One thing leads to another, and so on, and then you die.

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But there is no reason you cannot enjoy the trip!

I had been working on transcript forms all morning. Mostly I was filling them out, checking for details, and trying to place calls to know how much money, if any, to send along with the requests. The phone calls ended up being busts. I was either switched around to the wrong places perpetually then disconnected or put on hold (one time for 15 minutes) so long that I simply hung up. So it goes. All forms are filled out though, and I could send two of the forms as they indicate what the costs will be, but I am waiting to send them all at once. Well, that and I do not have envelopes yet. I did buy the stamps! Yea me! :P

I also went to the store, with my neighbor, drove him to another place he wanted to go beside the post office and grocery store. It is getting later so I will not be doing the fingerprints today. I am pleased with this day anyway. It was to be a slow day, and though it is, I am still yielding fruits and doing minor labors.

I received a reply from my new to be landlady acknowledging my acceptance of her offer. She indicated she knew a grad student who would be arriving in mid-October who might be interested in my contract though she wanted particulars regarding my apartment. I gave her those, and made sure she realized this apartment is very close to the University. And, to add bribery to pleading, I suggested that I would allow the grad student to finish out the month of October without rent and would add in half of my deposit as incentive for taking the place. It may seem generous and perhaps it is, but seeing that I will not need the deposit as I will not be paying a new deposit and that I might have to be paying the rent through October without a renter to take over along with utilities, and further rent and utilities throughout the year until a renter appears, it behooves me to be generous. Though I like being generous or kind, this is just an indication of why businesses are or should be kind. This affair is, after all, business.

Oh, I received the weirdest call today. The podiatry clinic in Iowa City called and asked if I was going in for surgery tomorrow. What? I called and let the V.A. Hospital there know I was moving before I left. Further, I had received no notice that I was to even have a surgery. What in the world? I did receive a notice that I had a podiatry clinic appointment, but there was nothing in the letter about surgery. As I told the woman, and she was kind enough, I cannot call every clinic which might have me listed and that I had not been notified of a surgery, only an appointment. I did tell both the dental and eye clinic I was moving, though only because I just happened to have appointments with them at the time I realized I was moving. And then I called my primary care clinic with both the date of my move and the city and state I was moving to. What more can I do?

There ended up being no need to call the V.A. in Salt Lake City. I had thought I had been scheduled for September 7th, but when reviewing my electronic calender, I see that I am actually scheduled for (podiatry of all things) on the 1st. Still, just because I had some doubts I will check on that at the Ogden clinic tomorrow. It is far better to ask and have everything good than to not ask and have everything go wrong.

What a day. Now to relax a bit and just shoot the breeze (even if the breeze is artificial, it is cooling and pleasant).