random thoughts - Day 2,008 (Monday) - pending

 It was a delightful day at home. Light cleaning. Trash and recycling day. Reviewing the inspection report and developing the list for the handyman. There was a call to the unemployment office with the intention of asking what the "issue" is in the ten weeks of pending certifications that read "This week is not being paid while an issue is resolved." 

A reddit thread about Massachusetts unemployment was scrolled while I was on hold not quite listening to the rotation of recorded messages. In what felt like a miracle, an agent came on the line after only 40 minutes. The status of my certifications was checked and I was told they needed adjudication and they were moved to the adjudication department. An update would be provided by that department. I still don't know what the issue is, but it felt good that a helpful human looked at it today and I was able to cross an item off the dreaded "phone calls to be made" list. There are still too many items on there.

There was a good amount of time spent sitting around watching Nashville on Netflix. I liked the show when it was a new and I was living not far from Nashville. I still like it, especially seeing the scenes set in places I visited like The 5 Spot and Ryman Auditorium. When I still lived in Tennessee, I applied to be an extra on the show and received a couple dates for filming. Then, as luck would have it, family arrived from Massachusetts to help me pack to move back home, and I couldn't very well split for entire days to be an extra on a TV show. 

In related news, the same situation happened this summer with a show that was taping locally. After I applied, the house sold, and when I received the taping dates I was again deep in packing. The dates included wardrobe guidelines and all that stuff was already deep in the moving pod. It might be a coincidence of timing, but it almost seems like the key to me selling a house is to sign up for TV show extras casting.

Later in the day, two dance sisters came over and we worked on the three troupe dances for the Halloween performance in just a few short weeks. One dance we've done a couple times, one was new for last year and I didn't learn it because I was on vacation on performance day, and a third is new for this year. It was fun and we'll do it again.