Better Late than Never

This week Rick and I have been drowning in paperwork. What you don't see in this picture is: 1. The Clock - it should say about 12:30. (AM, that is.) 2. The Pizza Box - midnight snack... practically inhaled... there are crumbs visible. 3. The Dog - Yes, Roxie perched herself on the table to oversee the mania. 4. Me - Because Rick is much cuter to look! :-) The reason for the late night? Dogwood Estate Water Company is a little bit late filing the official paperwork to transfer ownership into Rick's name. Technically, it should have happened 2 years ago, but who wants to do things by the rules? It's much more fun procrastinating. So, this was the week. I'm not sure what spurred us to complete it... but it was just time to do so. I retired shortly after taking this picture, and Rick worked on well after midnight. You wouldn't believe the detailed finances that have to be reported and projected for this application. It's insane. Especially since I highly doubt the numbers are going to be looked at very closely. But it's gotta be done. Since we were spending the night in the Farm House (our future home) adjacent to our offices, I left Rick to finish it up. I headed next door to settle in. Well, not really. First was the cricket/roach patrol, sweeping up the remains from the last extermination attempt. (See blog on July 22.) Next was hunting down that darn beep from one of the smoke detectors. Of course, I had to find a ladder before I could kill the beep. Honey, when you read this, we need a new battery in the detector over Collin's future room. Before too long I got spooked and had to call Rick to investigate the strange truck spinning its wheels behind the fence. He came promptly over to verify that it was a Red Dot Truck (certainly authorized to be back there...) Although you gotta wonder why they were trying to pull out a stuck trailer at this time of night. It was after midnight. Eventually, Rick locked up the office and reported that the Application was DONE! At least his part was. I've still got to tidy up some details before getting it off to Austin. But I'm thrilled we are this much closer to completing it. It will be a huge load off our list once it's completed and accepted.