Today is Monday. It’s Emily’s first day of vacation. And Marika’s. Not mine. I gotta work. Its nine am and I have already received 3 work calls. People find you wherever you are. They just want to torment me. Gonna get worse soon. I really need to hire one more person, probably a tax preparer. My buddy Dave K is available. He would handle some of the overflow but I am not sure how he would sync with the rest of the crew. I can handle all the returns but I can lose the timeliness that my clients want. The work tends to show up in mass and thats the issue. Its like Friday night at a popular restaurant every day in my office till April 15. You just need a little help. Of course, the big issue is I have to pay Dave and that comes out of my pocket. And I am a cheap bastard. And I like to keep my money. So I can blow it on beer and skittles. Just a few thoughts and bon mots.
Monday. What else? Nothing. No, we are having dinner in Auburn tonight with our friends Dan and Susan. I found a nice place on Yelp, less than a mile from our new place. Caribbean. Sounds great, 4.5 stars. Only one problem, no booze, just beer and wine. I will get over it. Knowing Dan, he will bring his own bottle of extra fine wine. He travels with his own bottles. I am really looking forward to dinner.
Now is the time for morning activities. I stay home too late when Em is home. But gotta get ready.
I went to work. Straight to work. No stops. I need to go to the bank but sis not makenit today. I have plentybto do today. Client Frank showed up and we went through his docu sign for the tax mitigation plan we created for him. Todays tasks got his trust created finally. Related to that plan was the interview, with another company member, to complete due diligence on the plan. We are very close to done and its only been two years.
I had alot of other minor tasks to complete to get me closer to the end of the day. I spoke to my buddy Bob and invited him to dinner in Auburn. He said he would call later. I tried to make a reservation but you need six and I only had four.
I was able to call the county building dept to ask questions on setbacks. They did not answer their phones. I sent an email. I also found, and forwarded, a parcel map to my contractor. Then I finally was able to contact PARC which is a group that polices the American River Canyon to keep development at bay. I was looking for buy in on our project. Spoke to a really nice and helpful guy who reassured me I would be able to build. All this sounds good.
Bob texted back, he wanted a ride ti Auburn. Hes in. I called the restaurant, reaervation for six please, at 7.
I left work and picked up Bob and Renee and we headed up the hill. Emily was trailing and Dan and Susan were coming from Nevada City. The three of us got there about 650. Early. So I got gas. Then we went to eat. Emily was just arriving. We joined up and went in. The reat of our prty was in the bar. Surprise.
We got our table and had a really nice time. The restaurant is called Joe Caribe and serves Caribbean style food. We had a really nice meal, service was great. And not too expensive. Everybody had a great time. Nice to see friends. Dan and Susan had come up to Maine this past summer to stay with us. And Bob and Renee we are able to see more often but itbwas just a nice time.
We all went to look at our property after dinner. Sadly we could not see the view in the dark. No moon. Oh well. Will need a party after house is done. It was fun to see it in the dark for the first time.
We went home after all the excitement. Time for bed. A little TV news before.