How did the weekend go?
For those of you who have the day off, I hope you are enjoying it. For me, work is even quieter than usual. Even though it isn't a holiday for us, it seems like a lot of people took a vacation day. I think there is going to be a big chunk of coworkers coming back on June 1st. My company wanted everyone to come back on May 18th, but gave up to a two-week "limbo" for people to make arrangements. But June 1st is the hard line. Everyone has to be back.
It was an eventful and busy weekend. Our neighbors from across the street, they are also good friends, had their main drain pipe break on Fri. My H stepped in and got things rolling for them. He talked to our tenant, who runs the Airbnb on the other side of our duplex, and got them booked to stay there. He also got them in touch with our plumber friend, whom they hired. The work even got started Sunday. I think it will be done by Tues.
For us, we went to the bank Sat. morning and then did a BIG Costco trip. We had a list of a few things we needed to get, but also planned to walk around and see what they have, because we hadn't been there in almost 3 months. Our average purchase there is $220. We spent $450! It was shocking, especially considering we didn't go in with a very large list, lol. We also thoroughly cleaned our stove, which hadn't been done in eons.
Edited to add: Oh yeah! And to quote from Monopoly..."Bank error in my favor". Twice! Not really errors, lol. But my state income tax return hit my checking account, so that was a few hundred bucks I wasn't expecting. I also found out I've been overpaying my flood insurance since 2017!!!
Here's how that happened. In 2015, FEMA added an annual surcharge of $25 per policy for owner-occupied, single family houses (SFH). $250 annual surcharge for a multi-family and/or non-owner occupied SFH. It was BULLS**T!!!! Because I had to pay that extra $250 for my PERSONAL home, just because it is a duplex instead of a SFH. Well, apparently FEMA came to their senses in 2017 and changed that, so it would only be the $25 surcharge. But God forbid my agent notify me of it, so I've just been paying the higher amount all this time, because a signed form has to be sent to FEMA to get the lower surcharge. Long story short, I found out on Friday when I went to pay this year's flood bill that my surcharge should have been changed years ago. The additional $225 for this year will be able to be removed from this bill. I can also get it back for previous years, but that will have to come as a check. So now I'm waiting, waiting, waiting! Though I wouldn't be surprised if it takes a couple months.