Speaking of, I was picking up some Chinese food last night and there was some half-Guacamolean Uber Eats girl waiting in front of me, so I asked her how many orders she picks up every day, but because she didn't understand English very well she thought I was asking how much money she makes, and she told me $180-$220 depending on the day, with Saturday being the highest. I'm just gonna go out on a limb and assume she's not working more than eight hours a day, because nobody who is younger than 35 works more than eight hours a day, these days. When you've got food delivery drivers making more than $20 an hour, then six figures is the new baseline for having any semblance of a decent life.

The communists in charge have really done a number on our economy, so that they can flatten the curve. They've mostly destroyed the livelihoods of everybody who worked hard for decades in order to get to where they are now. I traded my expensive car for a cheap car last fall, and I hate my new car so I was thinking about going back to buy a new version of my old car. Despite my income level, I cannot convince myself that it's OK to upgrade, because everything else is so expensive that we are constantly spending a super majority of our income every month, whereas, 2 years ago, we had the kind of savings rate that makes you consider buying a second house. Good thing we didn't. I also think it's foolish to assume that they are even close to done. They've just begun.

I know I've mentioned to you previously about how we bought a house despite my misgivings on the market conditions; from purely investment perspective, I don't have regrets about it, because, if the price goes down, we can sell it and buy something else for just as cheap, so it's always just kind of a wash. But from an operating expense standpoint, it's terrifying having any kind of mortgage at all, let alone one that feels expensive.