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Snowy Day

Today was a snowy day... Not a snow day.  Snow days are when I'm off work.  So... today was just a snowy day.  I mean, I was off work, that much is true, but I was off work no matter the weather conditions.

I shoveled some.  Worked on a few things here and there around the house.  Made a to-do list of things to do.  I have to rewrite some checks to my sister that never made it to her house that I mailed before xmas.  They fell into the US Postal Service mail abyss I guess.

I googled it out of curiosity.  Apparently there's just a certain percentage of mail that gets lost every year.

I believe it.  I mean, heck, I've received my neighbors mail like 2 times in the last couple months.  So... I don't have much faith in the postal service.  Also, one of my mom's friends used to work at a sorting facility and he said sometimes stuff just gets caught in the sorting machinery and if it tears too much, they just trash it.  He told me he had seen that happen on numerous occasions.

I'm going to Fed Ex certified with tracking and delivery confirmation this time.

It's just 529 money for her kids for college.

I was thinking of putting a stop on the checks, but it's pointless, the checks are made out directly to the exact account number of the 529 with the kids name.  So if anyone tries to deposit it or cash it, they can't.  That's the only place that check can be deposited.

Plus if someone like, stole the mail, and tried to deposit the checks into their own account... My bank reimburses 100 percent for fraudulent activity.

I often wonder how much work is "redone work" because someone didn't do something right.

Like, so... Someone messed something up.  Or they did something but delivered it to the wrong place.  Or, they put the wrong thing on the wrong thing.

Like, how much work do people do because they have to fix a mistake.  I feel like that happens from time to time.  Especially in business.

So, then some intern did some work wrong, and then a person in charge of that department has to go back and re-do all that work that was done wrong.

That must suck.

Although, when you think about it... Most of life is correcting mistakes.

I mean, most of life is trying to make something right that has gone wrong.

A lot of businesses are based on that.  Like, I'm at a Starbucks right now... They make their money off selling coffee.  Why do we buy coffee?  Because we're sleepy and we want to wake up.

Fixing a problem.

Sleepy.... Coffee!  Awake!

Problem solved.

Well anyways, so... Snowy day.  I'll probably go to the gym, grocery store, get some gas.  My plan tonight is to watch some Netflix and make dinner and crack open this bottle of wine I got in the fall while at the PA Ren Faire.

It's a nice Cab Franc red wine.  I feel like winter time is good for red wines.  I'm down to 3 bottles at the moment.  I generally alternate between white and red.  My next bottle of wine is going to be this bottle of wine I bought back in 2011... Supposed to be a b-day present for Miss Daylight.  Buuuuuuuut... Well... yeah.  Hmmm...

So, that will be my next bottle of wine to drink.  Then I've got another red after that.  I'll have to do some more wine shopping in the near future.

Wine is a problem fixer too... Hard day at work?  Wine!  Problem solved.

Post office failed to deliver your letter with some checks in it?  Drink some wine while you make a new letter and write new checks.

Problem solved.

Too much coffee during the day and can't sleep?

Wine!  Now you're sleepy.  Problem solved!

I guess in this case coffee is both a problem solver and a problem maker.

That's like how snow is, it makes thing look pretty, or gets you off of work... But on the flip side, it makes things slippery... and causes problems.

Well, anyways... That's been my snowy day so far.

On second thought, I'll probably put a stop on those checks anyways.  It's the responsible thing to do.  Speaking of responsible things... I'm off to get gas, then go to the gym...

Then it will be dinner, Netflix and wine time while I unwind on this Saturday night and enjoy my weekend.  Nothing like cozying up with a glass of red wine and a good TV show or movie while covered up on a blanket on the couch on a cold snowy night.