Come Stitch With Me

To keep this quilting related, the quilt pattern is from Simple Start, Stunning Finish by Valori Wells.

Big Girl is modeling what good listeners do. She is listening attentively as our friend reads to her. This young lady also read to Boomer prior to COVID. I enjoyed discovering a new book title for future read alouds.

Therapy dog visits with Sadie is one of my top core pursuits in retirement. Our reading program at the public library has finally resumed for the new school year. I was hoping for a more intensive version to start at a local school soon, but the school district’s legal department has put a stop to that. Spent part of today reaching out to contacts to figure out the reason behind the abrupt change in policy. We won’t waste too much time worrying about it, though. There are other nearby districts who will welcome us, but I wanted to help my own local school district kids first.

Our transition to COBRA continuation coverage is complete. Health insurance has been confirmed in place when the current coverage ends on 8/31. Retirement now officially begins!!

I think I have finally consolidated/closed out the last of the accounts from our worker bee days. Now it’s a matter of tracking the progress online to confirm everything was indeed closed out as expected.

I can’t help but wonder:

(1) Why can I open an account online, but have to spend 10 minutes talking to a human when I want to close it? Can’t I just fill out a form and click submit?

(2) Why do companies have to issue a physical check when rolling over retirement funds from a 401k/403b to an IRA in a trustee to trustee transfer? Wouldn’t electronic transfer be faster and more secure?

The health insurance coverage from active employee to COBRA status is still in process. Benefit elections have been confirmed. Payment has been deducted from our checking account, but has yet to be reflected on the insurance company’s portal. Craziness. Why can’t I pay my premiums via credit card? I can pay all my other medical expenses by credit card. Miles or points would be a very nice reward!

Too much thinking about this stuff for one day.

Back to quilting.