An update about nothing
Feb. 3rd, 2025 01:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mousmeToday has not been nearly as productive because I've been in limbo for the past two hours or so trying to arrange a house viewing. Between KK not answering her messages and now my real estate agent not answering hers, I feel like I am playing go-between between two gaping voids into which all attempts at communication vanish forever.
*tears out hair*
One of my many pet peeves is people who refuse to answer either their phones or their messages when something is extremely time-sensitive without letting the other party (in this case, me) know that they are tied up in some way. A simple "Sorry, stuck in a meeting, I will answer as soon as I can!" would suffice, but nooooo. We're just going to leave Phnee in limbo to wonder how long to leave sending a chaser email or message so as not to be impolite or seem like she's totally unhinged.
Like, you BOTH know that we need to sort this out today. WHY for the love of God are you not answering?!? Why am I the only one making an effort to keep the lines of communication open?
*tears out more hair*
Anyway, I still need to cut the chicken and go to Costco and generally get stuff done. The dogs are alseep on the sofa and I am very jealous of them, because there is nothing I would like more than to take a nice long nap right now. Unfortunately napping is not in my future. At best I may have a nap much later tonight right before my night shift.
So, yeah. There is not much going on right now, except for worrying about our brand new trade war with the USA. As of tomorrow, Trump announced that there will be a 25% tariff on products imported from Canada and Mexico, and a 10% tariff on products from China. Since there is no reason for these tariffs other than whatever his deranged brain came up with, and it violates the USMCA (US-Mexico-Canada Agreement, which replaced NAFTA on July 1st 2020), Canada is retaliating with a 25% tariff of its own on US imports. Holy shit, y'all, it is so many products. It's food, drink, clothing, and a ton of other things like lumber products, cosmetics... the list goes on.
I'm trying not to be too cynical, but I am worried that Canadian companies are just going to jack the prices on everything regardless of whether it's a US product, just because they think they can get away with gouging consumers. We're already seeing nearly unprecedented levels of food and housing insecurity in Canada, and if the price of food goes up as well as the price of housing (because of the perceived value of building supplies), I can only imagine this will be catastrophic for the average person, myself included.
Sure, I can grow some of my own food, and I am lucky that my rent is relatively low compared to current market prices because I've lived in this house for nearly eight years, but none of that will help me if I don't have a job in April of next year. I can cut costs wherever possible, but unless KK miraculously stops spending money like water and starts earning more, we can't afford even the rent here. Anyway, I am trying not to panic too hard about that yet. There are relatively okay odds that my job will still be there, even though I'm on a two-year contract. They want to keep me, I know that much, it's just a question of whether the political climate of "slash all the public service jobs!" will allow me to survive the cuts. And yes, I *am* trying to buy a house in this climate. I have utterly lost my mind.
On that cheerful note, I am off to try to get something productive done. Catch you later, friends!
*tears out hair*
One of my many pet peeves is people who refuse to answer either their phones or their messages when something is extremely time-sensitive without letting the other party (in this case, me) know that they are tied up in some way. A simple "Sorry, stuck in a meeting, I will answer as soon as I can!" would suffice, but nooooo. We're just going to leave Phnee in limbo to wonder how long to leave sending a chaser email or message so as not to be impolite or seem like she's totally unhinged.
Like, you BOTH know that we need to sort this out today. WHY for the love of God are you not answering?!? Why am I the only one making an effort to keep the lines of communication open?
*tears out more hair*
Anyway, I still need to cut the chicken and go to Costco and generally get stuff done. The dogs are alseep on the sofa and I am very jealous of them, because there is nothing I would like more than to take a nice long nap right now. Unfortunately napping is not in my future. At best I may have a nap much later tonight right before my night shift.
So, yeah. There is not much going on right now, except for worrying about our brand new trade war with the USA. As of tomorrow, Trump announced that there will be a 25% tariff on products imported from Canada and Mexico, and a 10% tariff on products from China. Since there is no reason for these tariffs other than whatever his deranged brain came up with, and it violates the USMCA (US-Mexico-Canada Agreement, which replaced NAFTA on July 1st 2020), Canada is retaliating with a 25% tariff of its own on US imports. Holy shit, y'all, it is so many products. It's food, drink, clothing, and a ton of other things like lumber products, cosmetics... the list goes on.
I'm trying not to be too cynical, but I am worried that Canadian companies are just going to jack the prices on everything regardless of whether it's a US product, just because they think they can get away with gouging consumers. We're already seeing nearly unprecedented levels of food and housing insecurity in Canada, and if the price of food goes up as well as the price of housing (because of the perceived value of building supplies), I can only imagine this will be catastrophic for the average person, myself included.
Sure, I can grow some of my own food, and I am lucky that my rent is relatively low compared to current market prices because I've lived in this house for nearly eight years, but none of that will help me if I don't have a job in April of next year. I can cut costs wherever possible, but unless KK miraculously stops spending money like water and starts earning more, we can't afford even the rent here. Anyway, I am trying not to panic too hard about that yet. There are relatively okay odds that my job will still be there, even though I'm on a two-year contract. They want to keep me, I know that much, it's just a question of whether the political climate of "slash all the public service jobs!" will allow me to survive the cuts. And yes, I *am* trying to buy a house in this climate. I have utterly lost my mind.
On that cheerful note, I am off to try to get something productive done. Catch you later, friends!
