cleaned bath and vacuumed, mopped housewide floors
Organized waiting Quickbooks work
Inputted latest Quickbooks work ensuring that all invoices/bills/etc. From the previous month had been completed so that ACCT could begin his work
Assisted with TOMMY shaving/cutting of hair
Assisted with TOMMY cleaning and rebandaging of recent surgical wounds
Had moment with TOMMY. I was engaged in office with headphones on, working on audio projects and doing benchmark/game testing/stress testing of hardware. Heard distant banging and thought it was from within the stress test/3D scene I was rendering. Went on for five minutes till I realized it was TOMMY. Opened door and claimed I had not heard due to headphones.
He was in need of having his bandages changed in advance of the morrows doctor appointment. While bandaging, he claimed that he was about to “break the door down” because he didn’t know if I had had a stroke or was somehow incapacitated.
This was immediately alarming as there is no need for him to think such things but it’s also not an exaggeration as he would do just that. So I am re drafting the nuances of tenant landlord law that clearly define periods when a forced entry scenario is okay.
I told him that there may be times when I’m in my room working or otherwise engaged for days at a time and that he would be out of bounds to do something like breaking the door to my private space if I did not answer calls/knocks within a couple hours. The law clearly supports this and I’ve cited it to him on numerous occasions.
He is having frequen skin surgery for cancerous lesions and is in a high state of need in regards with assistance to the dressing and redressing of the recovering surgical sites which I am happily assisting him with.
But this does not preclude the inappropriateness of believing he can “break down the door” when his tenant simply does not answer for two or three hours, even a day. Said tenant is busy, in other words and I also calmly informed him that the correct thing to do would be to phone me because even though I may be involved in a personal project, I would nonetheless answer my phone. Especially understanding the distress he’s currently in and with obvious need for physical assistance with his recovering surgical sites. Again, something I am very happy, even proud to do.
But I have to present legally /presentable/ data before things progress to a critical point, for instance, him literally breaking down my door because I do not answer it due to having noise cancelling headphones on, working or otherwise engaged at times for up to 8 to 10 hours at a time.Furthermore, I’ve made plans to stay Friday through Sunday with a friend so as to give him a bit of space and to “brute force” the point that there are times when I am simply unreachable.
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THUR 03/12/26: DAILY LOG - Other Notes...
Monday, March 9, 2026
MON 03/09/26: DAILY LOG
cleaned bath and vacuumed, mopped housewide floors
Organized waiting Quickbooks work
Verified new email confirming storage space payment (auto)
TOMMY request to review CAP BANK beneficiary document accuracy/details; noted major errors; informed TOMMY. TOMMY request to then phone CAP BANK rep and discuss what he is wanting to do; clarified issue with bank rep; finalized call with confirmation that TOMMY intention was clear and received word from rep that she would be sending a redrafted document for TOMMY filling/signing.
Drove to HTIRE customer location off Sheldon road and assisted TOMMY with unloading x12 11r22.5 tires for installation on mobile home
Rec’d JOEL phone call from old HTIRE employee wanting assistance with fixing/renovating his laptop computer; new OS install and configuration; purchase of new OS license key. Friend said he’d get back to me
Informed TOMMY of issue with ETX PARTS invoices he provided. He had provided the OG invoices along with the actual payment checks; apparently forgot to deposit or otherwise just attached checks to invoice;
Went to WF BANK and deposited the found checks per TOMMY request and into HTIRE bank account
Saturday, March 7, 2026
FRI 03/06/26: DAILY LOG
cleaned bath and vacuumed, mopped housewide floors
Inputted/paid all Quickbooks work
Drove to HTIRE customer location off Sheldon road and assisted TOMMY with unloading x12 11r22.5 tires for installation on mobile home
FIVE/SIX hours working on JOEL workstation/restored from earlier image/began updating and resetting environment to current day specs
Several hours hardware work on JOEL workstation, troubleshooting recurring GPU issue. Isolated the issue to a damaged (new!) 12v rail BeQuiet! Single ended power cable. Found older 12v single ended power cable, cleaned with contact cleaner, treated with DeOxit D5 and installed. Ongoing, months long issue was solved.
