–Took a selfie with license to try and get back on Gemini for crypto. Got back on, but with big restrictions. I “verified my identity,” which “should only take a few minutes,” but it’s been many hours. Here we go again.
–Paid State Farm $322.81 for Honda insurance.
–Took Grace shopping at Smart & Final.
–Was going to do dermatology and colonoscopy on the same day; Grace said no. Re-scheduled skin check: February. Not happy.
–Consolidating crypto at Robinhood. Turns out the $4k I couldn’t spend at Kraken was an open order for BTC that I’d placed by accident in Kraken Pro a few days ago. it wasn’t going anywhere unless BTC came down to $82k, which will be a while. Took me a long time to find the open order and cancel it. Kraken has great customer service, but the line between Kraken and Kraken Pro is really hazy. I was using Pro because redditors said it was cheaper. (a) I’m not sure it is, and (b) it’s super easy to get lost there. Robinhood is not perfect, but it’s okay for a while. Tried binance.us again, and again got tangled up in multiple logins with the same phone number, which (I believe) would not let me get verified there. Crap. Maybe in a few weeks I’ll be able to get back on Coinbase–but I sort of doubt it. Gemini could also work, but they seem to have dropped me like others for too many accounts under one phone number.
–Went to New York Bagel for bagels, also got a couple sesame bagel dogs which we had for dinner. Pretty good. Then to KP Market for fruit.
–Played some more with photo editors. RAW Power again looks like the only possible alternative to Lightroom.
–Did some crypto of course. Gotta put in some stop-loss for when the bull slows down.
–Took a shower and shave.
–Crypto market is going bonkers; I’m making millions (almost). Things seem to be okay at Kraken, though connecting to banks can be hit-or-miss sometimes.
–Took Grace Thanksgiving shopping at Bel Air.
–Dinner from Jack’s Urban Eats.
–FINALLY got crypto settled. Went to Kraken Pro on a whim, added a couple bank accounts, immediately bought some Cardano (not many places offer it). Given my bank woes on standard Kraken, this was a miracle. So—I moved all my Crypto out of Trust Wallet into Kraken. We be hummin’ now…
–Went to Bel Air for bagels, milk, cream, cream cheese, cookies.
–Red Baron pizza for dinner.
–Yet another quiet day. Took some photos, played with crypto. Pretty much done with Kraken: several attempts to link bank accounts failed. Putting all my eggs in Robinhood for now.
–Quiet day. Spent most of it reconciling/organizing/optimizing my crypto holdings in (eventually) Phantom Wallet. It’s way ahead of all the others in usability.
–Tried to buy BTC on Trust Wallet via Ramp–every account, every card–all refused. Tried to set up Kraken Wallet on the iPhone. As with Coinbase Wallet, it found BTC and ETH, but not SOL. Gettin’ tired of this.
–Abutilon is going bonkers. Even my cuttings seem to be sprouting roots.
–Picked up lemon drops and Cremina Min/Max decals at UPS, and learned that Sonya, who has run the place for 30 years, retired 11/5.
–Slowly getting crypto sites working; making some money on Bitcoin.
–Took the BMW to Home Depot for a Ridgid shop vac, Smart & Final for stuff.
–Got an appointment and instructions for colonoscopy. What a nightmare that’s going to be: almost two days without eating.
–Tried to close crypto.com account on phone. They never sent the final auth code. I just deleted the app. Good riddance–the site was a nightmare of flashing offers.
–Did a little “yard” work.
–Red Baron for dinner.
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