Today I got insured. Finally. I had set my alarm 30 minutes early on Monday morning to visit the State Farm representative near my home, but either didn’t set the alarm right or slept through it, one. I woke up near my normal waking time, so I wasn’t late for work, but I wasn’t able to make it to the agent. Then I remembered there was an agent near my workplace.

So, over lunch I went down there and saw a sign on the front door: BY APPOINTMENT ONLY. What does this guy do all day? Just sit around in his underwear watching TV until someone’s appointment comes up? I mean, really, can’t you maintain regular office hours? I was really annoyed.

This morning I got up and called them, then made an appointment for my lunch break. Once I got there, I finally got some good news: I could get a better rate of auto coverage for slightly less than I had been paying for a lesser level of coverage in KC. I also got some health insurance while I was at it.

The only problem was that I put everything on my credit card – what with my auto repair bill, leftover Christmas stuff, and moving bills, I’m gonna have one whopping bill come next month. Fortunately, I’ll get two paychecks before then, so I should be able to pay it off completely. Have to keep away from that Compound Interest, you know! (Especially when my rate is 24%.)

Now that that’s taken care of, pretty much everything pressing is marked off my list. I still need to get a Georgia tag for my car, but I have two months to do that. No more worrying about what I’ll be able to get done over my lunch break, and my weekends are free for fun. Yay!

Yesterday was Martin Luther King Day, and I didn’t mention it in my blog. Dann got the day off. I didn’t. But today is an anniversary I would be sorely remiss not to mention: my sister’s birthday! Happy birthday, Sis! My older sister is my only sibling, and one of the people closest to me. She’s been loyal, supportive, and (when necessary) tail-kicking, in the appropriate ratios. I couldn’t ask for a better one. One of these days, I’ll have to spend several blogs reminiscing about fond memories of my sister. But I’ll save that for a slow week; a week designed for such things.

I was going to visit her last weekend, but she got MLK Day off and I didn’t, so we couldn’t make it a long weekend visit. I had insurance stuff to take care of, as well, so I’m going to visit her this weekend. This probably means that I won’t be able to upload my blogs. I may not even have access to a computer. I’ll have to take notes on what I’m going to blog about, and maybe do the actual writing later on. I don’t know yet. We’ll see.