I received a much deserved commission check from EQR recently. Truthfully, I didn't expect to receive it. I figured the powers that be would eliminate the trail of my work and just make my commissions go away. There hadn't been too much decency and integrity on the power's part thus far, so it wasn't too large of a leap to figure there would be no 90-day "pipeline" on which to be paid. I was wrong...thankfully!
Yesterday Dan & I were going to head out to get a couple bulbs for my car to pass its inspection. I took my paycheck from underneath the Duran Duran magnet on the fridge and put it in my pocket. I figured we'd run over to Auto Zone and I could just run to BofA real quick to deposit my check. Well, Dan decided to take out the bulbs that were no good from my car to take to Auto Zone. I suggested the store had a reference guide & we wouldn't need to, but he's the man and I believe in him. An hour and 15 minutes later, we went to Auto Zone. The gentleman behind the counter used his reference and gave us the exact part number & aisle number for the bulbs needed to make Liesl properly illuminate again. Hooray!
We went home and put in the bulbs. We did not go to the bank. It was getting late and I didn't want to push it. I'm grateful for all the Danny does for me so going to the bank is something I can just do on my own. We decided to settle in and watch a movie. Dan insisted that it was my night to choose whatever movie I wanted. I chose Muriel's Wedding. Oh how I love that one! He actually enjoyed it...as well he should! After the show, I got in the shower & Dan got in bed. I needed that good long hot shower. Ahhh...I need a good long hot bath though. More on that another day.
Sleep was good. I'm on my period, so I slept in this morning. Once up, I decided I needed to be somewhat useful around here. I decided to start some laundry. I did a load of jeans. My new denim crops totally ripped and I wanted to wash them before I take them back to Lame Giant. Anyway, to make a short story long, I washed the check that was still in yesterday's jeans pocket. Damage!!!
It didn't occur to me until around the time that Dan came home. I was teary & generally feeling plain old stupid. Of course he comforted me with hugs and assurance. He advised I call Payroll/H.R. and simply get it reissued. I knew that's what I was going to have to do, but it just felt good to hear it from him while in the middle of a hug.
About 5 minutes later, Lil came over to bring us some mail. Dan received something from the I.R.S. I joked it was probably a notice that he's being audited. Well, the joke was on me: he is being audited. Since Deb-b hasn't claimed any of the alimony he's paid, they're questioning the legitimacy of him claiming $14400 in alimony payments on his taxes. (My personal paycheck mood had been lightened by this point.) Because Dan is The Good Guy, he has paid alimony faithfully and has a perfect paper trail. It will be quite simple for him to get through this audit. Deb-b's proverbial goose is about to be cooked. Bah!!!
