6:45 a.m. - I had a conversation with Chase, which didn't go very well...again. He seems to want me to be open to him purchasing and using drugs illegally. I just won't. And that gap in his belief and my belief generally ends up being the end of the conversation. The whole concept confuses me because he doesn't seem to recognize where his philosophy eventually ends up for him, and I almost think he realizes this, but instead of going "drug-free" and finding alternative measures, it seems he just wants to be a better drug user - like he just needs to get more efficient and effective at illegal drug use to avoid all the bad stuff that ends up happening to him - destruction of relationships, possessions, jobs, etc...
The weather is suppose to be interesting again tonight. Even though it's April 16, the forecast is calling for several inches of snow...geez.
Yesterday, I received the coronavirus stimulus check of $1,200 from the federal government, and I used it along with some money I had saved up to send a check to VISA to pay off the balance on my credit card. I've had to much of a balance on that credit card for several years...basically since my divorce. At one point, the dang thing was "maxed out", and that was crap. It feels wonderful to be able to avoid a credit card payment.
3:26 p.m. I had a productive day. I worked on some financial things that helped me with my financial picture. I scored more research papers. I worked on getting some grades for this week inserted and messages out to students.
Things for today
The weather is suppose to be interesting again tonight. Even though it's April 16, the forecast is calling for several inches of snow...geez.
Yesterday, I received the coronavirus stimulus check of $1,200 from the federal government, and I used it along with some money I had saved up to send a check to VISA to pay off the balance on my credit card. I've had to much of a balance on that credit card for several years...basically since my divorce. At one point, the dang thing was "maxed out", and that was crap. It feels wonderful to be able to avoid a credit card payment.
3:26 p.m. I had a productive day. I worked on some financial things that helped me with my financial picture. I scored more research papers. I worked on getting some grades for this week inserted and messages out to students.
Things for today
- Possible
- Scheduled
- Other
I'm hearing President Trump says we are going to start reopening the country because we are past the peak of the virus. This information is very confusing, since just yesterday, "experts" were suggesting that social distancing measures would need to be enforced for another year. In New York, citizens are required to wear masks. The number of positive of cases and deaths still are climbing. So since we apparently (according to President Trump) have past the peak, it's time to start opening up businesses and states. People in Michigan were protesting against the stay at home orders. I realize that I'm not nearly as affected as others, so I can only imagine what some folks are going through. Still, I can't help but think we are posing the majority of people in our country that want to return to normal against high risk candidates that are still in danger. It seems like many people value their jobs and the economy and President Trump against high risk folks...I'm just not sure I'm ready to accept that. Again, though, it's easier for me to be able to say that.
I keep hearing that we are in trouble because 80% of citizens in the United States live paycheck to paycheck. Isn't that a problem? Does that mean that we don't compensate citizens well enough? Does that mean that we don't require citizens to save enough? Should we ourselves have a deeper understanding of having enough savings. I've heard three months should be in our savings account to help get through a tough time. For me that's $6,000, so that's what I'm going to shoot for.
- Illinois Stats
- February 29 was the first reported positive case in Illinois.
- March 20, there were 585 reported positive cases.
- PREVIOUS
- 110,616 tested (+4,848); 23,247 positive (+1,222); 868 deaths (+74)
- 21% of all tests recorded have tested positive
- 3.7% of all positive cases recorded have died
- YESTERDAY
- 116,929 tested (+6313); 24,593 (+1,346) positive; 948 deaths (+80)
- 21% of all tests recorded have tested positive
- 3.8% of all positive cases recorded have died
- TODAY
- 122,589 tested (+5,660); 25,733 positive (+1,180); 1,072 deaths (+124)
- 20.9% of all tests recorded have tested positive
- 4.1% of all positive cases recorded have died
- numbers are mixed - % of positive cases is leveling out; deaths are going the wrong way, and we still haven't tested enough people
- Tackle some "someday" topics on my Blogger list.
- Figure out if I'm going to get new stickers for the truck.
- Slaydens - get truck tire fixed, get oil part installed, get oil changed
- Paint the shed.
- Continue scoring research papers.
- Finish course syllabus
Things For E-Learning
- Still can update EnvisonMe sites
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