Were you affected...?

I did my taxes today and for the first time I noticed this question:

"Were you affected by a natural disaster...?"
(I guess they always ask this.)

Yes, I bloody well was!

But wait--look at that clause--the disaster had to be declared BEFORE February 19, 2020.
But that leaves ten and a half months of 2020. I guess those don't count?

"How do I know if I was affected?"
Oh, believe me, I know.

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I felt like rewarding myself after doing my taxes, even though I had to pay in a little ($24––because unemployment doesn't withhold enough tax when they give it to you.
(My coworkers and I all got unemployment when Covid & uprisings closed the thrift store.)

I've been wanting a new duvet cover ever since I spilled a full glass of wine on my white one this winter. I didn't want to face crowds at IKEA, where I usually would go to buy one, so I looked online.
I was going to get some tasteful Marimekko-y one, when I saw this--
Baymax "your personal healthcare companion", from Big Hero 6.

Baymax is like a Moomin + Totoro + Lassie guardian–– just who you'd want to watch over you should you happen to have been affected by a natural disaster since February 19, 2020.

The cover was ridiculously expensive.
I ordered it.

 

Baymax asks, "Are you satisfied with your care?"