THUR 03/05/26: DAILY LOG
THUR 03/05/26
cleaned bath and vacuumed, mopped housewide floors
Inputted/paid all Quickbooks work
Received and filed various TOMMY tax/bank/investment statements via snail mail; filed in TOMMY office filing cabinet
Logged on to Harris County tax office and paid TOMMY outstanding 2025 property taxes for HTIRE via HTIRE CC XXXX
Thursday, March 5, 2026
WED 03/04/26: DAILY LOG
cleaned bath and vacuumed, mopped housewide floors
AT SHOP from 8am to 2pm covering for TOMMY/out for personal reasons
To JOEL bank for deposit
Organized waiting quickbooks material and mass of tax/property documents addressed to TOMMY that were recently received via mail
Quick physical notes on any items needing direct attention/payment
Several hours JOEL personal research/study/conversation with technical friends/persons.
Several hours working on JOEL online publishing efforts; layout adjustment/plannning/how to frame daily blog posts vs proper pages/etc.
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
TUE 03/02/26: DAILY LOG
cleaned bath and vacuumed, mopped housewide floors
Received NTW 02/26 statement, noted negative credit balance. Saved digital PDF to vendors folder on cloud server
Organized waiting Quickbooks work
Logged on to FoodBank and canceled JOEL Tue night volunteer work; too sore from gym/training. Picking back up THUR and weeks following
Three hours zoom meeting with JEN Fidelity rep discussing TOMMY slight redistribution; discussion of Deferred Annuities, current CD/bond market and extensive discussion of how BOND/CD mutual funds operate (same as stocks essentially).
Drafted prelmim distribution w/ focus on primary annuity and traditional for TOMMY present
Full back porch clean/trash removal/sweeping
Washed JOEL clothes and dried
Full JOEL space clean with prep for slight re arrange on back of full lunar eclipse!
Monday, March 2, 2026
MON 03/02/26: DAILY LOG
cleaned bath and vacuumed, mopped housewide floors
Inputted waiting invoices/bills/deposits/payments in quickbooks
Prepared customer outstanding monthly statements and saved to individual PDF binders.
Emailed all customer statements to customers payable departments
Phone call/TOMMY request to find Audi lug nut plastic cover removal tool; found the tool and ordered via TOMMY XXXX acct.
Printed Audi lug nut tool invoice and left out for TOMMY review
Scanned/marked paid recent CoH water bill/stored on cloud server in PDF format and filed hard copy in TOMMY office file cabinet
Conv with OCN/Forum friend re: optical drive. Found old optical drive and sent shipping costs for donation drive.
Signed up for volunteer work at Houston Food bank Tue 6pm to 9pm and Thur 6pm to 9pm
Traiils from 1pm to 3pm for un
Received HTIRE ACCT monthly invoice for Feb 2026. Logged on to Intuit payment portal and processed payment via HTIRE XXXX account. Printed payment receipt for TOMMY reference and saved invoice/payment receipt as PDFs/stored on cloud server.
Sunday, March 1, 2026
SUN 03/01/26: DAILY LOG
cleaned bath and vacuumed, mopped housewide floors
Received GEXA energy monthly bill; printed/noted still under credit kWH point (1000kWH); logged on to GEXA energy and paid outstanding balance via TOMMY XXXX acct. Printed payment confirmation and filed hard copy in TOMMY office file cabinet
Received Kingdom Storage payment (auto) confirmation email; printed and filed in TOMMY CC #XXXX office file cabinet folder
Request from TOMMY to assist with how to log in to his FIDELITY account; assisted at TOMMY workstation showing where previous errors were (looking at old 2FA messages instead of the latest sent).
Time spent once logged in to TOMMY Fidelity account showing how to easily check positions and monthly dividends as well as how to quickly see 7-day yield on primary positions
Time spent in AUDI showing TOMMY how to reset mileage for short/long term trip meters/USB audio etc.
