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Wednesday report
Jun. 10th, 2020 08:49 pmYesterday, my health insurance company employer magnanimously announced that for the two paychecks I'd get in the month of June, it wouldn't deduct health/dental/vision insurance premiums from the checks. This seems like a rather fortuitous bit of timing, given that I'd just decided to order a new smartphone. Today I had a look at the check I'll be getting Friday, and turns out I'll be getting about $150 extra altogether, or 1/8 of a stimulus check. Well, I'm certainly not gonna look that gift horse in the mouth; it'll pay for most of the costs of my new phone.
And I should have the new phone on Monday. Got one of the cases I ordered for it today. It's a nice case, though doesn't necessarily have all the features I want. Went ahead and ordered another one. But I don't think I'll send this one back; it didn't cost enough to be worth the hassle of returning it. Maybe I'll just use both of them at different times. Remains to be seen.
Other recent purchases I'm waiting on include an electric fan that's like two days overdue now. Wonder where it is. Amazon's usually better at getting stuff out quickly, but I guess that the pandemic and riots have put a kink in things.
Was pleasantly cool after getting off work this evening, so I took a bike ride three blocks east to the Taco Bell. When I was making a quick Aldi run the other day, I noticed the place had re-opened. It has social distancing and sanitation measures in place (like, you can't use the same cup for soda refills, and you have to ask them for sauce packets and stuff), and it's even got a couple of touchscreen self service kiosks for credit card orders. They're pretty nice, and will even let you customize your order, like adding guacamole or other extras to your tacos or burritos. It's nice not to have to get up in someone's face to place my order, and to be able to key in exactly what I want without worrying that the order-taker might misunderstand me.
I wouldn't have thought Taco Bell could be a comfort food, but you know, it really is. Nothing says "normal" like stuffing your face with trashy fake Mexican food.
And I should have the new phone on Monday. Got one of the cases I ordered for it today. It's a nice case, though doesn't necessarily have all the features I want. Went ahead and ordered another one. But I don't think I'll send this one back; it didn't cost enough to be worth the hassle of returning it. Maybe I'll just use both of them at different times. Remains to be seen.
Other recent purchases I'm waiting on include an electric fan that's like two days overdue now. Wonder where it is. Amazon's usually better at getting stuff out quickly, but I guess that the pandemic and riots have put a kink in things.
Was pleasantly cool after getting off work this evening, so I took a bike ride three blocks east to the Taco Bell. When I was making a quick Aldi run the other day, I noticed the place had re-opened. It has social distancing and sanitation measures in place (like, you can't use the same cup for soda refills, and you have to ask them for sauce packets and stuff), and it's even got a couple of touchscreen self service kiosks for credit card orders. They're pretty nice, and will even let you customize your order, like adding guacamole or other extras to your tacos or burritos. It's nice not to have to get up in someone's face to place my order, and to be able to key in exactly what I want without worrying that the order-taker might misunderstand me.
I wouldn't have thought Taco Bell could be a comfort food, but you know, it really is. Nothing says "normal" like stuffing your face with trashy fake Mexican food.
