I did it again, I almost typed October up there. Glad I caught myself in time. At least it is warmer today than it was at this time yesterday. (29* instead of 28* LOL). It's supposed to get into the mid-50s later on like it did in the afternoon.
I had a relatively busy day yesterday. I didn't do anything big but I took down all of the indoor Halloween decorations to go back in the attic. I scrapped a bit and did some desk work. I am frustrated by the State of NJ. We have notoriously high property taxes and for households that are under a certain income/disabled/seniors, we can apply for a tax rebate. It's not a lot, but anything is better than nothing. My account status shows the rebate was processed and sent direct deposit on Oct 12. The website says that all funds should be dispersed by Nov 1st. I waited until the first before I started to worry about where the money was. It's definitely *not* in my bank account. I would notice any increase in it
Called the state hotline, went through alllll of the prompts, and got a message saying "Due to a high volume, your call can not be connected, please try again later blah blah blah. Disconnect."
Who else has experienced that? All of you?
I'm going to have to try again today.
I was extra happy that Scott came for dinner last night. Caitlyn has had an awful week at work and needed the insanity of dinner with Scott to lift her mood. Registration for next semester opened up yesterday (at 4 pm, which is 30 minutes before her dept closes!) and she had non-stop calls and emails and appointments with students and more than a few parents. She has a huge caseload (~170 students) and she covers TAS (theoretical and applied sciences) which is one of the more complicated degree paths. She has a lot of good students who stay on top of her communications to get meetings and holds released so they can register. OTOH, there are more than enough who ignore her emails and then can't register for classes because a hold on their account can't be lifted. They try the "but I didn't know I needed to meet with you first." She brings the receipts-- emails, the autogenerated notifications they get when they log into their accounts, etc. She gets frustrated by the parents who give her s*** and then thanks me and Gary for not getting involved. Why would we, she was an adult and knew more about the school/classes than we did, you know? We would guide her when she asked but never even thought about calling the college for her.
Anyway, she got verbally beat up by a few, and Scott -- just by being Scott - had her feeling so much better.
Other than calling NJ again and my mom (which will be easier?
) I don't have too much to do here. If it warms up enough, I might head out for a hike this afternoon. Gary has been feeling pretty miserable so I don't think he'll want to come with me, but I'll ask just in case.
HAGD and Happy Friday!
I had a relatively busy day yesterday. I didn't do anything big but I took down all of the indoor Halloween decorations to go back in the attic. I scrapped a bit and did some desk work. I am frustrated by the State of NJ. We have notoriously high property taxes and for households that are under a certain income/disabled/seniors, we can apply for a tax rebate. It's not a lot, but anything is better than nothing. My account status shows the rebate was processed and sent direct deposit on Oct 12. The website says that all funds should be dispersed by Nov 1st. I waited until the first before I started to worry about where the money was. It's definitely *not* in my bank account. I would notice any increase in it
Called the state hotline, went through alllll of the prompts, and got a message saying "Due to a high volume, your call can not be connected, please try again later blah blah blah. Disconnect."Who else has experienced that? All of you?
I'm going to have to try again today.
I was extra happy that Scott came for dinner last night. Caitlyn has had an awful week at work and needed the insanity of dinner with Scott to lift her mood. Registration for next semester opened up yesterday (at 4 pm, which is 30 minutes before her dept closes!) and she had non-stop calls and emails and appointments with students and more than a few parents. She has a huge caseload (~170 students) and she covers TAS (theoretical and applied sciences) which is one of the more complicated degree paths. She has a lot of good students who stay on top of her communications to get meetings and holds released so they can register. OTOH, there are more than enough who ignore her emails and then can't register for classes because a hold on their account can't be lifted. They try the "but I didn't know I needed to meet with you first." She brings the receipts-- emails, the autogenerated notifications they get when they log into their accounts, etc. She gets frustrated by the parents who give her s*** and then thanks me and Gary for not getting involved. Why would we, she was an adult and knew more about the school/classes than we did, you know? We would guide her when she asked but never even thought about calling the college for her.
Anyway, she got verbally beat up by a few, and Scott -- just by being Scott - had her feeling so much better.
Other than calling NJ again and my mom (which will be easier?
) I don't have too much to do here. If it warms up enough, I might head out for a hike this afternoon. Gary has been feeling pretty miserable so I don't think he'll want to come with me, but I'll ask just in case.HAGD and Happy Friday!
Time sure flies!) It's such a pain b/c I don't know how to dress aside from layers, lots of layers. haha!
) Warm flushes is a great description of what I am feeling. I noticed it more at the end of the day and I kept thinking it was just from standing over the hot stove. But as I feel it happening on occasion in the morning, maybe that is what it is.
... but it has saved my butt several times already. Yes, I did get 
put out just in time yesterday. They came about 15 minutes after I wheeled them out!! So sorry that Cait is feeling overwhelmed with the students signing up. A night with the family and Scott was what she needed to unwind. 
I will come back later in the day and get my layout posted in the gallery and try to do some more scrapping. I have some Halloween photos that I need to work on so that I can use them for my October 2024 Calendar page. All the ones that I post on FaceBook are from the calendar I did last year and I thank those of you who leave love on my facebook page 
. Ok I need to get going and meet up with my DH, hopefully no side effects from this shot. (fingers crossed!).
