I've been pretty much offline for a week and 1/2. It hasn't been fun. Glad that is over with. We got the last of the last out of our apartment and did the final finishing touches there on Sunday. By the time we were done with all of that, and all my stuff was gone, it didn't really feel like I was leaving home, it was just a relief to have it completed.

I haven't really had the time to unpack much of anything though, which has made life rather inconvenient. Oh well.

So I feel kind of homeless this weekend. SO much going on with moving (which isn't complete yet), work, business, personal, and otherwise I think my head might surely explode.

Leslie found my work keys that have been missing for months now! YAY!!

Now my only other important missing item is those stinking glasses... still not found.

I got a call form a stranger this morning on my cell phone...

A guy staying at the Wardman Park Marriott in Washington DC found my wallet under the mattress in his hotel room. Found my business card and called me up. As soon as he gets home he's going to mail it to me.

Seriously.

I guess God did answer my prayers... but in HIS time, not MINE. How's that for unexpected happy endings?


Oh, and if you are wondering why it was under the mattress... your guess is as good as mine. I don't remember doing it, but knowing me, I probably figured nobody would steal it there!

I guess the judge took pity on me. I don't have to go do jury duty. yay!

Things at work have been CRAZY! It's official now so I guess we are allowed to talk about it. Gettel Enterprises (the corp that owns Gatorland and 5 dealerships in Bradenton/Sarasota) just bought All Pro. So we now have VW and BMW in Gainesville, and VW BMW and Porche in Ocala. Now I can get the employee discount when I go buy my porche... :)

Anyway, because of that and other things work has been a bit crazy. And of course with us about to move, life itself has been rather crazy as well!

Guess what I got in the mail this week?














































Yes... if you guessed another jury summons... you guessed right!

I couldn't believe it either. I'm pretty sure I will be able to get excused for this one. They want me there MARCH 1st. Like, when I HAVE TO BE AT WORK FOR END OF MONTH!!! ACK! But since I plan to no longer be an alachua county resident at that time (It was a summons from the country this time, not federal) and because it would cause extreme hardship, and because I have already served in the last year, I am thinking they have GOT to let me out of it!

They have an online submit your request for excusal thing that I used. They asked me to explain in 100 words or less. I couldn't. But I tried to briefly explain all the reasons.

"I am currently in the process of moving to Marion County. At this time I am still a resident of Alachua County however my intention is to be residing in Marion county on or Before the first of March. Additionally, I currently do accounts payable at Gatorland Toyota and need to be at work on the first because I have to be there to do all of their data entry. As I am sure you are aware an accounting department must have all invoices and expenses recorded before a certain time in the month and I am the only person in our small office that does that task. Generally I must have this finished on the second of the month so it would cause a real hardship if I were to have to report for jury service. I have already had to report for jury selection on a Federal case in December, and was called back in error again in January for federal service."



Back to packing...