It finally happened! I got the contract from SSA. I received the document via email and sent back a signed copy. Called my friend in the disability office to find out when I could actually start and was told I needed to pass the security check before I could begin. They were supposed to send me some forms to fill out but forgot to include them. Also need to get fingerprinted and it says the contractor (that's me--an offerer no longer) will bear the cost of the procedure. It would be nice if I could get all of that done before my bride and I go away at the end of this week. Speaking of my bride, it was her birthday this past Monday so I went to a mall I never go to to look for her present. (BTW-I already returned it today-she's very easy to buy for; returns virtually everything.) Anyway, that little excursion was a foreshadowing of things to come in my life, I'm afraid. It took me at least 15 minutes to find (what I thought) was the correct exit to a parking lot that I'm very unfamiliar with. Once in the lot I couldn't find my car. I pressed the key fob and faintly heard a honk above all the din. Over the next 20 minutes I tried walking in every possible direction while listening to distant honks become more distant. It was a mash-up of a Seinfeld and a Twilight Zone. I finally realized I was on the wrong level. I'd probably still be there if not for that minor epiphany.
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