FRIDAY AND RENT

No T.O.P.S. yesterday, but I weighed myself here this morning (Saturday) and the good/bad new is: 

Got busy early on catching up with all I neglected before Christmas. Was on the phone for 45 minutes with Amazon Singapore straightening out my own error (leaving the last name off of Mike's email). Did a number of other chores, both financial and domestic, that are too mundane to mention.

Emailed Diane to see if she could meet for a lib lunch, but she's with family from Chicago until tonight. She suggested Sunday and, yes, fine. She reminded me she wanted to treat me for my birthday, so hey,  that's fine by me, and we'll meet at the Hill Street Cafe.

Got a text from Vickie. In it, she mentioned that it was four years ago that her long-time partner, Mary, lost her 39-year-old grandson to suicide. I wrote back about Betty's loss of Jay the same way, when he was 31. We agreed we want to talk about these tragedies that continue to haunt our families.

Went to Von's for grapefruit zero sugar soda, sumo tangerines, and other items. I now have a fridge and freezer fully stocked. It occurred to me I do this in cycles: Before Ellen and I went to Grocery Outlet the other day, the pantry (meaning freeze and freezer) was pretty sparse. Now I have enough there for at least several weeks and probably more. 

Went over to the office with my rent plus utilities check, only to be told by Soyant that I had to email Kim to get the total--AAGH! Of course, I had gotten the email below last week, but didn't bother to read it. However, it's no biggie and I'll just bring it on Monday. For my own convenience, I'm adding it here in miniature re the change of ownership rent payments:

From:	Kimberly Mead (Assistant Community Director)
Date:	December 23, 2024, 7:13 pm
Subject:	Action Plan for January Rent payments

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Greetings Residents,

Re: Action Plan for January rent payments

Important Facts:

- LEDGER BALANCES ARE NOT ACCURATE

- Email: kimberly.mead@fpimgt.com for all accounting inquiries

⁃ The amount to pay on the resident portal is not accurate, due to utility charges not showing up on ledgers, and any payments made towards utilities shows up as a false credit.

⁃ There will be no waiving of late fees, moving forward for any reason

⁃ Kim shall proactively email each resident with their amount to pay before December 28th to ensure all residents have the amount due with adequate notice to pay rent on time

⁃ It is possible to pay a custom amount BEFORE the 1st

⁃ To avoid a convenience/transaction fee, payments must be made via "E. Check" on the resident portal

⁃ We will be in the office Monday December 30 and Tuesday December 31st, closed New Year’s Day, and back in the office Thursday January 2nd and Friday January 3rd

⁃ You may also pay by personal check, money order or cashiers check the week of Monday, December 30 through Friday, January 3rd (Closed New Years Day)

- Payable to: Avian Ventura Grand Apts. LLC

⁃ New office hours are 8am to 5pm Monday through Friday

⁃ Please note resident portal works on Eastern Standard Time therefore do not wait until the evening of December 31 to enter a custom payment amount on the resident portal

Thank you for your cooperation and patience as we work through this transition.