And, of course

Dana's Medicare card came in the mail yesterday.  I picked up the mail this morning and it was there.  At one point I was talking to someone at Humana and said that would happen.  Manifesting reality again.  

All the work I did was worth it since I learned a lot and used my brain for problem solving and a little manipulation.  Good practice.  But at the end of the day we got the card about the same time as I solved the problem on the phone so I'm not sure it made a difference in the time line of getting Dana corrected in the system.

Like doing pushups and then finding out you had already passed the Physical Readiness Test.

Meanwhile I received a message from USAA that said I had two deposits in my account.  They were labeled Corrective payment and Corrective Misc with no further explanation.

WTF deposits

On the one hand I'm all for having anyone deposit money into my account without explanation.  Be nice to have a couple of extra zeros on this one.  BUT, I really want to know.

Clicking the plus sign for the further description did not yield any further description.

I tried to just send a message to USAA but for banking that is not available.  So I called.  Saturday morning, low staffing.  Twenty five minute wait.

And, I'm thinking I'll put it on my schedule for Monday afternoon.  

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Scary prices

I'm mostly immune to grocery prices.  I'll buy an expensive steak now and again but mostly I buy what we need and if we need it the cost is just what it is.  Food is kind of essential.

But today I was astonished at how much prices had gone up in a couple of weeks.  I bought essentials and the single most expensive item I bought was some salmon at $15 which was too much but eating oily fish is important for us so the expense is important.  We don't much drink anymore so nothing like booze on the list.  Nor coke.  A couple of bags of dog treats totaling maybe $20 plus some canned dog food.  But nothing crazy expensive.  Our total for half a dozen of essential groceries for two people $253.64 (but I SAVED $7.78!!).

Time to start clipping coupons

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