It's official.  Royal Caribbean has cancelled my cruise.  I knew it was coming.  I want it to -- so I didn't have to feel like I was missing it if we decided to not sail.

It has been a while since I commented on the shows I am trying to get through.  I am managing quite well without DirecTV.  Dare I say I don't even miss it?  I am still slowly making my way through all of the episodes of House and the Marvelous Mrs Maisel on Amazon Prime.  I periodically get to watch another episode of Dead Like Me on Amazon Prime too. I can't watch that one downstairs because the TV there isn't compatible with IMDB something something which allows it to interrupt the show to play commercials (lemme tell you how annoying that is).

I hadn't turned on Netflix in a while, but when I did I spotted Ratched, so I am slowly getting through those episodes too.  I have to say I'm losing interest in their content as a whole.  Not just due to some of their more recent bad decisions -- but lately it seems like there is a theme to everything I see there that feels a little to agenda-y.  I was surprised to find the opposite when I watched "Social Dilemma" on Netflix.  It was enough to push me over the edge; facebook messenger app is now gone from my phone.  Actually, I was just going to turn notifications off, but it wouldn't let me, so I deleted.  Mostly I have been watching Youtube videos, or at least listening to them whilest I work or start falling asleep.

It took nearly 2 months, but at last today a notary is coming to the house for me to sign the papers to finish my refinance on the mortgage.

Finance wise it is a very odd time.

As we get to the end of each year I dial back how much is going into my retirement as I near the yearly max; that leaves me some 'extra' cash, so the battle is do I put more towards the mortgage or use that to refill the coffers after laying out cash for the interior painting (which I continue to be very happy with by the way).

I may not have mentioned this before, but there was also an unprecedented situation with work which -- long story short -- resulted in them requesting our efforts which would earn some overtime.  It's a situation where I admit I feel obligated to help, I want to see it succeed, but it sure doesn't hurt to get a few extra bucks.  That of course means a bit of a challenge getting that extra time in, especially if we go back into a lockdown that closes schools/daycares.  I am not putting in much time yet on that, but hopefully that little bit extra can help make progress on something too.