Cooler, maybe some rain. Certainly humid.
Almost 10F cooler outside than in my office when I wrote this late last night. During the day it got into the low 90s in the sun, but it took longer, and it didn’t stay there very long. I expect the same today, only there is a bigger chance of rain.
Daughter one got on the right bus twice yesterday and got where she was supposed to be first try. Nice change of pace :-/ She’s still adjusting to being at school all day. She says “it’s exhausting”. Daughter two likes virtual better than in person, but is getting bored being chained to the lappy. The district (passing the buck to the state) has managed to crush the best aspect of remote learning by requiring the kids to stay in sight of the lappy camera for their required time. No more finishing your work and taking out a book… no more working ahead either- by diktat of the district.
I managed to sell a couple of items on ebay, so I’ve got shipping to do today. One is easy, just a medium flat rate box. The other is sensitive and going to Germany, so needs a sturdy and large box. I hope I got the weight right, for the buyer’s sake. He’s pre-paying for the shipping based on what I had in the listing. I was offering free shipping so I didn’t worry too much about the weight I listed. Hmm. I wonder what happens if it weighs more than I thought? Never came up before. Nice to have some items selling though.
Spent a bunch of time getting some stuff ready to list. It ate more time than I thought, so I still don’t have my NVR running on linux. It’s running under windows, even if I can’t see the live cam view, it is still saving the video files so I’ve got coverage if something happens. I got really used to just glancing up to see what’s going on outside though. I can still access the stream from the cameras individually, it just takes another couple of steps. Carry that task over to today.
Not much movement on the campaign trail, given the explosive nature of the allegations against the Bidens. There must be some frantic activity behind closed doors. If the stuff in the emails is true, and no one seems to be saying it’s not, then the only way to avoid jail is to win the Presidency, or hope that being the failed candidate is a shield, like it was for Hillarity. Or fake a medical issue and then retire to ‘spend more time with family.’
Uncertainty is not good for markets. The markets and the ‘financialization’ of our economy have gotten us into a lot of trouble and will likely get us into more. I feel better with food in the freezer and a big pile of stuff to use if the going gets tough. I think it’s probably a question of ‘when’ not ‘if’, so keep stacking.
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