Feel like I got a lot done today. I mailed the response to the application that Kathy is attempting to get. Got six more rolls of stamps for the Detention Center.
Stopped by Dollar General and got some more letter size mailing envelopes. With all that has been going on the last two months with Max’s estate and Kathy’s stuff I have depleted my stock.
I stopped by the water department and paid my August bill. I had mailed my July bill on July 6 but they didn’t receive the check until July 30. Things that make me go WTF! I will hand deliver it from now on.
Stopped by the Detention Center to take the stamps and was able to talk to the Captain. I found out the problem with the stamps is the lady doing the cards with the Detainees pre-stamped a bunch of envelopes. The Center has received a lot more cards and envelopes that she wanted to offer to the Detainees but she had used all the stamps on other cards. They should have enough stamps now to last for several weeks although they may not have enough for all the cards they have.
The Captain expressed his deep appreciation for what the group is doing. They distributed the games that were ordered off the Amazon Wish List for the first time today and the response was a lot of excitement from the Detainees. The Captain made a point again to tell me that they are telling the Detainees where the new stuff is coming from and the Detainees send their thanks.
Jason wants to convert his rent to own contract to a seller finance deal which is good for me. I found out that due to tax regulations there is a minimum required interest rate that I have to charge. The Title Company I had contacted doesn’t do this type of deal so I reached out to my estate attorney. He didn’t call me back today but is usually prompt in getting back to me so I am expecting to hear from him tomorrow. If he doesn’t handle this type of deal I will have to find another attorney that can. Who knew this would get so complicated? Dang, sometimes the simple things are hard.
Did some housecleaning and got my desk cleaned off. I feel better organized now. Didn’t find anything that had slipped through the cracks although I did add a few things to my pending list so I don’t forget to follow-up on them.
The tree guy came and finished up the job today. There are still some limbs that look like they should have come down but what do I know? I trust him and the limbs I am seeing are small so if they come down they won’t do damage to anything. Good to have that project crossed of my list for this year.
I posted an update to the Detention Center project on three different facebook pages. I try to do that at least weekly and more often if things change. We should have enough money to go another 20 weeks or so unless something changes. I am still getting donations almost daily although they have slowed down. It should take lots less of my time as we continue this project into the future. I will do a Christmas push of some sort when the time is right and we can figure out what to give the Detainees. I probably will attempt to raise enough to give each of them a phone card. With 148 detained people it would cost $740 to give them each a $5 card. We shall see what happens. Christmas is a long ways away on one hand yet it will be here before I know it on the other hand.
KVOE has posted the radio interview that I did with them for the Feel Good Friday segment last week. I can’t figure out how to post the link to it but if you google KVOE Feel Good Friday it will take you to a page where you can click on Open Vault and you will find the recording. My voice sure sounds different when I hear it like that. The guy that did the interview did a nice job cutting and slicing and got the heart of the program in the short interview.
Got all my projects moved along today that I could. Now I am in a waiting pattern for something to happen before I can take any more steps of action. That beautiful in-between thing that seems to be a theme of mine this year.
No plans for the next couple of days. Trusting I will get some movement on some of the stalled pending projects and can get a few more wrapped up and completed.
The heat is to return tomorrow and through the rest of the week. We will be back in the 90’s for the rest of the week. It was sure nice to be in the 70’s and 80’s for a few days. Gave my electric bill a break. Kathy has done lots of yard work the last couple of days and took advantage of the cooler weather.
Sitting here thinking how things have a way of falling into the right places if you allow things to unfold in Universe’s time line and not mine. Patience is not always my strength although I am getting better at it. It helps to have a day where I get some things accomplished. Maybe I am on a roll and more things will get taken care of this week while I have all this empty space time.
Grateful for the Detention Center’s Captain and how he is allowing this project to happen, grateful for a productive day, and grateful for all the supporters of the Detention Center project.