Bad weather, bad mood, and many minor annoyances

So it rained Friday, and the monsoon hit Saturday.  Not a great start to a weekend.

I’ve been meaning to go to Verizon, the Bluetooth in my cell phone is all wonky, but I never made it there this weekend.

And did I mention I cracked the screen on the iPad?

My Firestick went all weird on me.  Then it dawned on me that a Firestick is just a small computer.  Cleared the cache, and now I’m ok.

But the remote for the TV is wonky now, and probably needs to be replaced.

Here in New York we have a bottle deposit law.  When you buy soda or other similar beverages, you must leave a five cent deposit for each bottle or can, e.g. a six pack would require a 30 cent deposit.  Most supermarkets have an area set aside for recycling machines; you place the bottles or cans into the machine, and the machine prints a voucher which can be used towards your purchases in the store.  On Saturday I returned about $4 in bottles and cans, but when I ran into the store to buy a few things, I forgot to use the vouchers.

I also forgot to bring my own bags.  I live in Suffolk County, where the law requires supermarkets to charge five cents for each bag, so now cashiers are expected to bag your groceries before they total your order, so they can add the cost of the bags to your order.

But the good news...I am trying to declutter, and while going through some stuff, I found a necklace I thought I’d lost, one with a lot of sentimental vale.

Then I lost my favorite ring, the one Drew bought in St. Maarten on one of our cruises.  It was on a table in my bedroom, I accidentally knocked over the table.  Spent 20 minutes on my hands and knees looking for the ring, without success.

Then, when I came upstairs to go to bed, I found the ring.  It was on the other side of the room, far away from the table.

So I guess things are starting to turn around,