random thoughts – Day 1,726 – (Saturday) – relaxed and rich

There was a plan today. It was to kick off with sleeping late, then be followed by relaxing, lounging about, and avoiding outside life and people.

The view out the
window, 7:03 a.m.

The sleeping late didn’t go well. I forgot to cancel the usual Saturday alarm and a reasonably entertaining dream was rudely disrupted by it at 7:00. Fail. By 7:03 I was fully awake, out of bed, and readying the coffee. The view out the kitchen window was pretty with what I could see of the sky turning gold and pink.

The relaxing part went much better. Three hours were spent in pajamas drinking Family Dollar store brand coffee, which for the record, is the worst coffee I've ever tasted. The can says “100% Coffee” without venturing to specify a type of bean and the stuff seems more like ground walnut shells than coffee. I can’t wait for it to be gone. This is the penalty for buying the budget store brand. With cinnamon and caramel coffee creamer added, it’s almost tolerable.

When the coffee pot was emptied, the day really kicked into gear with a shower, dressing for the day, and gathering the laundry. After an internal debate about whether to put up Christmas decorations or not and two loads of laundry, suddenly it was suppertime. My, how the time flies by. So far, there have been exactly zero trips made to the basement to fetch any of the seasonal festive crap.

Netflix ran all day, in an effort to chip away at the what seems to be a massive dump of Hallmark movies from 2023. There was A Biltmore Christmas, with time travel and a movie set at Biltmore, followed by Christmas Island with a stranded plane in Canada, then Christmas on Cherry Lane, with stories of different families over time and their holidays at the same address.

Financially set.

The mail included an unexpected check, and I almost reached out to a financial advisor for guidance. My financial future is probably now secure with the whopping 85 cents and a memo on the mailer that reads “retirement interest calculation correction.” Wow. I have 90 days to cash or deposit this wondrous bounty from the heavens. I wonder what effect this will have on my taxes. This might just boost me into the top 1% echelon of earners and now I can hobnob with the billionaires.