I didn’t fall asleep until about 6:00 this morning. I got a phone call at 8:30. It was from the glass company that I had ordered a shower door from. They told me they magically could have it in by next Friday. Initially they had told me it would take six to eight weeks. Not sure why the change. I told them to cancel the order as I had found something much cheaper elsewhere.
I was able to go back to sleep for a bit. Have felt very tired all day though. Not sure what night I am on that I have not been able to fall asleep close to the normal time. One of these days I will crash and burn and sleep the clock around.
Went to Emporia around noon. I stopped at City Hall and paid my water bill on the way out of town. Went to the Vet’s office to pick up flea and tick medication for the dogs and cats. Went to Walmart and picked up a prescription. Stopped at Taco Bell and used part of a gift card that I had gotten for Christmas to buy my lunch.
Stopped at the bank in CWF on my way to Emporia to open a new checking account for Love in Action, Inc. The lady that I needed to see was out to lunch so I left the paperwork and went back after my trip to town. I was able to get the account open. She gave me at least 30 pieces of paper about the account and I must have signed my name ten times. I will have to take some time to read through all the paperwork. Government regulations at its best -NOT!
A lady called me from St. Luke’s Hospital with pre-admission instructions. She called me while I was at the Vet office so I called her back after I got home. She was efficient and sent me written instructions to cover what we talked about. I have to stop several of my medications one week prior to surgery, some the day before and some I take the day of surgery. Hope I can keep it all straight. I need to remember to buy a bar of Dial Soap as I am to use that to wash all of my body both the day before surgery and the morning of. She moved up the time I am to be at the hospital to 6:15. Grateful I decided to go up the night before and spend the night at a hotel near the hospital. I am the doctor’s first patient of the day which means I should go back on schedule.
Attempted to open a Venmo account in the name of Love in Action, Inc. I can’t do that. IRS requires you send donors a form at the end of the year if a donor has given you more than $250. Venmo doesn’t give you the information you need for that. I have to use PayPal or explore one of the other app options. All of the options have a service fee involved. Dang it anyways. Silly me to think this would be easy! I got frustrated and had to set it down for the day. I’ll go back to it tomorrow and do what I need to do.
I spent some time reading about the tax requirements for a nonprofit. Dang, I can’t seem to get rid of tax complications! Hopefully I can do them myself. We do some small business returns with my tax work at AARP so I am familiar with the forms. Luckily I don’t anticipate lots of donations over $250 if this year is like the first year of it.
Anyone work with a nonprofit and have suggestions for me? I would welcome them.
There is a cause and effect from everything you do. I solved one problem with Love in Action by getting it out of my personal accounts yet created other problems with creating the nonprofit. Sometimes I feel like I spend my time chasing my tail.
No plans for the weekend other than figuring out how to receive donations for Love in Action and getting that set up. There is always housecleaning that could be done if the motivation finds me. It rarely does so am thinking I am safe from that!
Next week I have a haircut Monday mid day and a doctor’s appointment in Topeka Wednesday morning. Still have lots of empty space on my calendar. Today that feels soothing and welcoming to my soul.
I’ve had a very snotty nose the last couple of days. My throat gets sore but that only lasts for a few hours. No fever. No cough. Just lots of snot. Maybe my body is confused with the spring like conditions – I have a tree that is trying to bud out new leaves. Maybe my body thinks it is time for spring allergies.
I didn’t get any groceries today. Walmart was packed and I wasn’t in the mood for crowds. The line to get to the pharmacy was long enough for my patience level today. I will get some Monday when I go in and get my haircut.
So far I am still on my spending freeze. Haven’t been tempted by anything yet. I do give myself three strikes until I have to say I am done. My game – my rules – right? It is fun to play with myself and see how long I can go without buying something that isn’t edible or needed for the pets.
Sitting and thinking about cause and effect. I tend to jump in without thinking everything completely through. I knew some things about a nonprofit but didn’t know the issue with Venmo. I guess it makes sense but I don’t like paying service fees. I think I could bypass it but then there might be consequences I am unaware of now for that. One knows what one knows until you know more.
Grateful the bank account for Love in Action is open, grateful things work out sooner or later, and grateful I am somewhat flexible and can adjust to new learnings.