Thursday this and that

Not much new going on today. Out of all the book suggestions (thank you all!) I was able to get one now to start reading. The one MegB suggested - Other People's Houses by Abbi Waxman. I'm not too far into it yet, but very funny, so far.

I did a walk after lunch to get the mail. I can tell it's warmed up a lot. First time I haven't needed a hat in a long time. This weekend is supposed to go up another 10 degrees and possibly some rain. That will melt the snow on the ground.

I got an email offer from Bank of America to open a checking account and earn $300, by having direct deposits total $2000 within 90 days, so I decided to take advantage of the easy $300. I will just switch my direct deposit over to this account for one payroll and satisfy the requirement. The other requirement is to have $250/mo direct deposited to waive the monthly bank fee. Once the $300 is credited, I can close it, so that I don't have to keep having $250 deposited there. I like these types of offers better than having to open credit cards.

With the $5000 out of pocket medical costs incurred already this year, along with already paying $5000 the last quarter of 2024, I decided to pull this $5000 out of my HSA reimburse myself. What a long time this seems to take. I have most of my HSA invested, so I get that it might take a few days or so, but it's been a week now and I still am not able to transfer the funds over to my checking. Last Thursday I requested to transfer the $5000 from the investment HSA account to the main HSA account. The investment side is showing they transferred it out of the investment side on Tuesday, this week. The main HSA is still not showing it has deposited to there yet. How many days does it take to transfer? I know, in the past, when I have reimbursed myself for a few expenses, it transferred the money into my checking the very next day. This is slow and I guess if it's still not showing as available in my main HSA account by tomorrow, I'll give them a call. I want to pay the medical bills myself, directly, so that I  can just charge them to my 1.5% cash back credit card. Then I can earn $75 cash back. Then use the HSA money that got transferred to my checking to pay the cc.

I was trying to find an old email or Teams message about something related to work and came across an exchange between me and my boss, last summer, about her ordering me a wi-fi adapter for my computer, because it didn't come with wi-fi. Not sure why it wasn't ordered that way, but I guess since I told our IT guy I am hardwired into our internet. Anyway, I thought it might be a good plan to have a back up for wifi. If our internet went out for some reason (but we still had power) I could do a hotspot with my phone and then still work. But with no wi-fi on my computer I can't do that. I had sent her a link for one on Amazon and she said she'd order it. I completely forgot about it! I sure don't remember ever getting one sent here last summer. They are only like $10, so I think I'll just order one and not bother her with it, LOL.