random thoughts - Day 1,973 (Monday) - mondaying

Monday rolled in like it always does and computer work with bills, address changes, bank balances, phone calls, and job search activities sucked up a chunk of the day into a void like it always does. There was an unproductive, circuitous, automated level of menu hell on three different phone numbers related to unemployment insurance in an effort to get an answer to a question not covered in the website or the FAQs. 

While trying to set up bill payment instructions on a new checking account, it was discovered that the Lowell electric account was not closed on August 1st when the account was transferred to Gardner, and I was being billed for Lowell through the 5th of August. The usage for those five days was equal to the entire month of September 2024, so who knows how low the new owners at Lowell had the A/C cranking. The billing is allegedly being corrected, but I'll believe it when the corrected bill arrives.

The job searching stuff is painful and time consuming. Looking for work is harder than working. There must be 15 different versions of my resume on the laptop now just from the past month. My eyes hurt after several hours of sifting through job postings. 

Shoes that were in my Amazon list for a year had a 50% price drop the other day and I pounced, but stupidly followed the "Based on hundreds of reviews your recommended size is [a half-size smaller than usual]". The shoes delivered yesterday, were tried on today, and are too small. The return request was entered, and of course, the price is back to the regular price and Zappos (now owned by Amazon) can keep their stupid shoes.

The next thing I knew, it was 2:00 and I hadn't eaten anything yet. Late lunch was leftover hot and sour soup with the leftover fried rice dumped into it. Not delicious, not awful. 

Light summer supper.

It was refreshing to return to unpacking boxes and sorting closets and cabinets even though my wrist hurts and now has a bruise next to the scar over the plate that the tendon rubs on. 

The late light summer supper break was cheese, crackers, cherries, and grapes. A cabbage sits in the crisper waiting to be transformed into a salad, and hopefully that will happen soon, but additional ingredients are needed. 

Tomorrow, when I drop off the Amazon return, deposit a premium refund check from the old homeowners insurance policy, and drop off a book donation at the library and get a library card, I'll get carrots and other veggies to go with the cabbage. I think. Probably. We'll see.