Sat Feb 23 2026

Sleep 0115 to 0915 (8 hours)

• With Mr Cooper I could pay extra on my mortgage bill and I think select that the extra is principal rather than future payment (or it defaulted to extra principal payment). With Rocket Mortgage their dropdown is (1) pay amount due, (2) principal only payment (3) custom amount. With the last all you can do is enter a payment amount and any extra is applied as future payment on the next bill. So if I want to pay my current bill and extra principal it's two transactions which is only a little of extra work but still annoying that they default it that way -- future payment you've given them money that they get to hold for a month interest free. I guess I can make the future payment now to force it to apply it immediately.

Sun Feb 22 2026

Sleep 0245 to 0915 (6-1/2 hours)

• Friday and Saturday night it was just Dave S, Dave W, and me. Did one Dave S MechWarrior scenario then Gloomhaven and finished the Bard quest that we had failed a couple of times. Saturday Dave W showed up on time and we did The Price of Freedom, Epic R2. Then Dave S had to sleep early as he's on call at 0500.

Mon Feb 23 2026

• Took mom to physical therapy. She's pretty good now. Doesn't need brace except maybe outdoors. Mostly doesn't need walker. Can do a small step up and down and the therapist said last week she could have been driving if she can brake comfortably. Time for me to go home.
• When I got back my MBP was shut down so must have been some sort of crash.
• Netflix renewed for 4th month so I'm going to watch less and assume it'll be around for the time being.

Tue Feb 24 2025

Sleep 0300 to 1030 (7-1/2 hours)

• Let's clean my podcast subscribed list a bit:
• The Rebound (Last listened: Feb 18 2026) - Once again in a phase where they hate everything Apple does.
• The Talk Show (Last listened: Jan 31 2026) - Similar to The Rebound but covers more than just Apple.
• Kings Herald Podcast (Last listened: Feb 02 2026) - The problem with a podcast focusing on one team is that if the team is bad it's a fairly negative podcast. And the brief period when the Kings seemed to be on the upswing (2022-23 with 48 wins led by De'Aaron Fox and Domantas Sabonis) is now well and over.
• So I guess I did it wrong with Rocket Mortgage. The default payment method has an entry for extra principal so I didn't need to select the third option. To balance it out now I made my Apr 01 payment today.

Wed Feb 25 2026

Sleep 0200 to 1030 (8-1/2 hours)

• Safeco (my insurance company) is retiring its name in favor of parent Liberty Mutual, which bought them in 2008. I didn't realize it was actually Liberty Mutual, which is more of a known brand.

Thu Feb 26 2026

Sleep 0315 to 1030 (7-1/4 hours)

• Took a browse through our security camera computer settings. We can do individual and group quotas so maybe put the cameras that record constantly on one quota. This is to give the quieter cameras, especially the ones monitoring the package area, more recording history. Package issues are the most common issue to review recordings.

Fri Feb 27 2026

Sleep 0300 to 1100 (8 hours)

• After two months my retirement savings down $15k which is fine considering how the stock market has been.