Events

Awoke to an email from AmEx alerting us to fraudulent activity on J.'s card - appears his iTunes account was hacked and someone in Japan attempted to charge a bunch of stuff at a Japanese website....I do love AmEx SO MUCH - they are overnighting new cards to us and alerted us to the possible hacking by asking 'is this card used for iTunes'? A quick Google search confirmed a huge hacking incident resulting in credit card and address info being stolen - yikes!

The second shocking financial incident occurred when I retrieved several days of mail from our mailbox - the annual car insurance renewal arrived - and B.'s new insurance is FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS PER YEAR - just for him. Holy Crap! He's paying for it in full - $333 a month - which will put a dent in his discretionary income. Oh well. A couple years of no accidents will help....so here's hoping. It could have been worse - I fully expected him to be booted off our policy but thankfully, CSAA let him stay put. In a high risk pool, he'd probably pay close to that for six months of insurance - so it's good they kept him on our policy.

J. and I are heading into San Francisco for a ballet performance - dinner with (new) friends and then the show. Should be fun. We don't get out much so just getting ourselves gussied up and into the city is a big deal.

We've had B.'s friend R. here for a few days - and it's been a pleasure getting to know him. He is a good 'fit' here - blends right in and takes care of himself. He has a standing open invitation to return as often as he wants, whenever he wants - and I encouraged him to consider staying here long(er) term if he needs to. I don't think someone should make relationship decisions based on needing housing - he's a good kick in the ass for both boys and holds them accountable for a lot of things -

OK - got to go get gussied up. Tomorrow is my first 'no commitment' day of my 'staycation' and I can't wait!