Getting back to normal

It honestly felt a little weird going back to the gym today. My plan seemed to work. I left clothes in the locker (that were, thankfully, still there when I got done) and took everything else with me to the pool. I had a nice swim but got out about 5 minutes before I normally would just because I felt like it. My tracking app, however, said I had gone 1.2 miles Normally, I'd need those 5 minutes and a little more to get to 1.2 miles. I think it gave me a sympathy bonus but I'll take it.

My car phone holder is one of those that pokes into the vent and then grabs the phone by the magnet on the back. I had to order a new magnet which should be here today. The stolen phone was too small to read easily when on the mount but this 6P sure isn't. That will be a nice trick to have back. Also I'd forgotten how much better this phone's speakers are. But it sure is a battery hog.

ljtourist and I tried a new (to us) sushi place last night. It is a tiny tiny (4 2tops and a 4top plus a 6 seat chefs bar) but really lovely place. It was a drawn out event. Every piece of sushi was prepared in front of us and served individually. One lady got snipped at by the chef because she did not eat her sushi in one piece. She also got it again when she was served and said she would wait to eat it until her husband's piece was served. Again, chef said no no no. Eat now. It was an experience and a good one but upon reflection, I think it's not one that needs to be repeated. I'd absolutely go back to the one we went to last week. But, whew, it's a pricey eating habit!

The housecleaner is scheduled to come today.

My sewing machine is due to be fixed and ready for pick up today, as well. If they call early enough I'll go get it, if not, I'll go tomorrow. I'm really enjoying this loaner. It's only fatal flaw is a hidden bobbin. You have no way of knowing if the bobbin thread is running out until it's gone and in the middle of a seam. On my machine the bobbin sits just under a clear plastic cove where I can easily monitor it's stash.

We're having some colder than usual days here. It's kind of nice. They are predicting snow for tomorrow which will be Very Very nice!

My tweets

• Wed, 10:39: "Important Read" really means so many different and often opposing things - especially on Twitter, that I now translate it to Don't Click.

Fixing stuff

My Windows laptop has been just struggling. It's better after new memory but it was time to lose some unnecessary USB attachments. One was a funky USB Video connector that enabled me to run a third monitor. The other day, the internet went out for a minute and we got a notice that the electricity might be shut off for 4 hours the first week in January. So I was mentally revisiting my emergency tech. I have an old chromebook that has 2MB of T-Mobile data for free every month and I can buy more if need be. I like keeping this old dog around and up to date just in case. So today, I attached it to the third monitor and found a sweet little slide show program to run. Nice.

I hate having pill bottles out. It's just a denial thing. Plus I don't like to fuck with them daily. So I have 12 little boxes of 3 sections each and I dose them out every 36 days. I did that today and therefore buying me 36 more days of denial.

Then I packed up a few things that I don't need any more and made a trip to the free shelf in the garage.

The snow prediction has been tamped down considerably. Sigh. We usually get about 10% or less of any snow predicted. Now we're going to get maybe 10% of that 10% as in... a flake. Sigh.

My house is very clean. I'm going to have a loaded baked potato for dinner and maybe some baked apple with it.

Oh and I made two dolls. I'm having a hard time finding cheap felt for hair. The hair on these dolls is made from felt that is really no good for hair. I scored some good, cheap stuff from JoAnne's on Black Friday but it's in very limited colors. I wonder if the dollar store has any... hmmmmm