Not going in

I did the snooze thing for a while then I must have shut off the alarm because the next thing I know it is 7:45. If I can come up with just two properties to show this woman I will be okay. She told me she is due at the end of May, her husband (partner, as people like to call people these days) "installs and maintains high end stereo, sound and security equipment." Those are my words. Sounds shady, right? Their guarantor (if they need one) is in California. That is not good. Lots of landlords only want to accept NY State guarantors. The reason is that if everything goes sour and litigation ensues, often conducting a protracted legal battle in another state can be very costly and require an attorney be retained in that state. Yikes.

One of the places I was thinking of showing them is a place where I believe each applicant needs to qualify on his or her own and guarantors can only be from the Tri-State area. I may show it anyway. The other place is easy peasy.

I better meditate my ass off before my appointment at 12. There is a bit of a feeling of doing my homework late on a Sunday night or cleaning frantically right before the housekeeper arrives (which my brother and I ALWAYS had to do.) I have always hated excuses, but I also hate not being ready.

A Grandma Update: A call from grandma's niece last night let me know she isn't doing well. The healing from her fall is going slow and she seems to be in more pain than she was a couple of weeks ago. Things are slipping off her plate, like getting medication refills and really advocating for herself in terms of getting doctor's appointments in a timely fashion. An angel sent from West Palm Beach is handling the situation. This niece (whom I have never met) is taking control of things in a way I completely respect and appreciate and helping grandma get an aide to come to her apartment a few times a week. It will and already gives me tremendous peace of mind to know my grandma is not nearly as alone as I thought she was and that she is going to have some help soon. And that it isn't me doing it.

I have some decent clients right now, I have a check coming in today, I feel alright, things are pretty good.