Jul. 2nd, 2016

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I did not sleep well last night. Too hot? Too ?? I don't know but I just kept waking up uncomfortably. My sleep app says I slept 7 hours and 22 minutes, but only 2 hours were restful. It feels like that's about right. Not fatal, just annoying.

Today, tomorrow and Monday the pool doesn't open until 8. So I have time for coffee and futzing around before time to leave for my swim. Routine change. Not my favorite thing, but again, not fatal.

There's an NPR story on right now about fireflies. I grew up chasing fireflies (lightening bugs) nearly every night after dinner in the summer. They were bugs you could love. And we did.

Here in Seattle, there is no such thing. Kids here, adults, too, have never seen and maybe never even heard of lightening bugs. My brother's theory is that our days are too long. They know that all the little kids who would chase them have been sent to bed already by the time it's dark. I think he may be on to something there.

My hair is sure behaving nicely these days. It has enough curl to camouflage how thin it is and it takes nearly zero effort. I run a comb through it and then muss it with my fingers. It even looks good when I first wake up in the morning. When I think of all the time and money I've spent over the years trying to make it presentable, I'm especially grateful that now, in my old age, it's decided to be nice.

Today will be sewing but if/when my network system gets here, that will be interrupted for setting up. I spent some time last night reviewing my current setup and making notes. It's been nearly two year since I switched routers. Every time I make these kinds of changes, I streamline a little more. More stuff works on wifi. More stuff has been upgraded so is now easier.

I used to have to reserve specific IP addresses for several devices to work well and have a system for if/when my ISP changes my IP. Comcast used to change it all the time but my current ISP hasn't changed it in 14 months. So this time, there will be even more streamlining. I only have one device that works more easily with a specific IP and I think I can live with an IP change every year and a half or less.

It's so way easier now and it's kind of cool to know and understand how much of a bitch it used to be.

I've got a half hour before time to get into my suit. I think I'll kill it with a game.

Weird day

Jul. 2nd, 2016 03:13 pm
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I think the sleeping fail is spilling over into the day. Everything just seems off. Well, not everything.

My swim was good. Nearly no one at the pool. I haven't seen my buddy, Barrie in weeks. Maybe she gave it up. After my swim, I stopped at Denny's for breakfast. It was ok. Not Denny's best. Not Denny's worst. Two guys behind me were rabid Trump fans and at a volume that made me wish my table was down near the crying baby.

Sewing was kind of not great. Not bad, but not great. I tried to stream a couple of things and failed due to the world's weakest wifi. It's just so annoying.

But, probably the biggest annoyance of the day is my Eero networking stuff is supposed to be delivered today but OnTrac does not even show it as Out for Delivery (at 3 pm) so I'm pretty sure I won't see it today. OnTrac doesn't work tomorrow or Monday. So... Tuesday?

This is actually fine. It's not an emergency. I'll bitch to Amazon and they will add a month to my Prime membership and the world will not end.

I have more fried chicken out thawing for dinner and then there's a baseball game at 7. Maybe tonight I'll sleep and all will be better tomorrow.

At least the living room is getting repopulated and doesn't feel as lonely.





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