Full Immersion - Getting Acclimated

[Daybreak]

Wow - didn't realize a whole week has gone by...

Anyway - Thursday evening was busy as I worked at a gig - better than usual crowd but it took them a while to get started. Had a lot of thoughts about my friend who passed away one year ago that night - felt that he was looking in on us and was pleased with what he saw.

Weekend was busy as well attending a memorial concert for the life partner of another friend of mine - a positive uplifting experience. Then Sunday morning came along and a phone call from the guy whose company is painting the old house. Mentioned that he was going to charge an extra $350 since W and I have put off getting some of the prep work done inside. The painter has put us off for nearly two months and then gives me a call - sheesh!

So I went over and did stuff (cleaned, vacuumed, took down drapes, etc.) for over 5 hours - since W had the kids that weekend it would not have been fair to drag her in on this. Got another phone call on Monday from the painter. Turned out his people did not convey their info correctly and I should have also washed down all of the walls, sills and baseboards inside.

UGH! I agreed to having to spend an additional $250 to get that done. Since I got a very good deal for the inside and outside of the house, I did not get that worked up about it - but it has bothered me for the past couple of days. I guess it reinforces the idea that I will have to liquidate the remainder of my external 401k account to partially settle accounts and the perceived need to do that is what truly bothers me...

But the kids are done with their finals and their school (K-12) is going to have their graduation ceremony on Saturday so that will be a lot of fun. And I have them for the remainder of the holiday weekend so the Bobcave will be a happy place...