So. Trump tests positive

And here we are with the White House announcing first that Hope Hicks and the "First Couple" have tested positive for Covid-19.

A few random, rambling thoughts.

1. Melania had to "test positive", not matter what the test said. That way it's the first couple and an advisor, rather than Trump and his (alleged) mistress.

2. Wow, this news sure knocked the Melania tapes off the top of the news.

3. Because Trump made a bargain with a major demon not some minion from Hell, and is luckier than any major political figure in recent history, I expect he'll have a mild case and will use it to crow about how anyone who gets a worse case is "weak" and how, really, this is a no-big-deal virus, which will endanger more people. He will also -no enemy of contradictions- talk about how vicious the virus is, and how strong and healthy he, Trump, was to vanquish it so completely.

4. Is Trump positive at all? With Hicks positive, they could have grabbed onto this to avoid the next debate at the very least. It's a townhall format, and it would be "too hard" to make sure "everyone" was safe. It would certainly get him out of at least that one, and would also allow the crowing about how mild the virus is and how strong Trump is, see 3 above.

5. And here is the worse case scenario. Trump is truly sick and dies or has to withdraw from the race. Pence nominates Ivanka for VP and wins the next election, on the sympathy vote and the stoopid who will think that Nepotism Barbie has the business skills of her dad without the baggage. We will lose to that ticket, I think. And the galling part is that will mean that the misogynistic Republicans will get to crow forevermore that they had the first female exec/vice exec.

There are just my first random thoughts on this whole mess...

I just hope that Biden remains negative. It's terrifying thinking how close he was to a virus spewing Trump on Tuesday night.

Supposed to vs Did

How is was supposed to work, according to the documentation we got from the company that manages the apartment complex Perry lived in: once move out was completed etc, we were should to get a final bill or a refund check. We knew the latter was not likely, since there are mandatory cleaning fees and the security deposit was probably not going to cover them.

What Perry did when he hadn't heard from them for a month after he turned in his keys: called them. Twice.

What response he got: nothing.

What did happen? He got a collections email, saying his "debt" the management company was being taken to collections, 30 days to pay etc.

!!! WTF ?!?!?! go parents

Management company is called. Twice a day. Three days in a row. They keep promising to look into what happened.

What we find out today: they fucked up and sent everything to collections without sending anyone a bill. They are going to recall the collections agency, and send everyone an explanation and their bills. They have been 100% inundated this week with scared college students and angry parents demanding to know why the first they heard about owing money was a letter from the collections agency.

UGH.

If we don't get the email from them confirming that the collections agency has been called off in the next few days I have no idea what we do. My feeling is pay collections in a traceable manner and let them duke it out with the management company.