Pizza has been ordered, a beer has been cracked open and all is as right with the world as it can be.
Apparently, my brother and I now each have a 1/4 interest in my step-grandmother’s (Fran) condo. I have no idea how this is going to affect getting things settled. I don’t think it will really slow things down, just add a bit more complexity to it all. My uncle (Ron) is in charge of the trust my granddad setup that has the condo, and gave me some of the info via email. Seems Fran isn’t thrilled with the way the trust is setup, and from what I vaguely remember, never really has been, but not a whole lot I can do about that. (I’ll at least ask when he comes up here if there is something we can do to make it more favorable to her - doesn’t cost anything to inquire.) Ron said if she asks us about it to just send her back his way. Somehow, I don’t think she’s gonna bring it up with us. Hard to really explain why, but somehow I think she feels it’s my aunt’s (Sandra) doing somehow. Sandra really didn’t like my granddad getting remarried, so I think there has been a little bit of friction there, but Fran gave him another 10 years that he wouldn’t have had otherwise, of that I am 100% sure.
As it turns out, forgetting the paperwork today wasn’t the end of the world. There was one set of docs we wouldn’t have been able to send out anyway because I needed some additional information before I could send them out - I’ve got that info now, and everything can go out at once. Yay for being a scatterbrain in the morning. :)
Weird thing my brother picked up on - I had to put down my Dad’s date of death on one of the forms, and I couldn’t for the life of me remember the actual day of the month. (Weird how your mind works - you’d think you’d remember that, wouldn’t you?) He pointed out that my Dad died 12 days after my brother’s birthday, and my Mom died 12 days after my birthday. Sure, it’s just a freaky coincidence, but weird nonetheless. And, frankly, that will at least help me remember the dates… (Which I even was getting wrong with my Mom until he pointed that out.)
I think this week was easily the second longest week of my life, with last week being the longest. Funny how when things suck, time slows down, and when it’s good, it all goes by too fast. Sadly, other that going to work and submitting a decent performance there, I haven’t accomplished much of anything this week. I did at least get the appointment w/the lawyers rescheduled to week after next. I still need to remember to call Mom’s broker and get a list of documents they need to get things transferred so I can work on gathering those. Need to write a boatload of thank you notes. Need to finish getting the list of assets together for the lawyers. Need to contemplate the gawdawful prospect of prepping my house for sale this summer.**
But for now, I have cold beer, hot pizza, a dog, two cats, and a chance to sleep in tomorrow morning, so that is what I am choosing to focus on right now.
** Yeah, I wanna keep the house. Dog needs a yard, and there are just a ton of good memories here. If I have to buyout little bro, I buyout little bro - it’s worth it.
