Good morning! I woke up having a dream about Tom Hanks weeping to me over some trauma in his childhood or some such. The few specifics I remember include ruins of old buildings, a sink that didn’t work, and putting powder on someone, only to discover that it was finely ground gunpowder. After that, who could sleep?
Walmart still hasn’t delivered my new vacuum cleaner. I emailed and complained, and they wrote back to say it’s on the way but not to worry, they don’t charge my card till it’s delivered. Hah - how about it was charged 2 weeks ago?? I let them know what I thought of that - wonder if I’ll get a gift card for my inconvenience? I think they owe me some chocolate at the very least.
Today is finally the big day - we’ll be hooking up the new aquarium plumbing and with luck, all will go well. Speaking of bettas - I was under the impression that you never put 2 together in a tank. My daughter used to have a pair, but she had a divided tank so they could see each other but not get to each other. Which begs the question - where do bebeh bettas come from then? Not that I really care - we don’t do fresh water fish.
Other plans for today, you ask? Um, I should probably bring up our luggage for the cruise and start thinking about what to pack. There are things I can pack already - I doubt that I’ll be wearing shorts or my bathing suit over the next 4 or 5 days…
I have no idea what our taxes are going to be like this year. I did see my W2 for the 7 months I was working, plus my retirement incentive payout. Haven’t see one for my partial retirement payments, but quick math suggests overall, I’ll make the same or slightly less than last year, so there’s that. Unfortunately, OPM doesn’t yet withhold state income taxes from my pension money, so I may have to pay there. Plus at the end of the year, **FCD **had one short term disability check from which nothing was withheld. It’s probably not a big deal in the grand scheme of things. Anyway, I don’t expect to get our taxes done till we’re back from the cruise, and I’d be thrilled to be within a buck of our obligations. Ain’t gonna happen, but it would be cool.
We’re supposed to get rain tonight. As long as it holds off till we haul the stuff upstairs down to the new sump in the basement, it can rain all it wants. Depending on how long my sweetie sleeps, we may be done about lunch time, so threats of PM rain won’t matter. I see knitting this afternoon - I’ve finished 2 hat/scarf sets and I’ve started a third. I plan to have them all done, washed with the afghan I finished over the weekend, and I’ll deliver them all to Mom on Sunday. If I ever develop an allergy to acrylic yarn, I’ll go insane!!!
And that’s my morning so far. Stay tuned for further updates! 
