Thursday

My back is having a hard time this morning. It just aches. And while today is supposed to be nice (cloudy and a little cooler), the next 7 days look to be horribly hot with unrelenting sun. And Humana has not yet cancelled my prescription order which means I cannot yet ratchet up the fight to resolution.

BUT... my house is clean and tidy and nice. No one needs me to to do anything today. Nothing is due or overdue. My new desk is on the truck on the way here. The Mariners have the day off so they will not lose another game today.

So... some good/some bad.

I just bought a pattern for a pair of pants and am waiting now for the download link. It's from Simplicity. There are lots of pattern companies now. A few major ones and a ton of small indie houses. The indie houses pretty much all offer PDF versions. Simplicity is the first major one I've seen that gives you the option. Kudos for teaching an old dog, new tricks. However, like many old dogs trying new tricks, their process is pretty horrific involving misinformation (your order will be shipped in 3-5 days), multiple account set ups with totally unnecessarily rigid password rules, plus other hurdles, puddles and roadblocks. Sigh. At least I'm not in a massive hurry. I'm not sure I even have enough of an appropriate fabric on hand.

Two new tracker/watches that you can wear while swimming were announced yesterday. Both about $300 each. One has a nice look but both have buckles - I hate buckles. They scratch my laptop and irritate my wrist when I type. But, more importantly, neither appear to be good enough for me. So much depends on the info shown while you swim and the data collected and shown in the app. Neither one of these announcements included much about either of these and/or the watches themselves don't have it. I'm not ponying up $300 for something I don't like anyway that might not even do what I want.

Meanwhile I'm on day tow of wearing two trackers and am leaning towards putting the Fitbit on the shelf and just going with the Misfit.

My tweets

• Wed, 12:54: RT @BBAnimals: The world's oldest cat, who is 31, looks exactly how I expect the world's oldest cat to look. Sick of your shit https://t.co…
• Wed, 14:20: @Humana Pharmacy has one more chance to not fuck up my prescription. They really do have the world's worst telephone tree/customer service.
• Wed, 15:30: I picked up a small bag of these last year. They turned out to be amazingly delicious and then I couldn't find any…… https://t.co/31N91IZ5Np
• Wed, 15:37: @seattlegoodwill puts together the most fun grab bags. You can only see some of the contacts. So opening it when y…… https://t.co/RW6bxwIumN
• Wed, 15:42: This may be beyond my skill level. Plus my Japanese is blank after arigato. https://t.co/NGwSoksoYd https://t.co/ao0D3xpU2N
• Wed, 16:05: https://t.co/mrYTha4SHZ Yep, less news - even in sports. Great plan. Seriously, get your foot - the one you just shot - looked at, k?
• Thu, 11:20: Finally a day cool enough to walk up to the new @iheartsushiseattle ... What a nice place they have!… https://t.co/zoIuTsc9Ae

Taking a break

The pneumatic desk I ordered arrived. It is a very nice looking perfect sized heavy SOB with a lot of parts. I put it all together only to discover that the pneumatic bit didn't work. Sigh. It was also way too high at its lowest point so back it goes.

I ordered a non-pneumatic made by the same outfit. It's also big but it's lowest point is nearly 10 inches lower than the one going back. It's also $70 cheaper, so there's that.

Before that, I took advantage of the cool and cloudy and walked up to the other side of the neighborhood to try out the new sushi place. It is a nice, little, mostly order to go place. I ordered the wrong thing but that was my bad. I will be going back once the sun and heat disappear. It was a nice little trot up there and my fitness trackers loved it.

I did a little sewing. Note to me. Keep that room clean. It is really nice now that the house cleaner did her thing. Much nicer than it was yesterday morning. So, from here on out, I pledge to pick up the shit after every project and run the vacuum cleaner. That's all it will take.

Next up is a trip to Cash & Carry. I need Diet Dr. Pepper. I buy it there by the case because it's easy and cheap. I just pulled out my last 6 pack so time to re-up. I also think I'll pop into the gas station, too. There are long lines at the gas stations near my brother's. I figure it's only a matter of time before either the prices go up here or we get lines, too. Or both. Plus, I hate to run low anyway.

So, off I go.