It was the first weekend in New York after returning from our cruise, and I wasn't sure if my legs would hold up. If I were sure of when I'd be meeting Maria to notarize my FBR paperwork, I'd have gone to RQS's house as Marian. But, as is often the case with Maria, I couldn't count on her schedule to work as planned. Since I'd possibly be driving to Maria's on Monday, I decided to present as Mario through the weekend for convenience.
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On Friday, I had a visit with the foot doctor, and that scotched the idea of me driving to RQS's place on Friday. Instead, I planned to leave on Saturday morning. But first, I had to stop at the bank and change my account relationship from "private banking" to "generic customer". This would allow me to free up money I have in the bank, so it can be moved to my investment account at another institution. Although the banker I dealt with made the change (or so he claimed), the private banking relationship still showed up on my account later on. (It's something that may have to be fixed with another visit to the bank.)
Once done with the bank, I drove down to RQS's place. There was virtually no traffic, and I made it to RQS's place in roughly an hour and a half. Since I was up early that morning, I took a nap on arrival. Sadly, one of our favorite places for dinner was closed (probably permanently) so we were stuck with ordering a pizza for dinner. Now, this is not much of an event, but the quality of person who does delivery these days leaves a lot to be desired. In this case, the person was trying to deliver the pizza to an apartment across the street from RQS's place. (We got that fixed.) All too often, many of the last mile delivery services/personnel screws up delivery - the gig economy attracts the lowest skilled workers and pays them what they're worth - almost nothing. One gets what one pays for.
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Sunday came, and we stayed in our Jammies all day. The only reason I bothered showering was because I had to apply an ointment to my feet twice each day. So, if I have to clean my feet, then I might as well clean the rest of me too. (I certainly sound like an old geezer saying this.) I did make it outside, only to do two things: (1) Make sure that there were no temporary no-parking signs on the street which would force me to leave early, and (2) to pick up a 12-pack of soda that I could drink on my next visit.
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Monday was a day of movement. After showering and treating my feet, I loaded my car with my heavy suitcase (left at RQS's place following my cruise), then drove RQS to a donation center where she could drop off some stuff.
On my way home, I got a call from our co-op's site manager. She needed copies of two months' of meeting minutes, so that she could be fully prepared for a lawsuit in which we were involved in landlord/tenant court. The woman affected by this dispute has been a problem to the co-op and its residents. In April, she disrupted our yearly shareholders' meeting, and I wanted for the co-op to be rid of this person as soon as possible. (Where is the fictional Don Corleone when a friend needs a favor?😃) Although I couldn't get the paperwork to our site manager in a timely manner, it appears that we will be able to win our case by this time next week.
