Presently, I don't need to go out and clear jungles or make hay. The apartment complex owners hire out a crew to come in usually once a week during the season. Strange as it might sound to sound to some, I miss doing yard work, mowing.
One of the younger guys let it slip to me they get $12 hrly. Yesterday the line boss over our complex here was out on the rider. He looked over and gave me that ever knowing nod. Figure I'd have work replacing three younger guys if I felt frog enough, just for asking. Not sure I'm that much a frog yet again. Possibly soon though despite her saying 'yes, exercise your body not break it."
Looking forward to finding our own place, hopefully sooner than later on this year. Wife is kind of holding off on getting the mortgage/loan started due to her employee stock windfall being in limbo, Her dad has already told her to call them up and let them know we're looking to buy a home, get them settling and sending out payments quicker.
I think the hold up is that one of the company owners happens to have been a crooked WV senator/governor -- suit type o' tick. She doesn't want to wrangle with them over money and have that involved. It's money she earned putting up with bull while working at a place seven to ten years to have it fully vested out.
It is rightly hers but she's just so polite & diplomatic as to not ask for it. Granted, she ought naught need to ask, yet they'll delay as long as they can in hopes she forgets of it and forfeits it back to company, or any way they can avoid paying it out to her. It is nothing huge but it does allow us to consider homes/property in the $30-$50K range whereas we had only figured $30k as our ceiling.
I somewhat dislike seemingly relying on her as to be the one dealing for our home. No, not chauvinistic here by any means, merely thinking and feeling traditionalist. The husband takes care of getting the home, the wife she keeps it. It's all reversed in our case. I'm taking my grandmother's role. I'll farm, garden, mow, tend critters, keep house. She can go roping at the rodeo then, or running cars in crash up derby. *sighs* Never can tell.
I'm sure you can see, ...
over her being so dang blamed in charge as a woman, strike that, as my Lady. i am proud she is such a woman, strong and capable of anything she wants done, well most anything. "C'mere Lurch, reach up yon and get that such and such for poor little short me."
I dislike first instinct being to see crookedness in folks like that. Usually, rather look for the good in people, find it and help bring it out. Some though you can't help but see all the blood awash on their hands. It saddens.