back in the loop

Greetings to all. And thanks to Tim for letting you know that I have not been eatten by alligators. Lana got signed up for wireless internet service today, I think mainly to keep me from bitching. So as of the past few days, I now have internet and satellite TV. It was horrible being out of contact with civilization for so long.
I have so many stories that I don't know where to start. When I last wrote, I was leaving Houston and hoping to find somewhere to stay in Slidell, Louisiana. God blessed us by allowing us to find the last 2 bedroom townhouse in south Louisiana. On the telephone as we were driving, the landlord told us that she had been in to clean before our arrival. This was my introduction to the difference in definitions. Her definition of clean and mine had much distance between them. I don't consider inches of dirt on the blinds as clean. And the carpet was beyond description. Think I'm being picky? The fact that we were sleeping on the floor that night made the cleaniness of the carpet very important! After a week of cleaning, it has gotten better. Today was a final touch. The world's ugliest drapes were hanging in the living room. They are gone. Oh, did I describe this as a living room? It's Command Central. The only thing there is a 8 foot table with two chairs and all the computers, printers, forms, files, etc. that you can imagine. And now, thank God, the television. After several weeks, I have graduated off the air mattress to a real mattress. Lana still is on her air mattress. But she's younger. Every morning when I woke up on the air mattress, I had to crawl to the wall and inch my way up to a standing position. And the creaking of my knees woke up the neighborhood.
So that's the overview of living. I did spend a lot of time cleaning, but also launched into learning the insurance adjusting business. Lana was handled 101 claims. That is normally 4 months work. But in this situation, they are to be done as quickly as possible. My organizational skills took over as soon as I could learn enough to put a system in place. And we are doing well on the claim contacts, and probably ahead of a lot of adjusters. The typical day is that we head out in the morning and do appointments all day, doing the initial inspections. Then at night, it's back to Command Central to get going on paperwork. And then the next morning it starts over again.
That's all for my first night back on the computer. I hope this finds all well. Until next time, be safe and happy.