Shopping for JOEL groceries
Friday, February 27, 2026
FRI 02/27/26: DAILY LOG
cleaned bath and vacuumed, mopped housewide floors
Organized new/waiting quickbooks work.
Inputted new deposits/invoices/bills/checks etc. in Quickbooks
Phone call from TOMMY requesting I research a randomly discovered, new (ATLAS) financial advisory company that specializes in Annuties, long term retirement, etc. Noted details and did light, beginning research on the company/companies, mostly identifying which of the many that respond to that query/name are what TOMMY is interested in.
Multiple ZOOM meetings, typical friday political work
Logged in to TOMMY/HTIRE Galena Park ISD portal and paid HTIRE annual/2025 taxes via HTIRE SW VISA CC. Printed hard copy confirmation and filed in TOMMY office cabinet. Saved digital PDF confirmation binder to household/office cloud server
Logged on to EXACT SCIENCES payment portal and paid TOMMY outstanding balance (MED PROCEDURE) via TOMMY DISC 4141. Printed and filed copy in TOMMY file cabinet; saved digital PDF and stored on cloud server
Thursday, February 26, 2026
THUR 02/26/26: DAILY LOG
cleaned bath and vacuumed, mopped housewide floors
Organized new/waiting quickbooks work.
Inputted new deposits/invoices/bills/checks etc. in Quickbooks
Reviewed GOOSE CREEK ISD / HTIRE annual tax statement; drafted short explanatory note for TOMMY so he would understand it’s simply due to public schools being partially funded by business owner taxation (equip/assets needed to do business). Emphasis on the statement being his responsibility and not property owner. Informed that I could pay at his discretion.
Cut front/back yards, did first of spring weed eating/trimming across both back front of house and yard boundaries, blower work to clean dust off cars and ego lawnmower as well as across front/back yards. Folded stored ego mower
Reviewed volunteer opportunities local to home address. Created volunteer profile with Houston Food bank (Portwall address) and familiarized my self with upcoming and regular weekly volunteer hours/shifts.
Scanned/archived new Stellar bank monthly statement and filed in TOMMY personal office/file cabinet
Filed scanned copy of Goose Creek ISD tax statement and filed in TOMY personal office/file cabinet
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
WED 02/25/26: DAILY LOG
cleaned bath and vacuumed, mopped housewide floors
Organized new/waiting quickbooks work.
Spoke with FIDELITY advisor, Jennifer for half hour about TOMMY investment stuff; scheduled 1 hour zoom call for next week to discuss options for TOMMY portfolio rearrangement
Received ZOOM meeting link from Jennifer/Fidelity; imported into personal calendar for reminders/zoom link/etc.
Logged into Fidelity JOEL/TOMMY accounts and verified zoom link/meeting schedule
Grocery/pharmacy/shopping
Phone call to TOMMY ACCT to trace down mystery/”suspence” item on TOMMY AMEX from Jan. 28. Logged on to TOMMY AMEX and traced suspense item back to TOMMY pesonal/medical charge on same date and at same location in Baytown TX. Informed ACCT that it was personal matters
Per TOMMY request investigated a random emailed statement; logged into TOMMY personal email located random email and identified it as regular monthly statement related to his SW VISA card (new). Card used for regular HTIRE purchases/non issue
Trip to JOEL bank for deposit
TUE 02/24/26: DAILY LOG
cleaned bath and vacuumed, mopped housewide floors
Organized new/waiting quickbooks work.
Inputted new invoices/bills/etc. In Quickbooks
Contacted ABC13 volunteering my SNAP food assistance with elderly lady currently having issues getting food
Went to shoot guns at range with MAC
Prepared CHAPARRAL statement of recent open invoices and sent PDF binder to payables department for payment
JOEL PCP doctor/pharmacy stuff
TOMMY request for TGS invoice re: pricing of 28L forestry tire; located invoice in TOMMY office file cabinet/copied provided to TOMMY for reference
Multiple job applications
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