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Feb. 11th, 2014
I do love my new bed. Having my head comfortably elevated enables me to breathe all night long. Even with the night guard in, I don't wake up with fatal dry mouth. I don't need breathe right strips. It's just kind of amazing. The foam wedge was a completely different and not nearly as successful experience. I'm not sure why but I do love the new bed.
This morning's adventure is that one of the webcams is down. I had to reset the router on Sunday and it took me all day yesterday to figure out that the wifi really did suck. I changed the security settings and bam! It's like the pipe went from coffee stirrer to highway tunnel. But, the webcam is wired into an extender and there's something hinky in that connection. That's on the top of my todo list this morning.
I had another small nosebleed last night but I think the main problem is healing pretty quickly and last night's may be the last of this episode. I take an aspirin a day and I suspect that's not helping the nose issue. BUT I consider that blood flow - in nose or on the bruises on my arms and hands - evidence that my blood isn't getting all gunked up for a stroke or something. In other words, they are signs of good.
Swimming is at 11. Otherwise, my day is clear. I have some cables coming in today that will, hopefully, enable me to finish off my living room computer/cable cleanup. That's all I will be able to do until my CPU comes back probably the end of next week.
I did have on my calendar - tidy up for housecleaner but... the house is pretty tidy already. Amira and her daughter come tomorrow. I think I probably won't be here. I need new frying pans and chair covers from IKEA and tomorrow morning seems like an excellent time to knock that errand right off the list. I'll get down there after the restaurant opens and have some breakfast until the store opens, get my goods and get home.
Now I think I need to get out of my new bed which I really do love. It was worth the cost and aggravation.
This morning's adventure is that one of the webcams is down. I had to reset the router on Sunday and it took me all day yesterday to figure out that the wifi really did suck. I changed the security settings and bam! It's like the pipe went from coffee stirrer to highway tunnel. But, the webcam is wired into an extender and there's something hinky in that connection. That's on the top of my todo list this morning.
I had another small nosebleed last night but I think the main problem is healing pretty quickly and last night's may be the last of this episode. I take an aspirin a day and I suspect that's not helping the nose issue. BUT I consider that blood flow - in nose or on the bruises on my arms and hands - evidence that my blood isn't getting all gunked up for a stroke or something. In other words, they are signs of good.
Swimming is at 11. Otherwise, my day is clear. I have some cables coming in today that will, hopefully, enable me to finish off my living room computer/cable cleanup. That's all I will be able to do until my CPU comes back probably the end of next week.
I did have on my calendar - tidy up for housecleaner but... the house is pretty tidy already. Amira and her daughter come tomorrow. I think I probably won't be here. I need new frying pans and chair covers from IKEA and tomorrow morning seems like an excellent time to knock that errand right off the list. I'll get down there after the restaurant opens and have some breakfast until the store opens, get my goods and get home.
Now I think I need to get out of my new bed which I really do love. It was worth the cost and aggravation.
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Feb. 11th, 2014 02:01 pmThe webcam fix turned out to be fairly non-trivial but... in the end, I managed to get it going via wifi which I had never been able to do before so it was a headache but with a reward. I actually thought I had it fixed but forgot to check outside the network.
So as I pulled up to the pool, I whipped out my phone and fail. No webcam. There was more fixing when I got home.
I hate YouTube instructions. I want words on a page, not some yahoo hemming and hawing through a bad video. But, the best link to how to get what I wanted was a video. 2008. Some guy with a fairly heavy accent. 10 minutes long. But, by damn, he nailed it. No hemming, no hawing. Straight do this, then this, then this. And bam. It worked just like he said. So now I hate all YouTube instruction except his.
Swimming was fine. A little crowded but not too bad. I was into my second half hour and finally had the lane to myself when I tall black guy was standing on the pool's edge next to my lane flagging me down. It was Alvin!!! Alvin used to be a life guard at our pool before he got promoted to assistant manager at a pool north of downtown. He said my form was good, my kick was of the straight leg variety (the way they are supposed to be and his hot button) and asked me how many yards I was doing. I told him a mile a day and he was clearly impressed. Alvin gave me my first lesson back last May. He gave me a program then to gradually work my way up to 500 yards a day. Good job, Alvin!! It was great fun to see him and very nice of him to flag me down.
Then just as I was finishing up, another person flagged me down. This time it was Judith who takes the aqua jogging classes. She said she had news... she's getting married!! To some dude from Jamaica and she's moving there!! I jokingly asked her if 'had to' and she said 'It could happen!!!' Yeah, really??? She's gotta be 50. This time last year she had just gotten a new hip. Now she's got somebody to help her wear it out. Nice.
Then home, webcam fix, lunch. Still waiting for cables to come in so I think I'll just knit some bear.
So as I pulled up to the pool, I whipped out my phone and fail. No webcam. There was more fixing when I got home.
I hate YouTube instructions. I want words on a page, not some yahoo hemming and hawing through a bad video. But, the best link to how to get what I wanted was a video. 2008. Some guy with a fairly heavy accent. 10 minutes long. But, by damn, he nailed it. No hemming, no hawing. Straight do this, then this, then this. And bam. It worked just like he said. So now I hate all YouTube instruction except his.
Swimming was fine. A little crowded but not too bad. I was into my second half hour and finally had the lane to myself when I tall black guy was standing on the pool's edge next to my lane flagging me down. It was Alvin!!! Alvin used to be a life guard at our pool before he got promoted to assistant manager at a pool north of downtown. He said my form was good, my kick was of the straight leg variety (the way they are supposed to be and his hot button) and asked me how many yards I was doing. I told him a mile a day and he was clearly impressed. Alvin gave me my first lesson back last May. He gave me a program then to gradually work my way up to 500 yards a day. Good job, Alvin!! It was great fun to see him and very nice of him to flag me down.
Then just as I was finishing up, another person flagged me down. This time it was Judith who takes the aqua jogging classes. She said she had news... she's getting married!! To some dude from Jamaica and she's moving there!! I jokingly asked her if 'had to' and she said 'It could happen!!!' Yeah, really??? She's gotta be 50. This time last year she had just gotten a new hip. Now she's got somebody to help her wear it out. Nice.
Then home, webcam fix, lunch. Still waiting for cables to come in so I think I'll just knit some bear.