Day 1 done

I did it already. I walked all through our very large Goodwill store. So that's done. Next up Costco. Maybe tomorrow maybe Saturday.

Yesterday's ginger cookies were the weirdest wonderful fail. For one thing, I did not chill them long enough. But, otherwise, I don't know what went wrong. They flattened out like pancakes. They look like they should be thrown out. But OMG are they ever delicious. Kind of a ginger/toffee thing.

I think more flour. I need to make them again and fix or maybe revisit the original recipe and compare. But, honestly if they always turn out butt ugly and delicious, I'm not sure I'm going to hate that.

Biggie's having a weird day. Hilariously, he stayed in bed this morning snoozing away until he heard the final jeopardy music then he got up and stretched and waited for me to get off the treadmill. He knows the routine.

Later I pulled a shirt out of the closet to wear and put it on the bed. I did another thing and when I turned around he was stretched out on the shirt. Where he stayed. Until I got back from Goodwill! (Yes, I put on a different shirt.)

He got into my lap as soon as I sat down. He snuggled in and then he bit me. So I put him on the floor. Lather rinse repeat. But, these were not break the skin bites, these were just teeth resting on skin bites. So weird. Finally, he gave up and just nestled in for a while.

But, he's not doing any of his usual things so I don't know what's up. I did manage to get close up photos of the tops and the bottoms of his feet and sent them to the vet so she could see what a great job she did.

No word from the doctor about moving my prescriptions. It's a good thing I've got plenty of each on hand. Sure hope I don't get sick and need him any time soon. Geesh. I do love him but part of that love has always been that he's been there when I needed him. Remove that from the equation and I wonder... Fortunately, he's in a huge practice with lots of other doctors so it's not like I'd be totally stranded.

Old people and their doctors...

And speaking of old people... spacefem turned me onto the coolest sub reddit. Ask Old People. We ask that only people who are Generation X (1965-1980) or older respond to questions directly. Others are more than welcome to respond to comments and join in the conversation, but if you are younger, please restrict your activity to asking questions and responding to other comments. Some of the questions are funny and revealing and lots of the answers are fun and interesting.

I love the gecko but not that much

I've had Geico insurance for my car since forever. Like everything, the price has edged up and up. But today it jumped so high, I said buhbye and it was an interesting experience...

It's a 6 month policy. Last time I paid $228. This time they wanted $314.

So I plugged in and got quotes. And yoouza did I wake up the ants in the anthill. I was maybe 5 minutes into the process when my phone rang the first time. Texts, emails. They like me. They want me!!

Progressive came back with a quote of $211 which suited me fine. I've got an old car and I'm an old woman with great credit and zero accidents or tickets. $211 seems fine to me.

I signed up and paid up and then googled how to divorce Geico. The only way is to call. I figured I could just not pay them but that didn't seem nice. So I called. Google says there is a 5 minute wait but, I figured and was right, when you tell the bot you want to cancel, they hook you up immediately.

I got a nice lady who tried hard but I shut her down. "If you wanted to keep my business, you would not have slapped a more than 30% jump in my rate." To her credit, she recognized a losing deal and finished me off.

And Progressive connected my home insurance and told me in Washington, I do not need a paper insurance card. Digital is fine. Thank you!

I'll miss you little lizard.