Being nibbled to death by a duck!

I think the trick to getting through times like this is staying flexible and a bit laid back.

I've planned things well yet I get hit with a mini-crisis every day. Like the visa I need for India - as soon as I got back from Sicily (I needed my passport there.), I got a passport picture made just the way the Indians want. BUT... I don't have enough pages left for their visa. Now my time is getting short because I have to get a new passport before I can apply for a visa to India. So, I drove down to Frankfurt to apply for the new one since it should take only about two weeks instead of the four if I apply online. 

One nibble by the duck...

My cleaning lady wanted to work while I was gone so I gave her the keys. One time she forgot to leave them here afterwards and both times she packed lots of boxes but put them together wrong!

Another nibble by the duck...

I was asked by the new tenants if I could move a week earlier so I called the moving company, got static from the kitchen company and got grumpy that the tenant never called to arrange some things he'd requested. After I finally got in touch with him, he said, oh, he wasn't moving in in November after all. ARGH!

Yet another nibble...

I put a sign on my dryer saying it could be taken for free. A tenant claimed it for her sister but I wondered why the sister never picked it up. Today I asked. Oh, didn't she tell you? She doesn't want it after all.

I went to teach yesterday even though only 3 students were going to come. I feel very responsible about teaching so I'll drive the long way to get to the school, even if I only have a few students. One of the girls forgot to come so I waited there for nothing. I drove over an hour to teach an hour.

The man who hosts my home page ( powerbrain.org ) decided not to do it anymore. Just tossed me out.

Being nibbled to death by many small but annoying ducks...