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captainsblogNo court, no clients, no nothin today other than just WORKWORKWORK....
Thus, no alarm. At least not mine. Eleanor apparently slept through hers, a rare thing, and I vaguely remember dreaming about noises in the neighborhood that were probably said alarm, but she made it to work on time (on her bike, even:), and my first awakening post-feeding-time was hearing my phone go off around 8:30.
It was not happy news, once I was finally awake.
H and W came to see me in the last week of last year, Both had debt, but most of it was H's, and thus it was decided that only H would (and did) file a Chapter 7 last month. His hearing is a week from Monday, but he will not be attending. For the call came from W, telling me that H had passed away the day before. His health had been an issue; we'd even done a power of attorney so W could testify on H's behalf if he was too infirm that day. POA's do not survive the principal's death, but something similar will happen to enable those bills to go away.
Her main concern, on the phone this morning, was scuttlebutt from her coworkers (yes, she went to work the day her husband died) about her now needing to file bankruptcy herself to protect against H's creditors. I called back as soon as I was sentient, told her how sorry I was and not to worry, and that the System has this covered. His case had been assigned to a decent gentleman to resolve, who I'm sure has dealt with this issue before. There are rules, and procedures, which should enable the discharge of his debts despite him not being with us a week from Monday.
The bigger issue, for me, is making sure I am at his calling hours or funeral, which have yet to be published.
The rest of the WORKWORKWORK went okay for me, as it did for Eleanor. But we're both still here, which makes it all that much better.
Thus, no alarm. At least not mine. Eleanor apparently slept through hers, a rare thing, and I vaguely remember dreaming about noises in the neighborhood that were probably said alarm, but she made it to work on time (on her bike, even:), and my first awakening post-feeding-time was hearing my phone go off around 8:30.
It was not happy news, once I was finally awake.
H and W came to see me in the last week of last year, Both had debt, but most of it was H's, and thus it was decided that only H would (and did) file a Chapter 7 last month. His hearing is a week from Monday, but he will not be attending. For the call came from W, telling me that H had passed away the day before. His health had been an issue; we'd even done a power of attorney so W could testify on H's behalf if he was too infirm that day. POA's do not survive the principal's death, but something similar will happen to enable those bills to go away.
Her main concern, on the phone this morning, was scuttlebutt from her coworkers (yes, she went to work the day her husband died) about her now needing to file bankruptcy herself to protect against H's creditors. I called back as soon as I was sentient, told her how sorry I was and not to worry, and that the System has this covered. His case had been assigned to a decent gentleman to resolve, who I'm sure has dealt with this issue before. There are rules, and procedures, which should enable the discharge of his debts despite him not being with us a week from Monday.
The bigger issue, for me, is making sure I am at his calling hours or funeral, which have yet to be published.
The rest of the WORKWORKWORK went okay for me, as it did for Eleanor. But we're both still here, which makes it all that much better.