So...
I get this letter from the county treasurer's office that I haven't paid my property taxes which would be, you know, bad.
I pay them into escrow, so it's not like I'm personally responsible and my mortgage is with the credit union which is, all in all, really good. I call them and then say we paid them on the 12th of last month. They call the Treasurer's office, who says--well, hmmm...we applied those taxes to the other house.
So, I'm thinking...let me get this straight. My other house has an eleven hundred dollar credit and the taxes have been paid TWICE in the month of March (according to you), and when you saw that this house had No Taxes Paid On It, it didn't occur to you to think...hmmm, perhaps we made a mistake? My favorite part is that they cannot, apparently, just move that money to the correct location. I (well, the credit union) have to pay the taxes again and they will send the credit union a check for the wrongly credited taxes. They damn well better credit me back the interest.
In other news my assessment hardly went up at all so at least they won't be getting any more taxes from me.
In completely other news, Billie had her first hospital therapy visit today and was her lovely charming self. We're definitely looking forward to more.
Also, I've decided that 'Two is Not a Pattern' is not the next Beth/Paul not-vampire story, which is probably why I was having so much trouble writing it. The story I'm currently working on is: 'What Makes A River':
Paul sends her an email and it drops her jaw because--first-- how does he know her email address and --second--why. Because he never made any promises, never even said--thanks for helping me out that time. But he does--he sends her email. Are you okay? Is all it says. Three words and a question mark and she can't figure out what it means. Is it a general question--in this moment on this day. Does it mean he was thinking about her--hey, just want you to know I'm here. Because it's not that he found her attractive because she's not attractive. Does he know about the Thing in the lake that's not a merman? Is he asking if she's safe?
She wants to ping him back, to say--goddamn you, there's a Thing in the lake and you're a hunter. Come here and hunt it. Leave me alone, leave me out, leave me ignorant and alone. Except she doesn't want to be alone. And she can't be ignorant--can't unknow what she knows anymore.
Damn him.
Damn the world.
She answers him--I'm fine, how are you.
For those who worry about such things (...chance...) it will probably (almost certainly) not be in present tense when it's done.