Two more, Tardy, A plan

On Sunday I decided that installing three new fans in my house was just not enough. I bought two additional fans to replace the existing fans in the great room and kitchen. The fan in the kitchen did not work already so it was not very hard to justify pulling the trigger. The idea of having the same fans throughout the house appealed to me as well just as having the same counters and cabinets in the house did.

The fans came yesterday but the longer down rods that I needed did not. I figured I would get ahead of the curve by doing what I could awhile. I first removed both of the old fans. The kitchen fan had some odd rust around the mounting point that could be related to it’s failure. Getting the mounting bracket for the old fan out was a PIA because of the decision someone in the past made to use wood style screws instead of machine bolts to attach to the electrical box. One of them would not turn out conventionally and required me to get a vice grips on the head to yank it out via brute force.

I assembled the new fans as far as I could without the down rods and got the new brackets mounted to the ceiling. Once those rods show up I should be able get both fans up, hanging and juiced up in around an hour, hopefully. Once completed I am hoping my fan hanging days are over for awhile.

I mentioned last week how I initiated the recast of my mortgage by wiring a huge amount of money to the mortgage company. The other part of the process was to have them Fedex me some paperwork that had to be signed and notarized. That was supposed to be sent out asap, well it wasn’t.

I have called twice now to see what’s up, the last time being yesterday. When I called late last week the rep told me to not worry, he was just busy but would get that paperwork in Fedex’s hands by Friday meaning I would have it Monday. I gave him another couple days of leeway before calling again yesterday. The reason there is a concern about timing is I do not want to make another payment at the old rate on November 1. If this does not get processed in time it would be a $2500 whoops which I am not going to allow to happen.

When I called yesterday I got a different rep and she was able to tell me the paperwork was supposed to be in my hands by today. I can only hope her accuracy is more on point than her co-worker. Doing what you say you are going to do seems to be a big problem with so many people. My tendency to put such importance on following through on what I state I will do creates conflict with the majority of the population that does not have the same concerns, it must be nice.

This weekend I have plans for a three day weekend in Siesta Key which is close to Sarasota. I used to frequent Siesta Key a couple times a year when I was playing beach volleyball tournaments in the first 5-6 years of my living in Florida. The beach there is amazing. I have never gone there for simply pleasure. I am hoping to have a great weekend.

I know I have said this a number of times but 2023 feels like it has had more significant ups and downs than a number of prior years combined. In the end I know I am very, very fortunate in may ways to have found my way to where I am albeit via an extremely twisted road that has doubled back on itself many times. It’s all about the journey, not a destination.