I had a really nice Mother's Day, with a salmon luncheon prepared by the "chefs" at my son's house and a lovely cash gift of $100! I was going to put it in the bank but decided to hang onto it as cash, since I don't know how this debt ceiling thing is going to go. Even a small disruption in Social Security would make life difficult for me. I hope it won't happen, but I probably won't rest easy till it's all over.
Today I got a car wash ($4) and gas ($28) and bought band-aids ($7). Variables are at 38%, and we're halfway through the month, so that's good.
Great news came through today -- my son got a much-deserved and much-overdue promotion. He works for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Now he will be tracking employment rather than product prices, and with a higher level of responsibility. The pay raise is not too impressive, but it puts him in another track where raises will be more frequent, and higher. He is very happy, and so am I!
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You might invest part of it in shelf stable or freezable food too because prices might skyrocket.
I don’t think the corporate donors that support Republicans will let them default, but I got som cash last week just to have on hand.
I always have a lot of food like soup and pasta and meat in my freezer so I don’t feel the need to buy more. But I think I will check on toilet paper and kleenex because they are necessities and we know people panic buy them!