u/wasnapping

This is mostly a vent. My historic district has a group that makes the plaques for the homes. It's about $500, which is hefty, but that money goes to grants they give to save houses, etc. so I didn't mind it. The process is ridiculously arduous. Extremely detailed history must be provided with many layers and attributes for every aspect of the home's history. This research goes into the archives, though, so being a history lover, I was willing to put the time in. And boy did I! Months of chipping away at the questions, organizing it the way they wanted, then making digital and print copies and hand delivering. But, it was fun learning about my house and, again, all that's saved for future research and projects. Cool.

Well, not so cool. I've waited over 6 months now for any type of review or response on my research. I finally got one today and it said: follow the instructions better and re-submit. Listen, I am a history lover and a rule follower (most of the time). I went over those instructions (which were needlessly complex) 3 times before I submitted. There's no feedback on what I missed or got wrong. Just redo this. I'm tired. I'm irritated. And I'm a stubborn little brat who will now NEVER try to follow these rules again.

A quick etsy search shows multiple business that will make me a lovely historic plaque with whatever history I want on it (and some will do the research on your home for you if anyone is interested). I'm about to pull the trigger on one of these signs and be done with it.

I have 6 lovely, original fireplaces...none of which are functioning. I noticed my tax assessment this year (first assessment since we moved in) had all 6 listed as part of the assessment. My city has a simple form for disputes, so I noted that they don't function and about 2 weeks later, they took several thousand dollars off their assessment. It's worth it to double-check that you're not paying more than you should.

To be fair, I have a scratchy throat this morning, but there's no real reason I can't work. I work remotely, so can't get anyone sick. I don't think I have many things on my calendar and I've been right on the edge of burnout for awhile. My manager is MIA and I've had a request in to HR for 5 weeks now about an issue that they haven't really responded to. I think I'll take the day off and do some self-care. It's supposed to thunderstorm and I have a good book I've been meaning to get into.

and he's turning 17 this year. We did end up meeting eventually and I love his sweet family. I signed up on bethematch, got matched a year later, went through lost of tests to make sure I was healthy enough for the surgery, did the surgery, recovery was fairly easy (sore back for a couple of weeks and pretty tired for 6 months), and now there's someone out there with my literal DNA running through his veins (and he's a chimera with 2 DNAs).