Rainy and wet, with an unknown number of bad things happening overnight. Unknown because I was asleep, and if I don’t directly experience it, it must not have happened, right? Oh, yeah, that’s not how my team thinks.
Spent the day doing auction stuff, while waiting for septic service guys and foundation repair guys to call back. The good news is I have an appointment to meet the septic guy on site – Thursday. I can even sleep in my own bed, and drive up there for the meeting. And if the toilets flush and the shower drains flow, I might stay up there and work. If I can get the foundation guy there during that time, I’ll feel like king of the world.
Today is pickups and a lot of driving around. Lots of stuff for the new house, some ham/radio stuff to use and to resell, and various bits and pieces. I have an item that I sold 16 days ago, shipped USPS Priority Mail, and it still hasn’t been delivered. It showed as “unknown” until today when it popped back up in the system in St. Louis. Hopefully it will be delivered in a day or two. The buyer has been very patient. He didn’t even let me know it wasn’t there yet until a couple of days ago. I was going to ship replacements today, but since it popped up, he said to hold off on that. Mail is getting weirder, and not just for me.
Breakdowns in previously reliable services are just one of the signs of a slow collapse. If it’s really happening, you’ll be responsible for more and more of what USED to be provided by others, or you’ll have to be content with whatever you get, whenever you get it. Think about the systems and what you can do to replace them or smooth the ups and downs. I’ll look at this in a bit more detail later but my mind is foggy today.
Stack stuff you will need for infrastructure or services, even if you don’t put it into use today. Stack it high.
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