A little late today, but still here

I'm a little late getting here today, but it's before midnight, so it's still today and here I am

All-in-all, not a bad day yesterday or today.  I finally got the refund for the cancelled concert that I had purchased tickets for and today's U.S. mail included the tickets for the concert series that my daughter and I will be attending over the summer months.  Yay!!!  I had been waiting for those since ordering them, wondering when they would come.  I finally got shipping notice the other day, and thankfully today the package arrived.  7 shows spread throughout the summer, first show coming up next weekend.  Nothing like cutting the mailing close to the first show in the series, but again, the tickets are here, and I'm getting really psyched for the shows.

We visited the personal injury lawyer's office today, signed some preliminary paperwork to get things moving towards a settlement with the insurance company for the tow truck driver that ran over my wife (his truck straight over her car).  My in-laws were at the meeting and sadly my mother-in-law broke down a bit as we were wrapping the meeting up.  The loss has been hard on her as she and my father-in-law both leaned heavily on my wife for support and friendship.

I took the day off from work today so I could sleep in a bit and have time to get ready for the meeting.  That allowed me more time to clean up things.  I had started yesterday, knowing that I'd get to sleep in a bit.  Several more boxes and bins of various items.  Some toys and other items, and a bunch of books that I thought my sister might find useful.  (If not her, then someone else with youngsters).  I felt bad for my dad as he was coming by to drop off a chair my mom had bought for me at the thrift store that my she volunteers at.  My son was supposed to have been here, but was late in catching up so dad did a fair amount of unloading of the chair on his own.  While it wasn't terribly heavy, he didn't need to be lugging it by himself.  Worse, once he unloaded the chair, he was left to load up all of the stuff I had stacked up for him to take away.  A table full.

Worse still, no sooner did I get the table cleared off, I've since "restocked" it with items that were in boxes and bins that were under the table until this afternoon/evening.  Whew.  Hard to tell, but I am actually making a lot of progress in cleaning and clearing the house.  Sadly for me I've got a box full of papers that will need to be run through the shredder I have.  It'll take me a while to shred all of that stuff as I can only do a reasonable amount each day otherwise I'd potentially burn up the shredder's motor.  I'll go through it patiently, but I'll also be very glad when that stack is gone.

Again on the bad news side, even after getting rid of the current pile I have several more stacks or bins that I need to go through.  My wife collected an awful lot of paper throughout the home.  Much of which is now very old and long since no longer needed.  Thank god for the digital age and instant access to old bank statements and such.  It makes it so much easier and cleaner for everyone.

Oh well, getting sleepy and gonna be back at work tomorrow, so better run for now.  Hopefully back again tomorrow.