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Aug. 9th, 2013
The big news is that I cracked the mile. Swimming, that is. I woke up even before the alarm this morning and got to the pool about 6:45. I had a lane to myself and I just got in and got going. When I hit 40 laps, I felt like I really wasn't done yet and before I knew it, it was 7:50 and I had done 74 laps. Nice. Really nice.
When I got in the car after my swim, there was a note from Amy in my brother's shop that my webcam was down. hmmmm Turns out that Comcast changed my IP last night. They have not done that in years. I have no clue why they did it last night but it is really not handy. And coincidentally - I can't believe it is connected - there are some sites I can't get to today - like my website's host. But others are working fine. I think it's this laptop. Since it's chrome, I can easily reset it as soon as I make sure there's nothing I want in storage. I am finishing my coffee in the bedroom. When I'm done, I'll go into the other computers and see if it's me or this laptop or the router or the sun spots or some karma thing I did 10 years ago.
I'm thinking about going downtown to see a movie. I want to see We're the Millers and today seems like a good time but next week will work, too so we'll see. And I could stand to do some laundry.
But, first, I think I'll get up and make the bed and get dressed.
When I got in the car after my swim, there was a note from Amy in my brother's shop that my webcam was down. hmmmm Turns out that Comcast changed my IP last night. They have not done that in years. I have no clue why they did it last night but it is really not handy. And coincidentally - I can't believe it is connected - there are some sites I can't get to today - like my website's host. But others are working fine. I think it's this laptop. Since it's chrome, I can easily reset it as soon as I make sure there's nothing I want in storage. I am finishing my coffee in the bedroom. When I'm done, I'll go into the other computers and see if it's me or this laptop or the router or the sun spots or some karma thing I did 10 years ago.
I'm thinking about going downtown to see a movie. I want to see We're the Millers and today seems like a good time but next week will work, too so we'll see. And I could stand to do some laundry.
But, first, I think I'll get up and make the bed and get dressed.
Oh Comcast... you just wore me down...
Aug. 9th, 2013 12:49 pmI finally gave up. My brother helped me nail down the issue. Which turned out to be annoying but not really fatal. We agreed the next step was to call Comcast. So I did.
Because the calls kept dropping off whenever they transferred me, I ended up spending more than 2 hours explaining and re-explaining and listening to the world's worst hold music. I gave out my Comcast CV - telephone number, address, name, last 4 of my social - a total of 10 times in the 2 hours.
When I finally got to the people who can help, I could not hear the person on the other end of the phone (way too much noise) and she obviously couldn't hear me since she did not come close to grasping my issue. So I hung up.
The ComcastCares lady on Google Plus had contacted me a week or so ago when I was bitching about waiting for the TV fixers. So I sent her a plea for help. And now I'm going to fold laundry and find lunch.
Because the calls kept dropping off whenever they transferred me, I ended up spending more than 2 hours explaining and re-explaining and listening to the world's worst hold music. I gave out my Comcast CV - telephone number, address, name, last 4 of my social - a total of 10 times in the 2 hours.
When I finally got to the people who can help, I could not hear the person on the other end of the phone (way too much noise) and she obviously couldn't hear me since she did not come close to grasping my issue. So I hung up.
The ComcastCares lady on Google Plus had contacted me a week or so ago when I was bitching about waiting for the TV fixers. So I sent her a plea for help. And now I'm going to fold laundry and find lunch.
But then...
Aug. 9th, 2013 03:13 pmToday has been fraught with all kinds of annoyances. Mostly technical. Some not. But they have been constant. One after another. Everything has had an issue with me today.
But, on my way down just now to get the mail and get away from all the brokens, I thought...
Yeah but today I swam a mile before 8 am!
I know it's silly. When she died Ethel Merman talked about swimming 2 miles every morning before she went in to shoot movies of her swimming. (Ok, so it was Ester Williams - thanks![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
flying_blind !) So a mile is no big deal. And people do way more every day. As a person of the female persuasion who grew up before Title 9, I tend to forget that real people go outside and do rigorous stuff for fun all the time.
But I wonder how many of those suckers swam a mile before 8 am today??!!! I did!
When I was a kid, I was a fairly good water skier but, really, that was it. And I probably skied for the last time when I was 12. I've never accomplished anything physical (wait, do orgasms count??). Until today.
I swam a fucking mile today.
Ok, I'm done. I think.
But, on my way down just now to get the mail and get away from all the brokens, I thought...
Yeah but today I swam a mile before 8 am!
I know it's silly. When she died Ethel Merman talked about swimming 2 miles every morning before she went in to shoot movies of her swimming. (Ok, so it was Ester Williams - thanks
flying_blind !) So a mile is no big deal. And people do way more every day. As a person of the female persuasion who grew up before Title 9, I tend to forget that real people go outside and do rigorous stuff for fun all the time.But I wonder how many of those suckers swam a mile before 8 am today??!!! I did!
When I was a kid, I was a fairly good water skier but, really, that was it. And I probably skied for the last time when I was 12. I've never accomplished anything physical (wait, do orgasms count??). Until today.
I swam a fucking mile today.
Ok, I'm done. I think.