I agree with that.
DeleteDo hang in there with the city, small town administrations frequently are full of self important people. They're gonna ignore you as long as they can hoping you'll go away. However, I doubt seriously that you will. May take a lawyer to get their attention, unfortunate that that is the case, but here we are.
ReplyDeleteYes, here we are.
ReplyDeleteYou are making steady progress with the new digs, even if the other issue drags on.
ReplyDeleteYes. Thank you for that reminder. You are right. I need to keep it in perspective. Everybody deals with some damn aggravation.
DeleteTom Petty was right, the waiting is the hardest part. I want things resolved now, and you do too. It riles my guts sometimes.
ReplyDeleteYou 'get' me, sistah.
DeleteThank you Debby. I was SO glad to hear that Tam and baby were doing well after the traumatic debacle at the hospital. They are now safely home and I get to meet still-nameless baby on Saturday (she's gorgeous btw!)
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like a frightening time for poor Tam and Jon, but they are home now, and with a beautiful baby. I can't wait to hear her name!
DeleteKeep fighting the good fight, Debby. I hope that everything works out in the best possible way for you. Take care.
ReplyDeleteWe shall see what we shall see. It is just aggravating!
DeleteOh no... No wonder you ended up with stomach problems with all this going on!
ReplyDeleteYour ex went to Johns Hopkins too? My son also went there and is working for them now. Although he moved overseas, when he lived in Maryland he sometimes drove on that bridge to go to work. This is so scary.