Yesterday was probably the most stressful day yet. I was already feeling harried since my computer had been at the repair shop since last Wednesday and I didn’t know if he was going to be able to fix it. And I have a conference coming up, starting Wednesday at noon, and have to get the whole newsletter written and sent in before that, but with no computer that was impossible. Plus my meeting for the trip to Nashville is tonight and the handouts were on the computer. Then I had a new class that I started yesterday, and I wasn’t sure if the handout was on the computer (turns out I had a hard copy.) Then I arrived to find messages from our attorney for the City saying opposing council was asking for a boatload of written materials, like all the emails that we sent regarding the issue from 2014 – the present, records of all the activities presented by or at the Community Center in 2014 and 2015, etc. They are going to be drowning it paperwork and I don’t see where any of it will advance their case. It is just an annoyance for us to have to comply with their requests.

At least there was also an email saying the computer was done – he didn’t find anything wrong with it, but it works fine again. It was hard to find time to squeeze in to go get it in Cameron, but I did. So I got started on the newsletter and have to finish that today. And I’m ready for tonight’s meeting. And the new class went great.

And I had a great run this a.m. so I’m ready to face a new day!

Also, we met with our tax person yesterday and figured out how to go about selling our rentals and buying new ones in TN without losing anything on taxes for the net gain. We just postpone it forever and when you guys inherit the houses, it is all erased and you start with a current net value, so if you just turn around and sell them, you don’t have any net gain to pay taxes on. Pretty cool arrangement, but it means we will always have properties. If we ever NEED the money, we can sell them knowing we will have to pay taxes. At least by then we will be in a very low tax bracket.