Grand, You Are Life
Well, what’s gone on in the life of Profunksticated since last we talked?
The Spouse has finally gotten her workers’ comp case settled and in the mail arrived a check for a relatively paltry amount for all the aggravation, but I cannot complain. At least it helps us to bring current all those overdue bills. Now we gotta try to keep ‘em current and that means a closer watching of the pennies.
Let’s see, what else? The Spouse’s godfather, Uncle F, whom we visited last fall in a nursing home, passed away. Seems Uncle F was kind of angry with his 50-something son (something about the son not wanting to follow Dad into the family auto repair business) to the point of cutting the sone out of the will and leaving everything to The Spouse, Mom-in-Law and Spouse’s sister. I can’t wait to hear how that plays out.
Pro’s still hanging with the social services consulting firm. It’s been nearly six months, at which point the company could hire me without paying my agency a fee — or not, thus keeping this current temporary proposal specialist arrangement going indefinitely. In the meantime, I’ve reached out to a higher-level person in the company, an African American female vice president who works for one of the divisions that actually brings in the money. She said we could do lunch or dinner this week. Look, I’m not trying to stay stuck in some functional department for another six years like I did at my last company. I’m trying to get into the game and I’m hoping this woman can tell me how.
Hmm, what else can I think of? Oh yeah, my younger brother is still dealing with his wife’s death in March. Since he works days, my mother and sister have been taking turns traveling to his house to be there when the 13-year-old arrives home from school. There are days we still can’t believe she’s gone.
Daughter is still recovering nicely from being struck by a car. She’s moving into off-campus housing with several roommates, which is good since the prices this university charges for on-campus housing are outrageous.
I guess I have to say that life these days is grand.
