Ok. Today is one of my least favorite kinds of day. And its a Monday to boot. For those of you unaware, we live in a wind tunnel. One of the windiest places in the US. At least when you dont take into account population. Thats why everyone says Chicago is windy. Our average wind speed is more than double theirs. This is the Fairfield Suisun delta area. We get what is charmingly called the “delta breeze”. The wind comes off the delta at a smart clip. Today, I would estimate, it is blowing 40 – 60 mph with gusts up to 25mph higher. Funny thing, we hardly take notice. I have lived in this area of the country since 1990. So windy is windy. When the house starts swaying, and it does, it can make you worry. No sway today. Haha. Also, our house is out in the middle of miles and miles of flat farmland. So the wind has nothing to stop it. It is a wonderful place. And to think I swept the leaves yesterday. I see more of that in the near future. Our new home in Auburn is tucked down a ways in a canyon so will not get anywhere near the severe weather we get here. I do look forward to no wind. I will not miss it.
Today looks like another slow day. I am going to workout before work. Thats it.
Today is my father in laws birthday. 80 years old. Yikes. He had open heart surgery a month ago. Fell on the stairs last week and busted 10 ribs. But today he is 80 so even with the knocks and bruises he got there. Congratulations and happy birthday!!
I do have one meeting in my office today, with an IT guy regarding a website and SEO and managing my online presence. I am not so interested in it but if someone else wants to manage it for me, I might be interested.
I have to respond to an audit notice for a client as well. She lives in WA and I am here in Sacramento so I would need to get it transferred to here. I can think of many solutions, but have to see what the bad guys are willing to do.
Time to ready myself for the workout.
Usual hour workout, no excitement or injuries. I did get a chance to speak to the boss at the gym. She had not contacted me since I started there to give me a new workout. Turns out they are having an IT problem. Her iphone was not communicating with any of the gym members so she did not send any workouts or changes. What a pain. I am meeting her at 830 tomorrow to set up a new workout. Yay. Same old workout does get boring.
After workout and on the way to work, I stopped at the UPS store to ship the Maine in laws their Christmas presents. Only 71$. Yikes. About as much as we spent on the package contents. I went to the bank next to cash a check.
Then off to the office. Drive was not extraordinary. Again, thats what we want.
Work was hardly inspired. I managed to respond to the IRS for a client who received an audit notice from the IRS. Tomorrow I need to respond to another notice the same client received from the IRS for the same tax year. Not common. But I need to attempt the fix. I received about 10 phone calls too. It seemed like one on top of another. One was just a call to review his bill and then he made a payment on the bill. Thats a good call. All the others were just noise. One was just a very persistent salesman. Please go away. And maybe drop dead. Ok? Thanks. I am always amazed at how I can stay at work all day. Do things. Accomplish things. Yet, at the end of the day, I am unable to recall what I did all day. It sucks because I have nothing to write about. Also, I spend 1/3 of my day on forgettable work. That does not say much for what I do. Or maybe I just need a new job.
I met with Kyle Porter. He is an IT guy of sorts. He is going to re-jigger my website and manage my businesses online exposure. Maybe bring me more work to complain about. I can only hope. Funny coincidence, on Friday I got a sales call from a company that does the same thing. Immediately after that call, I received a text from Kyle that said he was back to doing this type of work having just left his last job. How strange to get these calls together. I hired Kyle.
After he left, it was getting late. I made several calls to referrals who had called me. Then I left for home. On the drive I called Marika. We had traded calls during the day. She had called just to catch up on her day and mine. Otherwise drive was nothing unusual.
Hey, great news, I got home and Emily had made enchiladas and chile relleno casserole for dinner. Is that awesome? So dinner was most excellent. Not much else going. Emily told me she is going to make meatloaf later this week. This is big news. That means meatloaf sandwiches!!
We are about to go do dishes which means Emily is ready for bed. Thats last.