Eventually, I stopped patrolling last night. I decided that I needed to take active steps in my defense if I was going to sleep at all. So, each time I felt the need to get up, I would close one more door on the path between the outside world and my bed. Finally, I found myself in bed with no less than FIVE doors between me and the outside world. I said: “Chris, there are five doors, all either chained or locked, between you and the outside world. You will hear them coming as they kick through the doors … and you will have plenty of time to wake up. Get some sleep.” And sleep I did.
Until … 6 in the morning, when I woke up to drive in to Ann Arbor and surprise _earthshine_ on his morning walk. The look on his face as he drove up made it totally worthwhile. As he put it, “hey, that guy totally looks like fdmts!
Then I fought with Detroit … and it was kinda a draw. I got the tax, rental registration, and rental inspection offices to change the mailing addresses on the property. I also found out that some d*ckh**d has registered himself as the responsible party for renting out the house that IS OWNED BY ME. I mustered all the casual at my disposal and asked for his address. The clerk laughed and had none of it. I got a laugh out of the line waiting behind me when I asked if maybe I could have his family’s address instead.
One does not try to steal my house. Grrrrrrr.
Given that I had the deeds and trust documents with me … I think we corrected that which could be corrected on the spot.
Then I drove to Buffalo, NY, which appears to be a total hole. I’m writing this from the finest of restaurants – the TGI Fridays by the highway.
My hotel is nice though … more Marriott points for me. I think I’m at, like, 90,000 by now.
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