Blowing It All on Ye Brand Sneaks

I note the death of Judy Heumann (along with her intriguingly suggestive surname) whom I interviewed for People Mag sometime in the 90s and who shocked the hell out of me by telling me she was ambivalent about polio vaccines—“Well, their intent is to eliminate people like me, isn’t it?”

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I had five completely pleasant TaxBwana clients yesterday (for a change):

• A lovely woman around my own age with whom I was able to do lots of planning viz impending RMDs

• Another woman around my own age, a breast cancer survivor, who replied, “Probably not—they’ve found brain metastases” to my cheery stock farewell: “See you next year!”

• A cute pair of newlyweds who ended up owing more than $10,000 to the IRS/State of New York after he withdrew $50,000 from his IRA and blew it on—ulp!—Ye (a/k/a Kanye West) sneakers. (I walked them through the Financial Literacy 101 course, which ended by telling them, “I know it doesn’t seem possible that one day you’re gonna be as old as me—but trust me, it is gonna happen! See all those old people walking around on the street who don’t have anywhere to live or anything to eat? You don’t want to be one of them.”)

• A smart, lovely woman who will be celebrating her 90th birthday this coming Friday who is in complete possession of her mental faculties, and who still drives (although she walks with a cane.). I was filled with admiration for her! Also hope for myself! 😀

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Of course, I was absolutely knackered when I got home because of sleeping so poorly the night before.

Couldn’t concentrate well enough to remunerate.

Am between books, so couldn’t read.

And despite the fact that I subscribe to every streaming network known to man, there wasn’t a single thing I wanted to watch. Television and movies are one big wasteland.

Then—to add insult to injury—when I finally deemed it was okay for me to go to bed—I still couldn’t sleep.

Something is going on!

Some pervasive if low-level persistent anxiety.

It’s not connected to my daily life, which, as I say, is going along well.

I wonder what it is?