Bank Fraud

I committed bank fraud.  Maybe.

Background:  My health insurance is through my state retirement account.  It includes medical, dental, and vision.  The state is extremely slow in paying the dental claims.  I, therefore, pay the dental charges myself at time of service -- 5% savings! -- and then the state reimburses me.  Right now the state is more than 18 months late in making the reimbursements.

A couple weeks ago I received the reimbursement check for January 2019.  It included a separate check for interest, too.  One day last week I was cleaning off the table and found an unopened envelope from the dental insurance provider.  Turns out it contained the reimbursement check (and interest) for July 2018.  The checks were dated November and included a notation "void after 90 days."  Well, this is now well passed six months so they were no longer valid.  I was not happy .... with myself for not having opened the envelope when I received it .... and with the state for taking so long to send it that I did not recognize what it was.

Today when I did my monthly banking business I deposited the checks -- the ones that I received two weeks ago AND the ones that I received over six months ago.  I figured I would just play ignorant: "Oh, I had no idea it said void after 90 days.  Is it really over 90 days old?"  Turns out the checks were all deposited.

Now, I'm wondering:  If the state declines paying on them, will I have to refund the money?

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Too Much Spinach

Now I have to figure a way to use up the extra spinach that I purchased to make the "Hearty Italian Sausage Soup" recipe yesterday.

For breakfast today I had cheese and crackers with spinach.

 Then for supper I added some spinach to my grilled cheese.

 

At this rate, it's going to take a while to finish off that bag of spinach.

Hunting for a Recipe

I just spent several minutes hunting through my stash of clipped recipes looking for a favorite Italian soup recipe that I'd cut from the back of a box of Nabisco Premium Saltine Crackers.  I couldn't find it, but I know that it is still around.

So I Googled it.  I don't remember what I used for my search, but I quickly found it online.

It now occurred to me that if I post it on my blog, I'll be able to easily find it.  Maybe.  If I remember that I added it to this blog.

Out of Control

from the George Will column in The News-Gazette, 07/16/2020

last Sunday:

Germany         population 80.2 million        had 159 new cases of COVID-19
Florida            population 21.5 million        had 15,300 new cases

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This is why teachers are scared:

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