| An abundance of workmen are currently plaguing me, adding to the overall persecution issue that I have. First off, there is the ongoing gas line replacement that Hudson is undergoing. They went away for a few weeks and I thought they were done but no, now they are back. Not only are they back they want to come inside and dick around in our basement for three hours on Monday morning. Then, we are having our driveway dug up and repaved. The thing is a mess and will not make it through another winter. And the same goes for the gutters, something Martha has been avoiding talking about. The siding people are coming back to rework all the trim around the windows and a few other things that they should have done right in the first place.
All this and a few other distractions have left me flustered, with my ADD working overtime. I'm so unfocused that while on the phone with Martha last week, I threw money in the trash and put receipts in my wallet.
Anyway, Jasmine took her 'final' final last week and now we wait. Tick, tick, tick. She said it was hard but she's sure she passed. Wasting no time at all, her health insurance sent us a letter informing us that if she is no longer a full-time student that they will no longer cover her. We or rather Martha, is going to have to start paying COBRA until Jasmine gets her shit together. Not only are we (Martha) going to have to pay COBRA but also her rent, and anything else that she can't cover. Martha said she wants to start claiming Jazz as a dependant, checking the box on the COBRA form for: Continuously incapable of self-sustaining employment as a result of a mental or physical handicap.
On the cool and exciting side of things, it looks like Jazz is going to be moving into her new apartment this coming weekend. How thrilling for her. Martha, who is living vicariously through her, is planning our trip to the 'Purgh' at the end of the month. We are going to spend five nights and four days in the lovely city of Pittsburgh. I haven't been back since September of 2000 so I'm looking forward to it. Martha wants to visit friends, go out to dinner and maybe a Baseball game. She also wants to drive around Mt Lebanon looking at her old house, various schools and general memory lane type stuff.
She also wants to go buy this two-bedroom condominium and move there, with or without the rest of us.
Aside from spending time with Jasmine, I want to visit my dead grandparents and go to the record store. Somehow that seems perfect. What the hell else am I going to do there? I have like one friend there, whom I will visit and of course I will be shooting photos but with some of the best records stores in the country located there, um yeah, I'm going to the record store. That and the fantastic Red, White and Blue. |  | | Escapes |  | | Subway Truck |  | | Barn Dance |  | | Mountain View |  | | Evening Fog |  | | Tribeca Bridge |  | | Among The Giants | |
