Wednesday

[susandennis]

I wish I could take the Ballard gym and the West Seattle gym and toss them in a blender and pour out the perfect gym. It would be as close as West Seattle with a pool like Ballards with the lack of crowds like West Seattle. It wouldn't stink like West Seattle but also wouldn't have the No Towels For You rule like Ballard. For now I'll just bitch.

But, at least there were no crowds this morning.

I've had some digestive issues yesterday and today and I can't help but wonder if it's not due to that disgusting pool water on Sunday. Probably not but I'm going to think so anyway.

This weekend the 50 yard outdoor pool opens for a few hours on Saturday, Sunday and Monday but it looks like it's going to be too warm to make it worth the trip. The trip to the pool is not trivial. There is precious little parking and the bus service from here is a mess. If you do happen to get a parking spot, the walk from the car to the pool is a mile with a big hill. You go down the hill on the way to the pool and so my entire swim, I'm worried about getting back up the damn thing. BUT, if it's rainy and cool (the pool is heated), then it won't be crowded and I might give it a shot. If it's 80 degrees and sunny like the forecast says it will be... not worth the effort.

I broke down and sent an email off to my financial guy asking him to look for an easy/smart place to cash in some investments and send me $5,000 to bulk up my rainy day fund sometime in the next few months. This was after it dawned on me that the next tax payment is in June. Whew.

The house cleaner is due this morning. I think, due to the aforementioned digestive issues, it's better I just stay in while she cleans today. Hopefully she won't be too late and she won't linger. I do have a fabulous surprise for her. When ljtourist was on his recent road trip, he happened on a Bosnian restaurant in Middle Of The Country. He picked up Bosnian treats for Amira. She's going to have a fit when I give them to her today. I can't wait. (I can't believe he happened on a Bosnian restaurant. And remembered my house cleaner was from Bosnia. AND went to the trouble to pick out and pick up these treats for her. Just the nicest thing ever.)



And speaking of pictures. I really wish Google was more amenable to letting me use the photos I store there in other places, like here. ertai seems to have no trouble using Google photos in his journal lately so maybe I should try again. This is a test. I'm going to leave it here for a week or so to make sure it doesn't turn into a white circle with a minus sign.



I get twitchy about Flickr's future. My phone uploads everything automagically to both but I feel better about Google's long term prospects. (And, yes, I totally get that at least Flickr and maybe Google 'own' my photos. I don't care.)

I never did get to cleaning up the sewing room yesterday. I guess I'll go do that now.

Comments

[siglinde99.livejournal.com]

Ljtourist is clearly a treasure of a friend. How thoughtful of him.

[susandennis]

I know. I couldn't believe he did that.

[siobhan63.livejournal.com]

All I see is the circle with the minus sign. I've noticed that on a few journals and was wondering what was up.

[susandennis]

Oh thank you so much for telling me! That circle with the minus means "this photo is on Google Photos and so may or may not render because Google is a PIA about these things." Loosely translated, of course. :)

[lostincandyrain.livejournal.com]

I see a broken Google image too, and if I try to go to it's address, it prompts me to sign in to Google (though I already am signed in...)

That is really amazing that your friend thought to get treats for your house cleaner! I was going to say, "I hope she likes them," but then I imagined a scenario where she actually hates them, but seeing them brings back these memories of hating them, and you get some great stories out of her...

[susandennis]

Oh! The fact that you are signed in and still can't see the picture is very valuable info. Thank you! GRRRR

[lostincandyrain.livejournal.com]

I've used the share links from my google photos before, and they seemed to work, but now I'm worried that they didn't work - just no one thought to complain!

[susandennis]

oh there are lots of complaints! just no solution. Google does not support the ability to use urls for jpgs.

[gracegiver]

I gave up on Google photos also, for other reasons but finding something simple, quick and hassle free was priority #1.
I bet you solve your problem, though. You, tenacious one, you.