Credit Dilemma

 By the time I left work yesterday the wind had picked up and was busy blowing away the warm weekend weather and leaving space for cooler temps to rush in, and rush they did.  When I got up this morning our temps were hovering in the mid 50s (F) and the skies are overcast.  The temps might make it up to 70 (F) if we're lucky, and the cloudy skies will remain as rain will be moving into the area for the next few days.  If the long range forecast is correct, our temps will not rise above 75 (F) for the next 2 weeks.  So, is summer going to be cool?   We shall have to wait and see.

The flooring department was busy yesterday.  Two big ticket installations were processed, one of which was mine for over $10,000.  Wowza!  My customer put that charge on 2 different credit cards, something I'd never do.   There was an actual sale going on when she was measured which would have reduced this cost by almost $1000, but she chose to wait, possibly because she knew she was going to be putting it on 2 separate cards.  I feel bad when I see people doing things like this since it tells me they're not balancing things well as they go through life.

My new printer arrives today.  I'm excited.  I'm going to be moving some things around in the writing room.

I gave Howie a walnut this morning.  He played with it for a long time but never ate it.  I also took a picture of him out walking by one of my Itoh peonies.  I'm glad he stayed red, I was concerned he might end up a yellow lab.

I watched a clip of Scottie Bessent on some talky show yesterday attempting to blow off America's downgrade by Moody's.  Scottie's not too happy.  The words he was spitting out didn't come close to matching the look on his face.  This downgrade happened on his watch and he knows in the end, unless we get an upgrade shortly, he will be blamed.  He's learning that you can not run the country as if it were a business.  Because of that downgrade the stock market is going to drop today.   This is the Republicans fault.  They are the reason the country is so deep in debt.  In a way, they're like my customer who wants that carpet so bad she's going to put the total cost on 2 credit cards.  Orangie wants a tax break, and so they're going to borrow more money in order to give it to him.

On Joe Biden's cancer diagnosis:  Prostate cancer is one of the most curable forms of cancer.  It is very slow moving.  For his cancer to have reached this stage, metastasizing and into his bones, quite likely he's known about it for quite some time.  In fact, this may be the real reason he dropped out of the presidential race.  It is a sad day.  He's given a lot for this country, and I feel bad that he has to suffer towards the end of his days.