msbelle, we have a Knight Costume--but it is Owen-sized.

We probably need to update our wills but my twin sister and her husband are the only ones that could possibly keep our kids without making them crazy. Then all the assets go into a trust. I'm glad my sister is a lawyer because she basically told us what we need to do.

Much kitty~ma, Plei.

Please, people with kids, make sure you have made arrangements for them (that do not involve direct inheritance)! And don't be afraid to think outside the box beyond relatives. Sometimes the best options are not blood ties.

The SO's brother put us as guardians for their two kids, but as one just turned eighteen and the other is fourteen, we're almost off the hook. My sister didn't, on the basis that we didn't already have kids so her much younger kids would join the clan her sister-in-law is raising, which I'm good with.

(eta: I foresee a lot of semicolon abuse in my future as the semicolon om my new phone is in the alt key that the comma was on my old phone. The comma now does not require an extra keypress which will be great once I figure that out.)

My sister didn't, on the basis that we didn't already have kids so her much younger kids would join the clan her sister-in-law is raising; which I'm good with.

I think my parents' intent was the opposite, actually, that we wouldn't have to wedge into another family. Was never an issue, thankfully.

I was listed as the backup parent for my sister's girls, but they're both over 18 now, so the question is thankfully moot. I don't know who my brothers have chosen for their kids.

ION, I sent an agreement to the Big Boss to be signed on June 29th. Today? Still no signature. AMAZING.

Unrelated to anything preceding, I really get irritated with people who drive for a living who seem ignorant about how roads work. Taxi driver? If you stop at the lights in the middle of the crosswalk, the sensors don't know you're there, and they won't change the lights so you get the green. This is not rocket science.

However, maybe they read that "you are too gullible" article that said that pressing the "press to walk" button has no effect and actually fell for it. Not in LA, buddy. Not in LA.

Also, people, stop fucking with LJ. I want my shit.

And, if I told you something would be done today, 9am is a dumb time to ask for updates, especially if I'm not the one doing it.

I think that covers it. For right now.

I would have taken on the guardianship of my sister's kids, if it had become an issue, as my BiL was the much younger sibling in his family. They didn't want the kids to go to someone who would have been in their late 70s before the kids went to college. Luckily, both kids are well over 18 now. Their parents would have left them well provided for, money-wise, but I'd have been a crappy parent.

I don't have kids or any other kind of dependents, to I put my sister's name on my life insurance and called it a day. I probably should draw up a will at some point, just so she can take my car without hassle, and knows to cremate my corpse.

I am currently on the project from hell. Boss keeps asking when the requirements will be done, and the current answer is "never". Because they keep changing, and there are a shitload of unanswered questions.

And then when I ask questions, first off I get a dismissive answer, which I kind of expect, because I'm not up to snuff on the business side of things (it's unutterably complex--we have so many SMEs on this project), but when I ask for explanation (because I will act dumb, since someone might ask me to explain) it's usually "Oh, we need to pose that question at the next meeting. Why am I the first person to come up with these questions? It's right there in the document, cheerfully not making any sense. I totally don't get the project assumptions.

Boss keeps asking when the requirements will be done, and the current answer is "never". Because they keep changing, and there are a shitload of unanswered questions.

God, that sounds familiar. I'm trying to juggle the environmental planning on a project with the engineering design, and it's killing me, because they have to be interwoven--we want the contract firm to decide how to do it, but they need to know the environmental constraints, but we can't define the environmental constraints unless we know how the contractor wants to do it. Argh.

Project Management: all the SAME, no matter what industry you're in.

Project Management: all the SAME, no matter what industry you're in.

"How much should we ask for?" "How much can we get?" "How much do you need?" "What's the total budget?" "The budget depends on what we can get." "How much should we ask for?"