It's been a super busy month so far! In no particular order...
- Our lemons are almost ripe!
- Yay Blue Wave on Election Day! Hopefully some sanity will be restored to American politics.
- On Veteran's Day hubby got some freebies (haircut, In N Out burger, pizza) but we didn't do our usual free buffet lunch at South Point Casino because the line was nearly three hour's long(!). I don't know if this is an economic indicator but I can't imagine waiting three hours for a $25 meal.
- The Microsoft outage on Thursday made for a very quiet day at work. Work came to a standstill (Teams, Outlook, etc was down) but my personal tech was just fine (Linux, Libre Office, Brave, and Tuta Mail).
- Then on Friday there was a total ground stop at US airports for several hours (some friends were flying to Europe and got caught in the mess; I think they are still waiting for a flight out). Yikes!
- Then there was the rumor that the weather service was down which sent work partners into a kerfuffle (all of the preparedness folks went on alert...thank goodness these was a simple glitch).
- Needless to say, my "no doomscrolling" resolution has gone right out the window...
- On a happy note, I haven't bought anything yet this month (although the continuous Black Friday deals are looking pretty good). Since when did a one-day sale become a two-month ordeal???
- More people are retiring at work. We are all around the same age so "plan for retirement" is steadily moving up on my priority list.
- Finally, the weather has been pretty nice so we haven't needed air conditioning or heat for the past few weeks and our utility bills are reflecting this. Yay opportunity to save money!
I hope you all are having a wonderful November!
