Month: May 2022 (Page 2 of 3)

–Really windy, pool is a mess.

–USPS again put a package of. mine in someone else’s box. This is really getting annoying. [Edit] Neighbor delivered the missing mail package (Massdrop Laconico in purple, like I had some years ago and messed up). Neighbor is in Huntington Village, which turns out to be not condos as I had thought but huge homes on huge lots. His house number is the same as ours, which explains a lot, especially if the mail carrier can’t read. Grrr…..

–Smallest cactus is blooming again, after skipping a year (it never bloomed in La Selva Beach). Mighty impressive.

–Mowed the lawn, trimmed trees/bushes a little.

–Frozen food for dinner.

–Heard from Kirill Yuzh that the guy he sold my Menta 14060 to claims it’s been relumed. Uh….no.

–Spent over an hour on hold with Treasury Direct. Learned that AFTER my account is unblocked (if it is), it will be 8-10 weeks before I can use it to buy bonds. Crap.

–Getting really frustrated looking at cars. Nobody has inventory, everyone adds a market adjustment, vintage cars are over-priced (except Maserati, which I really can’t risk), etc. Crap.

–Went to El Dorado Hills to ride with Tom.

–Had lunch at Five Guys, got coffee at Peet’s, got gas ($62) at the local Arco.

–Looking and looking and looking for a fun car. Availability is slim; prices (new or used) are obscene.

–Heard from Dr. Duncan this morning. He prescribed amlodipine besylate (Norvasc) 5 mg, a calcium-channel blocker, to supplement the Lisinopril. Hope this works.

–Barbecued some turkeyburgers, corn, romas from Raley’s. Yum!

–Pool solar still seems to be working. Pool temp: 10:30 AM = 71, 12:30 PM = 73.

–In the middle of changing all my passwords, I noticed that I haven’t requested my Sutter healthcare reimbursement yet (done in March like clockwork for the past 3-4 years). I’ll get on it, though it’s confusing as all get-out. Can’t believe it isn’t on the google calendar.

–Refund came in from Cody Hendrix for the Olamic Swish I returned–on April 28.

–New mail carrier put my Charcoal Goods Stinger razor in the wrong mailbox. These temps are really bad.

–Started looking into Maserati Quattroportes. Discovered that those made before 2008 or so have the worst transmissions ever made. Great.

–Went up on the roof to sweep tree debris. (1) It was harrowing. (2) I discovered a solar line that had come loose. Called Aztec to get a solar startup (and fix the line): earliest is June 10. I’ll fix the line and start it myself. Grrr…

–Made pizza for dinner. San Marzano crushed tomatoes (actually like a thick sauce) cooked on the stone. Delicious, but awfully crispy.

–Rolex 5512 came back from Kirill Yuzh. It’s the one that was spruced up by True Patina in January of 2022. Looks nice, runs great.

–Talked to Curtis Finton for a bit regarding the misapplied deposit. He’s going to continue trying to get hold of the IRS. Lesson learned: don’t make speculations to Grace. Even better: don’t talk to Grace at all, especially about finances.

–Around and around again with taxes. At least Curtis called and offered to come here or have me go to his office to sort through things. I still don’t know what happened, but IRS site shows all balances $0, so I think I’ll leave it at that until they send me another dunning notice. [Edit: I found the 2020 estimated payments sheet I copy from the IRS site and send to Curtis in the 2021 folder. It shows two estimated payments in Sep 2020: the standard $1,520 and $8,910. The latter payment is missing from the current IRS estimated payment history. So: it actually was a misapplied payment that they credited to me, then made me pay back. Problem: the bogus refund this led to was credited toward 2021 estimated payments. When the IRS gets around to balancing the books, they’ll see there was no refund in 2020 and hit me for….something. Maybe around $3k–plus interest, penalties, fees, etc. We’ll see what Curtis says.]

–Two 1803s came back from Phil Ridley. One had a large dust speck on the dial. I opened it up and blew it off. Had a little trouble getting the stem back in (argghhh) but all is good now.