Status: Been on Leave and staying home for a week. I am officially not employed and my access to the company networks has been pulled.
Plans: Get organized and adjust our budget while we do our taxes.
Narrative: I got discouraged today, we saw a video of our next generation rebelling the norm and risking their lives at the beach during Spring Break. The news downplayed the seriousness of this global event for months and now it’s grabbing at our throat’s.
I’ve drawn up several power cascading plans where upon a power failure a organized shutdown of the house systems occurs depending on the length of the outage. Yesterday I got a novel idea, start with the devices that I don’t want to shut down and work my way towards the outage incident. (It prevents me from unnecessarily consuming battery needed for the highest priority circuit.) In my case our two 400WH CPAPs ended up to be the top of the list, the 100WH emergency lighting and the 2400WH refrigerator being a close third.
Our battery powered Ice Chest arrives next week. The plan is to use is as an overflow or backup for the big fridge. It draws about 75W which is about half what the refrigerator does
We ended up ordering food from Chili’s today, it arrived 20 minutes early and was delicious. We may use this to extend our food storage by an additional week.
I didn’t accomplish what I set out to do when I re-joined the team in January 2019. When I left the company in 2017 we were an experienced team with the knowledge and talent to go and do, that sadly is no longer true.
My life at home is a mess. I had planned on working on the homestead in 2018, but things happened. It was good to be able to buy a 2nd car in 2019 and to pay off some debt that I incurred. We’ve got money in the bank and our needs are met, so it’s time to make a fresh start once again.
The siding on the homestead needs work along with the eves that the carpenter bees have punched holes in. I don’t have enough siding or the boards for the eves to make an attempt without buying more. With the virus it’s difficult to go into these stores without taking a personal risk of getting the virus. (No way to know who has it.) But, this “Pandemic” hasn’t peaked yet and it may be prudent to purchase these items while the concentration in Gwinnett County is still low.
Lowes website just will not let me order a box of cable. I’ve tried for hours using all three browsers I have on this laptop. Aggravating!
Tomorrow: Island Time, sleep in and enjoy the coffee.
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