The Document Explained

My cousin Teresa recently asked me exactly what the infamous "document" was that occupied so much of our family posts.  Here is the explanation I sent her:

"The document" started as a 90 page PDF file containing his condo association's rules and regulations, and the state declarations about the condo association itself - the state laws, what happens if the condos are damaged, images of the building that makes up the association, how the public areas are maintained etc.

The association wanted to make a few small changes, and a lawyer quoted them $10,000, so Dad said he would do it. All my sibs, and some of my cousins have been involved in trying to convert the PDF file (no one could) to recreating it as a word doc. Dad almost sent it to Germany to one of the cousin's kids!

Much work has gone into it on Dad's part. We have all heard about it, and have all had our hands in helping him with it. Part of the problem is Dad's computer skills. He keeps numerous copies of his work, on CDs, the hard drive, and a flash drive. Sometimes that was good because whole paragraphs would disappear.

Dad swears Carolyn's air conditioner was changing the content of his file (you heard me right). Whenever he was saving it and the AC kicked on, pieces would go missing - according to Dad. I think it had more to do with having to copy all his changes to multiple places to keep his numerous backups in sync.

That's the story of "the document". It's almost over - the document is now in the hands of the condo association, has come back for a few changes, but must be complete soon so that copies can be made before the owners' meeting in January.