(Me and my dad. And some smiling guy.)
First post of 2008, and it's already Jan. 6th. Well, nobody reads these anyway, so who cares?
What I've been up to the past few days:
- Did an Art Piece
- Got Screwed by a Tenant
Let's do the happier one first. I wanted to start this post with "So I was drilling Barbies in my garage last night" but thought I would explain. I did an art piece for MadLab whose theme was "The Painted Surface". I don't know if my piece will make it in, but I gave it a shot. It involves, hmmmm, here's Jason's dilemma; I do consider myself an artist, but the piece I created could offend a lot of people. So I'll just say here it involves Barbie dolls with paint-filled tubes going in and out. Well, I like it.
My tenant moving out is actually related to the above. I gave one of my tenants a huge break because her live-in aunt died but she still couldn't come up with the rent money so she had to leave. I didn't want to do anything to provoke her so I stayed in my house a lot of the day so she wouldn't see me out and about (one of my houses is just down the road from me). While I was under self-imposed house arrest I did my art piece.
So now I am going to have an empty house a week before I leave for Europe (and Morocco) for a week. I'm going over in an hour for a final inspection. I still need to make a list of everything to check before she goes. My goal today is to get her and change the locks. And set up some timers with lights and put the furnace on a low temperature. A realtor is coming over today to look at it (I'm not panic selling, but merely seeing all my options) and I've already put it up on Craigslist and listed it for Section 8 housing (which I've been advised against but the rent paid by the government would be more than what I've been charging by quite a bit).
So I'm trying to sit down and read the paper this morning, which of course turned into me scanning my Forklift Operator's Certificate and Motorcycle Training card because I don't want to lose them.
I now have a folder called Jason - Education, in which I want to scan all my educational stuff so I don't lose them. Speaking of which, I find it funny my first 2008 post is about a 2007 course.
2008 Resolutions
1. Don't use Snooze Alarm
2. Eat Out Only Once A Week
3. American Citizenship
I have some other ones as well, but they're private. Eating out only once a week I have decided goes from Sunday to Saturday in order to let me cave in and get Waffle House Sunday morning if need be.
And I'm single again. A very cool girl of almost 4 months and I wound up not working out. Gentleman, there's an awesome lady out there somewhere in Columbus.
I think my van needs transmission fluid. Here's a hint boys and girls; check the level after the engine has been running for a while.
Okay, off to listen to the BBC, make a cup of tea, and get ready for a move out inspection.
