Balance - The Good With The Bad - That's Life

I'm not a Shakespeare fan, but his quotations have immersed themselves into our daily thoughts and word combinations. Today when thinking about how to write my blog, this is the quotation that immediately came to mind: 

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;

Or close the wall up with our English dead.

So, why this quote and why now? After all, I'm not at war, or am I? Actually, I am at war, as many/most of us are these days. I'm at war against identity theft. Many of you remember more than two years ago when DH's identity was stolen. They had everything - name, social security number, address - the whole nine yards. A road once walked can be walked again, and I guess it's my turn now, except I get the lite version. 

LifeLock is a benefit with several different things I subscribe
to, so I enabled it after our last breach in 2017. I'm glad
I did since they seem to have caught this right away. 

I got a notification from my LifeLock account yesterday that someone had attempted to set up a Best Buy credit card with my social security number. They didn't have my name or address, just the social, but I immediately logged on and started things rolling for an investigation. What a PITA. I don't think much will come of this, I've kept all of my alerts in place as well as my federal roadblocks, but it's still highly annoying and a bit worrisome. Since DH is in a "must get things done before X time (always shifting deadlines)," I decided to keep silent about this latest breach for the time being and just get things moving on my part ASAP. 

Family means many different things to people. I first met Maja when I
was still at my old location, so probably late 1980's, no later than
the early 1990's. She moved to Washington state in the early
1990's and started her own life journey over at that time, but
she's a dear friend and sister, probably always will be. 

Yesterday was a really nice morning too, though, starting with the unexpected arrival of my "nephews" Dan and Ben from Washington state. They apparently had flown into town for a quick trip to attend their cousin's wedding and were heading back out to the airport. I got to catch up a bit, and just before they headed out, my "sister" Maja and her SO, Solo arrived, so as the boys left, I had a chance to catch up with one of the very special people in my life. That was a total joy and really made my day. 

Hidden gems are so often there, we just have to be ready
and willing to move some stone to find the flash. Even though
there were a lot of negatives about yesterday, the positives
shone through and made my day a happy one. 

So not all is lost, and not all is bad. Things can be (and often are) hidden gems just waiting to surprise with happy things. Oh - and my breakfast was paid for by two ladies I often see at my restaurant. Over the years, we've exchanged buying breakfast for each other - always unexpected and as an impulse. Their kindness was very appreciated yesterday. 

So bad things, balanced by good things. That's how life operates. Choose which side of the fence you want to stand on - I'll stick with the side of sunshine, relatively blue skies, and positive outlooks. Have a great Tuesday and I'll return tomorrow. (I have no idea why the paragraphs are indenting, but so it seems to be working today. *sigh*)