I awoke so far ahead of my alarm that I made a coffee and settle on the couch with a book I am trying to read but don’t seem to make the time for. I love reading and I forget that for months and years even before I remember, in my bones, my love of words and travelling through time and space via a good book. I am currently newly into The Book of Joy with His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. It is a very appropriate read in these trying times and even in my own life story rewrite happening. I need to settle into the love of a book again. Turn off my brain and numbers for a bit. I may bring it to work to take breaks on occasion sitting in the sun.
I will be very glad when my client’s audit is over. It is hard to take on a file after there have been so many issues the previous bookkeeper is gone. I am stressed to find and to figure out how to fix the issues. I took a break midafternoon to go get a Blizzard at Dairy Queen. $6.30 for a medium! I had no idea they were so expensive. It shall be a treat not a solace going forward. At the end of the workday for the ‘Others’ down the hall there was a recenlty bottled sangria shared round which was a lovely break before getting on with more subsidies. I loathe this side of the Covid-19 disfunction. The government supplies money and we have to figure out how much our clients are entitled to while running the risk of differences found in review. It is new to all of us and I can only show my work and hope for the best. I second guess my self constantly. It was always a problem for me, even in school as I see the result and can’t always clearly show each step to get there. Now I need to as it may be some time before the audits/reviews begin from the government but they will come and I will have documented all I did. Even if I was wrong I will be able to show my work and that there was no intention to get more than their share.
I came home around 6 and there were boxes on my porch of Jake’s baby things that he had left at his sisters when he moved away. I had to put them up in the top of my closet for now. I still miss him being here and am not willing to get emotional at the moment.
I messaged the woman who bought my bed frame, which was Jake’s from when we lived on Salt Spring Island. My friend Russ turned a few bits into a lovely captains bed for my son that has served many family members well over the last decade and a half. He died a while back, I am glad it has gone to a friend. They picked it up and within 10 minutes a huge storm blew in and out again. I suppose I will get used to this eventually. Or maybe not..
Got ready just in time for my Zoom tupperware party for the Building Manager at the GroundFloor. There were only 4 of us but it was enjoyable and I hope she gets enough orders to get some free stuff!
I want to stay up long enough to see the comet that is supposed to be amazing right now but I would have to go for a drive or wait until I am sure I can’t see it from here. I can see Big Dipper and Cassiopeia but no comets. I suppose it could be behind the trees a few yards over but I had some wine and am not going to go driving now. My friends have taken some great pics and if I had an awesome camera, I may be more inclined. So now.. to bed.
triumphgal 