State of the Me-nion
Apr. 20th, 2010 04:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
grammarwomanMany apologies for the twee subject line. This post has been accumulating itself in my brain for what seems like weeks now, and nothing else would do for it.
I really fucking hate paperwork, fine print, phone calls, and all attendant annoying minutiae thereof. The resolution of the red tape of the past few weeks has included:
Registering the Emperor for kindergarten - now we wait to see what school he's been assigned. (Stupid lottery system.) I was told that we'd be informed by the end of April. MEH on waiting.
Taxes - finally submitted April 14th after several false starts and misunderstandings. State of Illinois gets big kisses from me for already processing our return. YAY on money.
Mortgage - hoops jumped through and all forms duly signed. The bad news was that the house appraisal came in not at the 20 grand over our original purchase price that our property taxes are being billed at, but at 2 grand over the purchase price. *sigh* At least we get to appeal the tax bill when it comes. Also, we cleared out our home equity loan and lowered our monthly mortgage payment by $100. Best of all, it's DONE, after being obsessed over for a year.
FSA - FLAMES ON THE SIDE OF MY FACE. Seriously! I get that you guys are in a time crunch when people like me submit stuff in the last few weeks. But it's really shitty of you to deny me coverage because you couldn't read some of the lines of the faxed records, then tell me all I have to do is resubmit clearer copies, then deny it again and tell me I have to file an appeal now that the plan period has expired. Oh, and that I have to get this all done by April 30th, when you take two weeks or more per submission.
We hates paperwork! NYARGH.
At least the hives cleared up a couple of weeks later as mysteriously as they arrived. Man, those were annoying. I still have no idea what caused them.
I must share with you my new crush, which comes with a to-make-a-long-story-short-as-I-can explanation. With last week's episode of Glee, I was wondering why Idina Menzel didn't sing, given her background. That, however, got swept aside when I found out that Lea Michele and Jonathan Groff, the other guest star, had appeared in Spring Awakening together, which led me to that show's website, which led me to The Bitch of Living, which has taken up residence in my head. It's such a fist-pumping anthem of male teenage energy and sexual frustration, and I love the choreography as well. Plus, the first singer's intensity and snarling delivery reminds me of Jason Dohring's portrayal of Logan Echolls, which sent me skimming back through my favorite Veronica Mars fic. I love the Internet. (Ooo - and Jonathan Groff at the end is totally channeling a Matthew Bomer-esque look and feel. Ah, pretty singing boys...)
Um...yeah. Adolescent sexual frustration and a visceral loathing of paperwork is pretty much is where my head is right now. Thanks, brain!
I really fucking hate paperwork, fine print, phone calls, and all attendant annoying minutiae thereof. The resolution of the red tape of the past few weeks has included:
Registering the Emperor for kindergarten - now we wait to see what school he's been assigned. (Stupid lottery system.) I was told that we'd be informed by the end of April. MEH on waiting.
Taxes - finally submitted April 14th after several false starts and misunderstandings. State of Illinois gets big kisses from me for already processing our return. YAY on money.
Mortgage - hoops jumped through and all forms duly signed. The bad news was that the house appraisal came in not at the 20 grand over our original purchase price that our property taxes are being billed at, but at 2 grand over the purchase price. *sigh* At least we get to appeal the tax bill when it comes. Also, we cleared out our home equity loan and lowered our monthly mortgage payment by $100. Best of all, it's DONE, after being obsessed over for a year.
FSA - FLAMES ON THE SIDE OF MY FACE. Seriously! I get that you guys are in a time crunch when people like me submit stuff in the last few weeks. But it's really shitty of you to deny me coverage because you couldn't read some of the lines of the faxed records, then tell me all I have to do is resubmit clearer copies, then deny it again and tell me I have to file an appeal now that the plan period has expired. Oh, and that I have to get this all done by April 30th, when you take two weeks or more per submission.
We hates paperwork! NYARGH.
At least the hives cleared up a couple of weeks later as mysteriously as they arrived. Man, those were annoying. I still have no idea what caused them.
I must share with you my new crush, which comes with a to-make-a-long-story-short-as-I-can explanation. With last week's episode of Glee, I was wondering why Idina Menzel didn't sing, given her background. That, however, got swept aside when I found out that Lea Michele and Jonathan Groff, the other guest star, had appeared in Spring Awakening together, which led me to that show's website, which led me to The Bitch of Living, which has taken up residence in my head. It's such a fist-pumping anthem of male teenage energy and sexual frustration, and I love the choreography as well. Plus, the first singer's intensity and snarling delivery reminds me of Jason Dohring's portrayal of Logan Echolls, which sent me skimming back through my favorite Veronica Mars fic. I love the Internet. (Ooo - and Jonathan Groff at the end is totally channeling a Matthew Bomer-esque look and feel. Ah, pretty singing boys...)
Um...yeah. Adolescent sexual frustration and a visceral loathing of paperwork is pretty much is where my head is right now. Thanks, brain!
