Today’s Business: 2010-09-29
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010Today’s Activities
- Shower. DONE.
- Cat duty. DONE.
- Vacuum upstairs. IN PROGRESS.
- Make sure all of Mom’s borrowed books have been returned to the library. IN PROGRESS. All have been returned except one.
- Watch all pending episodes of NBC’s Nightly News. IN PROGRESS.
- Request disbursement on behalf of the WPSBC Alumni Association in order to fund the braille printer repairs; per the organization’s wishes. DONE.
Log
09:05 AM: I’m up.
11:05 AM: [Tad] called to provide me instructions on who to send the money too for the braille printer repairs that the WPSBC Alumni Association voted to fund at the 2010 convention. But, as it turns out, we haven’t enough money in checking for this. So I’m requesting a disbursement from our investments firm now.
12:00 PM: Talked to Mom’s dentist about the partial she was having made. I explained that she’s in a nursing facility for an indefinite period and so we don’t know when or if she’ll be able to continue this project. So they placed her account on hold and said that we need to make no more payments on it until such time that Mom is ready to continue.
01:25 PM: Left message with the WPSBC Alumni Association‘s financial advisor, requesting the disbursement. She’s always quick to return my calls. So I hope to hear back from her in the next day or two.
02:00 PM: Continued rounding up Mom’s library books. As of today, all books, including those borrowed through her friends, have been returned to the library, except for one: The Proposal by Lorri Wick. I’m continuing to look for that one.
02:40 PM: The WPSBC Alumni Association financial advisor called me back. The disbursement I’ve requested has been initiated. Nice!
03:15 PM: Holly dropped off some blueberries. They’re getting expensive now that they’re going out of season, so it seems.
03:55 PM: I wrote change of address letters to businesses we do business with, per the E911 project. Yes, we’re still trying to get our address updated with all interested parties over a year later. But, they don’t accept these requests over the phone anymore. Grrrrrr. Seems like we must spend too much overhead for security. I mean, I had all the information they would have cared to ask to verify my identity. But that didn’t matter. They still demanded letters be sent. What a pain. 
04:15 PM: Left a message with Mom’s financial planner. He was supposed to call this week to schedule an appointment to discuss Mom’s health care and her money. But he must have gotten busy or something, as I’ve heard nothing from him. Hopefully, he’ll call back tomorrow.
04:55 PM: Found a refund check Mom received last October from a department store credit card company. Unfortunately she did not cash the check before it expired 180 days after its issuance. So, I called this company’s customer service department and they instructed me to sent a letter and a copy of the expired check. This effort is complicated by the fact that I’m acting as Mom’s power of attorney, and this requires that I provide them a copy of those papers as well. More grrrrrrrr! Well anyhow, I FAXed the letter and check, and will follow up with another call tomorrow afternoon. Boy, this is sure a lot of effort just to get $52 back. But I just hate that this company will get this money, which belongs to Mom, if I do not act. So, here I am, acting, and liking it none too much. Gripe!
06:10 PM: Watched today’s episode of The Young and the Restless on the DVR.
08:00 PM: Discovered a drawer full of loose papers, bills, and manuals in the downstairs office. So I spent the past couple hours filing those and pitching what’s no longer needed.
09:20 PM: Talked with sister Diane, and I told her about the letter I received today from Mom’s medical insurance company. They’re not going to cover a run through an intense physical therapy program for Mom at Health South. They feel she can get effective care where she is right now.
10:00 PM: Talked with [Emmy] on the phone.
10:45 PM: Well, I’m getting warmer. I located an estimate for the replacement of both the furnace and water heater after the 2004 flood. That company actually did the work back then. So my case for warranty replacement of the water heater just got a little stronger. Darn, if I could just that sales receipt (the smoking gun), I’d have a rock-solid case. It must be nearby.
12:20 AM: Watched the 2010-09-13 through 2010-09- 20 episodes of NBC’s Nightly News news show throughout the day on the DVR.
12:30 AM: To bed with me. Good night.
Received Mail and Shipments
- Gas bill ($26.57 this month).
- Mom’s pension pay stub.
- Misc. insurance papers for Mom.