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- Admirals club at LAX for the first time, was nice. Breakfast, coffee, lounge, shower. I had a few hours after dropoff so it was worth it.
- Suitcase was 65lbs (and not even packed full) but with the first class ticket they waive the excess.
- Cleaned up, color coded, did some organization in my Google Keep notes.
- Remember the threshold to call bear, officially, is 20%.
- 24hr fitness cancellation was processed and confirmed. There was prorated refund.
- Robinhood was down for 20 hours yesterday, yikes. Large oversight. There were multiple issues, but a glaring one was a calendar.isleap() bug, since yesterday was the first trading day after feb 29th, and the system went down right after opening bell. The same error happened 4 years ago on their platform.
- Arrived in NYC! AirTrain from JFK to the Jamaica station, then E train nonstop into manhattan. Took about 2 hours from landing to door, maybe 30min less if you don’t have a checked bag to claim.
- The place is very nice. Gonna need to do some additional furnishing, but the sauna/gym/pool/basketball/lounge/packages/golf/etc amenities are great.
- I’m 20ft from the late show with stephen colbert.
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- You can update the publish date with wordpress, even retro.
- Levi has a blog! https://www.malott.co/.
- Altered Carbon season 2 was released on Thursday, I had no idea. Downloaded all 8 eps for the flight tomorrow.
- Watched the ufc fn from last night, benavidez vs figueiredo.
- Finished the registration with USPS Informed Delivery.
- Lindsay introduced me to a NYC friend Jaclyn.
- Submitted the request online to cancel my 24hr fitness membership.
- Laundry.
- Changed google account picture.
- Deep tissue massage.
- Last day in LA. Last supper = Indian. Never a question.
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- There’s a fitness center/sauna/yoga/basketball/etc in the new housing, so I don’t need 24 anymore. Will cancel tomorrow. Payment cycle is on the 10th, so I’m 2/3 in.
- Goodbye party with everyone 🙁 Beach, dinner, junkie. Allie Jcriss Kiki Ed Raj Lindsay Brian Sharon Holly Stephen Katilin Remy Ken Britt Nick Perveen Art Gary Sean Jonny Jenny Kyle. Christine and Noe were doing a scavenger hunt for their 30th so we got to see them too, Coach Boots Erhartic Klein Zach Melissa AK.
- Corona stock has plummeted due to coronavirus, even though they’re completely unrelated.
- Jack bed pickup.
- Final donations, and then many trash runs.
- Fully out of the old house!
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- Packers came to box and load everything. 3 hours total, 3 guys. Under 3k lbs total; they had done a house with >16k the day prior.
- Donated over 100 items of primary clothing!
- Investment transfer cleared. 60k to play with unencumbered in the next couple weeks.
- Officially changed address with USPS. Played around a bit with mymove.com. Will get the new license at the DMV in NY, and will handle voter registration later.
- letsencrypt issued its billionth cert yesterday. Amazing. https://letsencrypt.org/2020/02/27/one-billion-certs.html. Https encryption has risen from around 60% to 90% over the last couple years.
- Called BoA again, no update from the loan officer. Citi hasn’t been the most punctual either. Things have sure changed in a decade!
- Delivered the smoker to Petty’s.
- Briley came, full truck load and couch.
- The instant deposit limit for rh is actually proportional to your spending power, jumping from 10k to much higher.
- The secondary trip home is only offered by altair if you haven’t moved your household goods yet, so I’m ineligible for the bay flight.
- Saw The Invisible Man.
- Updated my purchase offer volume and valuation charts. Made my election.
- Hung out with Natalie!
- Said goodbye to Mouse 🙁 10 years.
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- REIT = real estate investment trust, companies that own property that you can invest in, trades like stock. REF = real estate fund, just a mutual fund that focuses on public real estate companies.
- RSVPed to Bryan and Aimee’s wedding! Wes had a great idea for a gift.
- Clean python tracebacks: https://www.willmcgugan.com/blog/tech/post/better-python-tracebacks-with-rich/.
- Haircut.
- Laundry.
- Finished all the packing and organizing. A huge amount of work.
- Markets have not been kind the last few days.
- The Gentle Barn is a nonprofit in LA that will help re-home your pets. Emeraldscales.com is a great one specifically for reptiles, something like $50 for shipping. Petco will only take reptiles back if you have the paperwork to prove that you bought it at that location.
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- Finished season 3 of Billions, just one more.
- Bob Iger stepped down a bit early, Bob Chapek to step up.
- Scanned and sent back the signed lease for temp housing.
- Ocean Diner with briley.
- Healthnet through Mar 1. Employer starts Apr 1 likely.
- Sherisse inspection. All the usual cleaning, plus blinds and windows. Estimate: $560. Round to 600 worst case, 2500 deposit, briley gets 400 for cat, then we each get 750 after that. She’ll mail the check to him.
- Significant work on the house. Went through: living room, kitchen, bathroom, hallway/cabinet, balcony. The only remaining spaces are the bedroom and the garage.
- Python package to fetch news: https://github.com/kotartemiy/newscatcher.
- Went to Kings vs Penguins (Sidney Crosby) at Staples, 3 times in 1 week. Upset!
- Paid the toll online for 73 south to Laguna woods last night, $8.65 for a few miles. Absolutely ridiculous. Worth a detour next time.
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- LTSE = long term stock exchange, an actual exchange opening in a couple months based in silicon valley. https://marker.medium.com/silicon-valley-is-quietly-building-its-own-wall-street-9c0b34f25a27.
- The FDA banned kratom sale on Amazon a few years ago. You can still buy it online through many other vendors.
- Followed up with the temp house liaison since I arrive in 6 days. Got the lease, printed, signed.
- Checked the date-corrected solium 1099b, all good with the prior filing from my manual corrections.
- Followed up with the boa loan to discuss variable rates.
- Netflix releases Dispatch, a crisis management toolbox: https://medium.com/@NetflixTechBlog/introducing-dispatch-da4b8a2a8072.
- Followed up with Altair on the shipping of the 3 motorcycles.
- Call with Impact. Was helpful.
- The village, greenwich, washinton state park, west, east, NYU. Liberal, young.
- Midtown does have some residential. Lot of flux, mostly business.
- Upper east and west side neighboring central park. Cool areas. Little more expensive than the village.
- Recreation and softball and such in all the parks.
- Most highrises DO have a parking garage! Or one nearby. Can fit 3 bikes in 1 spot, shouldn’t be too much a month. Driving out of town to the beach is amazing in the summer. Will also be useful just around town when I need it. Definitely keep the motorcycles.
- If I need anything else off my plate (doctor lookup, garage finding, sports leagues, etc), just call or email her.
- Would advise renting for a bit then buying.
- Went to Laguna Woods to have dinner and say goodbye to Joyce/Leo/Joe 🙁
