Honestly, I try not to think about the estate at much as possible. I get stressed too badly too easily and then it takes a few days of decent nights' sleep aided by sleeping pills to work it out.
I got a letter from the estate tax people providing the timeline of major events in the estate. They clearly stated I had a choice in cashing it out or rolling it over but I know those forms were filled in for me.
I know every time I got one in the mail that the estate attorney had checked the box for me. I don't have the paper trail to prove it those so I'm SOL.
I can only hope our tax preparer can work a miracle. He could still get the percentage lowered and maybe that will make up for any fees we'll have to pay. At the absolute worst I might have to take some money out of my retirement fund which will result in taxes in the next fiscal year. We do have the resources, I just don't want to lose the ground we've gained. That 200K in the mutual fund was going to make up for all the pension I won't be getting because I'm not working a traditional job. I'm going to be self-employed.
On that front I've filled out everything I need to. I have a few more weeks before I get the certificate from the two newspapers for my announcement and the business license is currently being processed. Taxes for the business have been resolved and my first sales tax is due in September.
I haven't sold anything and probably won't have by then so that first time should be easy.
Cutting and fitting the pieces together is getting much easier and more accurate. Soldering is getting smoother. I still have issues and can't work the solder too much or it gets sticky. The veve that I'm working on now has issues around the points of the cross. If I make the vertex too shallow it doesn't meet the other background pieces. One side is a bit thick on the solder for this one. I'll be more careful in the future. But this piece is taking around 7 hours total to do. My time on each piece is really going down and I'm having fewer problems.
Very pleased.
So donut therapy tonight and probably a sleeping pill to make sure I sleep deeply. I'll try to get to bed early and get Hubbie to watch Bri when he gets home so I can do some cutting for my next piece. Glasswork really helps with my stress levels.
I'm very reactive when it comes to anything doing with my childhood. I want desperately for this estate business to be over with and the monetary values to be disbursed so I can thoroughly wash my hands of everything to do with that part of my life. No phone calls, no stress, nothing hanging over my head.
I've been getting calls about the timeshares and one is practically sold except for the paperwork from the title company. The other two should go this summer or the next. I'll donate them if they don't go by the end of next summer. It's just money in my pocket so no biggie.
I just hate having this over my head. I never get to completely relax because there's this nagging thing always there.
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