Last night was First Friday, but I skipped the art
galleries. I worked out at the gym instead. I needed it. I met
some new people and some old friends at Harry's Country Club, then we
went to the Brick. The Smiths and The Cure cover/tribute bands
last night were somewhat good. Some social time to break up the on-call
weekend was also good. The attempts at entertainment which followed
were a good sign to call it a night. Temptations is not worth the
cover charge. Some fast food and a get-together at Scott's new
apartment was a good way to end it. It was dawn when I arrived
home.
Today, I recovered from being out so late by sleeping a lot, washing
laundry, watching TV, and answering my phone repeatedly. Aside from
times at other people's houses, I really haven't watched TV for a
couple of weeks. I have enough shows recorded on the DVR to waste the
entire remainder of the holiday weekend, if I so choose. Meanwhile, I
set up new accounting software for my increasingly more complicated
property management ventures. I have a move-out and a move-in this
weekend. Over the next few days I have to videotape the condition
of the move-out and write a damage invoice, do some painting and mowing
on a
vacant one, plus some rent collection. The first was yesterday, ya'll.
My bank account does this really scary first of the month rents-in,
mortgages-out rollercoaster depending what posts first and if all the
tenants paid. My tenants pay, but they tend to pay on their
schedule. I have some cushion, but I rely on these freaks to be
as honest with me as I am flexible with them. "So, you paid your warrants instead of your rent and you
want to pay on the 17th? Well, you being in jail is no good for either of
us, so that'll be okay if you can pay a quarter of the rent now and the
late fee with the rest of it." This software
should give me a handle on these situations when they compound and
track the tax deductions. I
need 'em.
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