Monday 03/31/2025
Took the standard walk, in light rain; all fine. Then I completed my tax paperwork. I authorized the preparer to e-file; the e-file was confirmed later in the day. And I paid my 2024 Federal and State taxes and my first estimated 2025 payment for both of them, all electronically. As I had been warned, large realized capital gains this year meant quite sizeable payments. But the Nest Egg accounts can stand it.
Then off to FOPAL. Processed 7 boxes but not a high-quality donation; a lot of “how computers work” and “computer management” books from the 1970s and 1980s, not saleable at all. Four and a half of the seven boxes culled for the bargain room.
Back home for a nap, then it was time for the monthly Common Areas Advisory Group, or CAAG. This is a large panel of residents advising the staff on how to improve common areas. Staff, i.e. Rhonda, has a lot of ideas and is willing to spend real money. Discussed today, among many topics, was a new fitness center, formed by combining the present Activity room with two adjacent spaces to make a 1200 square foot space for exercise classes. Actual architectural drawings exist and this is going to be started soon. But we talked about other spaces, notably the 11th floor. I got tagged with an action item, when it was discussed how the TV lounge there, while it needs improvement, could be used for small movie watching parties, and I said “but the DVD player doesn’t work” and now I have to figure out what to do about that.
So after supper I went up there and found, one, that the remote for the DVD player has disappeared. Who the fuck would take away the Sony remote for the Sony DVD player which is of no use whatsoever anywhere else?
Codgerville 