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Maybe it’s because I had a cup of coffee before the auditor got here this morning, but I found myself engaging him in conversation for half an hour or so, while I should have been letting him work. Obviously, I don’t get out enough, and I don’t have enough visitors. Maybe I should work on that.
We talked about business, of course, and the “extra” audit the rating bureau made us do last year. That was actually an audit of the auditor, and he got “dinged” a bit, as he put it, so I expected him to be pickier and more thorough this time. In fact, I gave him way more detailed information than he needed, just to try to head off any crazy tangents he might have wanted to take.
Anyway, that’s the kind of conversation we had. He didn’t ask me, “How do you like our new president?” as my landlord did when he was here last week. We didn’t chat about the stimulus package or the Super Bowl or whether Benjamin Button really deserved all those Oscar noms (and The Dark Knight deserved more). All valid topics of conversation, of course, but not why this meeting was called to order.
While he worked, I used the computer to catch up on what’s been going on since I’ve been out of touch. (Quite a lot, apparently.) He did have a few questions, which I answered. He was here for three hours, and at the end he told me he’d found a small discrepancy, which would be settled in the insurance company’s favor (natch), unless I found the error and reported it to them. It’s only a matter of a few dollars, but the principle is the same, so I’ll look for it and even hope to find it.
After he finally left, I was wiped out. I’d been on some kind of a high while he was here, but I came crashing down afterward. I spent most of the afternoon not looking for the error but conked out in the recliner. Before I knew it, the day was over. Time flies when you’re having a nap. |
