I slept in for a bit this morning. I had trouble falling asleep again last night but finally got more than two hours of sleep in one stretch. Not sure it was enough as I am still tired this evening but I will take what ever sleep I can find.
I went through my tax packet a bit closer today. I had written a note to my accountant and wanted to make sure she had seen it. It was in the package but it took me some time to find it. In the process I found a 1099NEC that belongs to someone else. Oops. I returned it to the accountant when I went to town today.
I went to Emporia to meet Jason for lunch and then we had to go to a court thing for him. We ate at Radius and then went to the court house. Unfortunately the court thing got postponed again. Not sure I understand the ruling behind what happened today. Rules appear to be rules until they are not. He is rescheduled for either mid April or the end of April. At least he doesn’t have to wait four months like the last time the other side postponed things. It will happen and it will get settled – just not sure when.
While I was at the court house I was going to pay the second half of property taxes on my two rental houses. I forgot the coupons so will do that the next time I go to court with Jason. Last year I forgot to pay the taxes on one of my properties and I don’t want to make that mistake again.
Came home and took a chair nap. It is a cold, rainy day and a nap felt good. Not sure how much rain we have gotten but there are puddles in the yard. It only reached the mid 40’s today and is to drop to 32 overnight the next few nights. We will be back in the 60’s and 70’s early next week.
Tomorrow I am going to Topeka to a protest with a group of friends. The high tomorrow is only going to be 46. One of my weather apps is calling for rain and the other one is saying only clouds. We shall see what happens. Maybe both are wrong and it will be sunny. I think it is important that many show up. Our voices don’t seem to be heard in the more traditional contact your elected officials route. Trusting the energy of the day will help keep me warm.
Sunday I volunteer at the friends of the library book sale from 3:00 – 5:00. Bag day starts Monday so when I get through with my tax shift Monday morning I will go back to the sale and get a bag of books for $10. My reading inventory is getting low.
Once I get through next week, I have some friends and family I haven’t seen for a bit that I need to schedule lunches with. It does my soul good to reconnect to those I love and my soul needs some love. I have isolated myself too much lately and I need to reach out and get out more.
I’ve been reading the news and watching the stock market today. One of the comments from a Trump supporter has stuck with me today. In this person’s opinion they are willing to suck it up and take the hit the tariffs are going to cause themselves and the loss of value to their retirement accounts. They are proud of a president that is sticking it to the world.
If one is to look at America as a stand alone community, I guess that reasoning makes sense. However, are we not all one big global community? Not sure I understand how this helps our neighbors abroad or even those within our boarders that can’t take this financial hit.
I see the tariffs as hurting the poor in a huge way – both the poor at home and abroad. I don’t remember the Bible telling me to only love the neighbors like myself. Oh my, what a mess we are in.
Grateful for what rain we did get today, grateful Jason’s case will eventually get settled, and grateful for all my neighbors – here and abroad.