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Aug. 26th, 2025 08:06 am
chipping away
Still here. Still chipping away at projects and daily tasks.
I had to fire our cleaning ladies a couple of months ago (they were too unreliable and inconsistent in timing and keys) and decided to save money by doing it myself. Well, it turns out it's been over 20 years since I cleaned my own house, and I suck at it. The only saving grace is that this house is tiny so it doesn't take long. I should add sweeping/vacuuming to my daily tasks because that is the part that gets the grossest the fastest. Two dogs and two middle-aged people shed a lot of goddamn hair. Sometimes I think it's even worse than when we had the cats.
It's been a lot easier to get my parents off the junk mail lists than I thought. I do have to call each company, but most of them are the ones they were already getting (Costco, Viking Cruises, etc). I just call any number I find on the flyer or catalog, get to an operator, and say, "I need to remove my deceased mother from your mailing list. How do I do that?" And poof, they get it done.
For Costco, however, I have to go to one of their store/warehouses and do it with customer service. What a PITA.
Got a couple of calls today for Tapestry360, the primary care clinics where I have volunteered on their board for a whole lot of years. Joint Commission is doing their triannual accreditation visit, and one of the key elements is a governance session where they quiz the board to make sure we know what is going on and what our role is. It's annoying.
But it has helped me crystallize my decision that I will resign from the Board at the end of my term in June next year. It will be 9 years, and that feels like enough. My heart isn't in it anymore.
Npt really liking this quick change to cool. Bring a little more summer back please.
I had to fire our cleaning ladies a couple of months ago (they were too unreliable and inconsistent in timing and keys) and decided to save money by doing it myself. Well, it turns out it's been over 20 years since I cleaned my own house, and I suck at it. The only saving grace is that this house is tiny so it doesn't take long. I should add sweeping/vacuuming to my daily tasks because that is the part that gets the grossest the fastest. Two dogs and two middle-aged people shed a lot of goddamn hair. Sometimes I think it's even worse than when we had the cats.
It's been a lot easier to get my parents off the junk mail lists than I thought. I do have to call each company, but most of them are the ones they were already getting (Costco, Viking Cruises, etc). I just call any number I find on the flyer or catalog, get to an operator, and say, "I need to remove my deceased mother from your mailing list. How do I do that?" And poof, they get it done.
For Costco, however, I have to go to one of their store/warehouses and do it with customer service. What a PITA.
Got a couple of calls today for Tapestry360, the primary care clinics where I have volunteered on their board for a whole lot of years. Joint Commission is doing their triannual accreditation visit, and one of the key elements is a governance session where they quiz the board to make sure we know what is going on and what our role is. It's annoying.
But it has helped me crystallize my decision that I will resign from the Board at the end of my term in June next year. It will be 9 years, and that feels like enough. My heart isn't in it anymore.
Npt really liking this quick change to cool. Bring a little more summer back please.