"Pumping up" (physically/emotionally) for an overnight trip sometime around the upcoming weekend to purchase diesel fuel in Pittsburg; meanwhile dealing with home-association-member over-due payables as well as hosting sons' birthdays.
Two of the three sound nice. The HOA does not in any way. We're actually members of an HOA that all the fees are completely voluntary. It started decades ago as homeowners just going in together on security. That's still the main cost as the little bit of HOA property is maintained by volunteers.