I’d say I’ve been as busy as a beaver, but I avoid trite phrases like a plague. Ahem.
That said, I have been hustling to complete my work as executor of mom and dad’s estate before I depart for Korea next week. They didn’t leave a large estate but it has been a pain the ass to deal with regardless. I closed the savings account out yesterday and mailed checks to my brothers. I’ve been getting forms notarized and “medallion stamped” in a complicated process to get ownership of several small stock funds transferred. We had an auction house handle all the household goods but things sold for a tiny fraction of their value. Ah well.
Still to come is an auction for my mother’s doll collection. She had several hundred and by the book they should bring a pretty penny. Unfortunately, no one pays book value and in this economy people just aren’t spending money for vintage dolls. I feel bad about that, because mom always thought she had made a wise investment with her collecting hobby. I take some solace in the fact that folks are getting bargains and mom always loved a bargain.
Monday I will visit my probate attorney and sign the “final accounting” papers for the estate. I guess it turns out to be true that there is a final accounting at the end of our time on earth.
I also met with a CPA today to get my personal tax situation squared away before I fly. Uncle Sam has traditionally given me a good rogering at tax time. This year South Carolina is poised to bite me in the ass real hard as well.
Anyway, things are what they are I suppose. Once I’m in Korea I’ll be able to think about something else for awhile.
