Rickrock
JUB Addict
I am lucky and am doing okay, but there have been some experiences that I would not be having if not for this pandemic.
Yesterday I bought some oatmeal raisin cookies in a solid plastic container that was more or less sealed. I left it in the garage overnight hoping that any germs on the package would die. I did worry that some critter would get it even though it was sealed and we haven't had any critters in our garage in decades. Today I brought it inside and decided to wash it with soap and water before putting it away. When we opened it the cookies were mushy because the package must not have been airtight and water got into it.
Friday I went to the bank and my checking balance was higher than I had figured. I was expecting my income tax refund and my stimulus payment and didn't know which one I had received and couldn't figure out which one it was because I didn't know which checks hadn't cleared yet, and I also had an arithmetic error. Today I received my monthly bank statement and it was my stimulus check I had received and I found the error as well. Have you received your stimulus check yet?
I have been getting my quarterly statements in the mail for my retirement funds, invested in stocks and bonds, with the starting figure for January 1 and the ending figure for March 31st. I have lost 13.7% in the first quarter. Fortunately, I don't need most of this money now and expect it to recover, at least some, when this is all over.
Last fall I made a regular check-up appointment with my doctor for later this week. Last week I called the doctor's office and asked if I should cancel it. His assistant said no and asked if I had a smart phone. I do not. She said that he would call me at the appointment time and conduct the appointment over the phone.
Early this month the Cleveland International Film Festival was scheduled. I have been going to see some of the films for years. Obviously it was cancelled. Now they are streaming some of the movies. I don't have a regular streaming service and figured I couldn't see them, but it now looks like I might be able to get some of them streamed to my laptop, if I can figure out how to do that. I am technically backward. They are charging only $8.00 per film instead of the $14-$16 it would have cost at the theater.
I do wear a homemade mask whenever I go to the store now which makes it a little hard to breath, but still manageable.
I am lucky that none of these are major problems. How are you doing at this time?
Yesterday I bought some oatmeal raisin cookies in a solid plastic container that was more or less sealed. I left it in the garage overnight hoping that any germs on the package would die. I did worry that some critter would get it even though it was sealed and we haven't had any critters in our garage in decades. Today I brought it inside and decided to wash it with soap and water before putting it away. When we opened it the cookies were mushy because the package must not have been airtight and water got into it.
Friday I went to the bank and my checking balance was higher than I had figured. I was expecting my income tax refund and my stimulus payment and didn't know which one I had received and couldn't figure out which one it was because I didn't know which checks hadn't cleared yet, and I also had an arithmetic error. Today I received my monthly bank statement and it was my stimulus check I had received and I found the error as well. Have you received your stimulus check yet?
I have been getting my quarterly statements in the mail for my retirement funds, invested in stocks and bonds, with the starting figure for January 1 and the ending figure for March 31st. I have lost 13.7% in the first quarter. Fortunately, I don't need most of this money now and expect it to recover, at least some, when this is all over.
Last fall I made a regular check-up appointment with my doctor for later this week. Last week I called the doctor's office and asked if I should cancel it. His assistant said no and asked if I had a smart phone. I do not. She said that he would call me at the appointment time and conduct the appointment over the phone.
Early this month the Cleveland International Film Festival was scheduled. I have been going to see some of the films for years. Obviously it was cancelled. Now they are streaming some of the movies. I don't have a regular streaming service and figured I couldn't see them, but it now looks like I might be able to get some of them streamed to my laptop, if I can figure out how to do that. I am technically backward. They are charging only $8.00 per film instead of the $14-$16 it would have cost at the theater.
I do wear a homemade mask whenever I go to the store now which makes it a little hard to breath, but still manageable.
I am lucky that none of these are major problems. How are you doing at this time?
