I mean yes? I’d be extremely pleased with myself after such a delightful hour.
We do not have a pile of junk at the end of our bed any more! It’s now a storage unit. Fingers crossed we can get rid of half the stuff and keep some empty space for known future items (children’s outgrown clothing).
My new tenants sent me their damage deposit.
a month early and unprompted
a month early and unprompted
The one shitty thing is that to make sure everything is legal, the tenant and I have agreed that we have to use their dead name for the lease and receipts. Neither of us enjoy this.
I suggest that you also make them a decorative lease or housewarming certificate. Legal documents are dumb
Doggo has a new vet because her previous one left the practice and her file was assigned to a new person at the practice (there are about 8 vets total there, it’s pretty large). The old vet didn’t want to prescribe any pain medications for her, for fear of her experiencing up-down cycles every day, which I accepted but I really wanted to push for pain meds. This new vet called to verify her exiting prescriptions and ask about her current state, which I described in full (declining, in short, painful likely all the time) and then the vet proactively suggested trialing her on a mild opiate for her pain and seeing how she does on it. (I am quite sure she has some level of pain every day, like an elderly person with arthritis, although she has more issues than just arthritis.) HALLELUJAH FOR PEOPLE WHO LISTEN. I just want her to be comfortable in her twilight. Fingers crossed it helps her but doesn’t zonk her out. 
Can you use both names on the lease? Real Name, legally known as Dead Name? (Does that screw with legality at all?)
In the states you can put “DBA” as in “Doing Business As” and basically put whatever you want after that, so one could potentially put “deadname DBA New Name”. That’s for the commercial stuff I deal with though and I am not a lawyer and definitely not a Canadian lawyer.
Thoughts on an alternative non-legal lease: “One Snacky Snackerson, Lady of Naps, and Queen of this Domain, hereby grants AwesomeTenants the privilege of occupying Castle RentalHouse for the next twelve lunar cycles …” I was also going to work something about Keeper of Sproket but I don’t have the brainspace right now to come up with fancy language for all the critters.
Had some very cute but elaborate baby outfits from my shower that, let’s be honest, are just not gonna happen. I’m not putting full tights on a newborn, I’m just not 
anyway, took a trip to return them and got store credit. Found a waterproof mattress protector that between a sale and the credit came to less than $3 out of pocket for us. Space cleared out, to do list item done, and need to purchase item off the list. Wins all around!
I went to the rink today, even though I didn’t want to, by telling myself “i just have to go, I don’t even have to get on the ice”. And while I didn’t do a long or particularly amazing skate, I did skate for an hour. So Yay me.
I would like to contribute several:
*we get a week of cooler temps (highs <75, lows down to 55!) and cloudy mornings, which is an awesome taste of fall for LA in September.
*after today I do not have to work overtime
*my salaried job pays us for overtime, by special dispensation (48 hr+)
*got my hairs cut FINALLY
*my balcony/plants look really nice after last weekend
I think just recognizing that the legal name thing is dumb and only using their chosen name out loud is probably enough. Because they are being awesome I’m doing a bunch of little things to make the house extra good for them. I installed kid-height coat hooks and I’m going to hang cool curtains and stuff. I don’t want to go overboard but I want them to feel welcome.
Additional victory: dinner will be delicious and friends are coming and I get to nap first.
You are so cool. I want a landperson like you 
I’m a landlord. I also have my master’s so I can legitimately call myself Lord and Master Snacky McSnackerson.
I keep telling people that this is my preferred pronoun and they keep thinking I’m kidding.
Ohhh lordy… 
My tiny victory is having a community that discusses dead names matter of factly. I love you people 
I stacked the dishwasher by myself two days in a row! I couldn’t do that a week ago (injury, couldn’t lift more than a few hundred grams without making it worse or repetitive motions).
Three Tony Victorias
I fired a client. It had to be done, and I didn’t want to do it, but I did it.
I bought a bike.
The big Queer fitness event I was co-coordinating at my gym happened today and went very well and now it’s over and I can take that work off my plate.
Grey’s Anatomy is the perfect show for someone with a fever. Following the story takes no effort for me.
That’s because the plot is basically a fever dream already.
Exactly. Attractive people in weird situations. Like porn but kids can watch.
I just fired a second set of clients. All of this was necessary, but LORDT it’s scary to pass on clients when you run your own business.
They were each very different situations, but they have now BOTH been dealt with via email/voicemails and now I am not looking at my phone or email for a while until I get over the jitters.