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Aug. 27th, 2025 02:16 pm
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There was a sudden storm here. Lightening and THUNDER. One of the cats freaked out, found a cabinet to hide in. Didn’t finish breakfast. There was tropical like rain. Power was out for about 20 minutes, which is why I like a gas range. I was without coffee.

The heat is back now but it should be winding down in the days ahead to a more agreeable, humane point.

Wednesday

Aug. 27th, 2025 07:54 am
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None of the three pairs of shoes that I got yesterday was a winner. BUT, I am probably keeping one pair because I love them. They fit nicely and feel good but have no arch support and don't work with an insert. But I do love them. I guess I need to go to that shoe store after all. But, no rush.

I returned the other two yesterday and stopped by QFC to get a poke bowl. The raw fish counter is at the front of the store. It was as good this time as last. I do need to get some poke sauce. The sauce it comes with is too spicy hot for me. But, it's a winner for dinner for sure.

My new phone arrives tomorrow! I'm giving serious thot to no case. Naked carry. With the fancy insurance. The only issue is my Timber Ridge card. We have one card that gets us inside from some of the outside doors, into our apartments (I never keep mine locked so no need there) and, into some places outside of business hours - like the pool. Bam. So I have to carry it. It's now tucked between my phone and the case. But, I'm thinking, I'll glue a magnetic sheet onto it and slap it onto the phone. Or try a magnetic wallet. I've got ideas. But I also bought a cheap case just in case...

Today we have our quarterly Resident Update Meeting (RUN). All of the department heads report on what's been happening and what's planned. Mostly they just stand at the podium and read the words on their power point presentations. But, sometimes, you get a decent nugget of news. It's worth an hour.

John is still hanging in. Hazel was just here for an update. Things are kind of getting into a regular routine. And she got her hair cut yesterday so she even looks less frazzled.

Halloween production has begun.

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522/195-196: BOOM!

Aug. 26th, 2025 09:46 pm
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WTF Thunderstorm going on here right now. As if heat weren't enough. More than enough. I'm just hoping the lightning doesn't start any fires. There's already a big one burning around Napa. Sadly, the rain is confined to this area, so that fire won't be getting any. But at least my grape vine might be getting watered just a bit. The tap in the backyard has been dry since the pipes here were redone a year or so ago, and I don't go out back anymore, so nothing gets watered out there.

I should probably shut the machine down until the storm has passed. Or I have. Then, of course there'll be nobody to turn it back on. Probably not a big deal in the grand scheme of things.

Shoe hopes

Aug. 26th, 2025 08:54 am
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Today I have 3 pairs of shoes coming from Amazon. I'm hoping against hope that one of them will be comfortable enough to wear a lot. If not, I do know how to return Amazon purchases.

So last week, after aqua yoga, I sent the Fitness Director a note explaining why I wasn't going to go back (boring, cold because no movement, too much breathing, not enough stretching). She responded by asking if they class made changes would I reconsider? I told her I'd try it once.

Honestly, I could tell within the first 5 minutes that I would be a class regular again. Lots of stretching and moving. My back felt really energized and so did I. 200% better. But, of course, next Monday is Labor Day, so no class. Sigh.

This morning was the first volleyball morning that I really needed to have lights on when I got up. Nice. It's still hot out but at least it's hot for a shorter period of time.

Today is house cleaner day and also time to start making some Halloween themed dolls and creatures. Steve asked me this morning if I'd ramped that up yet and I guess now is the time.

Two ball games but the first isn't until 4.

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I'll start with the tl;dr summary to make sure everyone sees it and then explain further: As of September 1, we will temporarily be forced to block access to Dreamwidth from all IP addresses that geolocate to Mississippi for legal reasons. This block will need to continue until we either win the legal case entirely, or the district court issues another injunction preventing Mississippi from enforcing their social media age verification and parental consent law against us.

Mississippi residents, we are so, so sorry. We really don't want to do this, but the legal fight we and Netchoice have been fighting for you had a temporary setback last week. We genuinely and honestly believe that we're going to win it in the end, but the Fifth Circuit appellate court said that the district judge was wrong to issue the preliminary injunction back in June that would have maintained the status quo and prevented the state from enforcing the law requiring any social media website (which is very broadly defined, and which we definitely qualify as) to deanonymize and age-verify all users and obtain parental permission from the parent of anyone under 18 who wants to open an account.

Netchoice took that appellate ruling up to the Supreme Court, who declined to overrule the Fifth Circuit with no explanation -- except for Justice Kavanaugh agreeing that we are likely to win the fight in the end, but saying that it's no big deal to let the state enforce the law in the meantime.

Needless to say, it's a big deal to let the state enforce the law in the meantime. The Mississippi law is a breathtaking state overreach: it forces us to verify the identity and age of every person who accesses Dreamwidth from the state of Mississippi and determine who's under the age of 18 by collecting identity documents, to save that highly personal and sensitive information, and then to obtain a permission slip from those users' parents to allow them to finish creating an account. It also forces us to change our moderation policies and stop anyone under 18 from accessing a wide variety of legal and beneficial speech because the state of Mississippi doesn't like it -- which, given the way Dreamwidth works, would mean blocking people from talking about those things at all. (And if you think you know exactly what kind of content the state of Mississippi doesn't like, you're absolutely right.)

Needless to say, we don't want to do that, either. Even if we wanted to, though, we can't: the resources it would take for us to build the systems that would let us do it are well beyond our capacity. You can read the sworn declaration I provided to the court for some examples of how unworkable these requirements are in practice. (That isn't even everything! The lawyers gave me a page limit!)

Unfortunately, the penalties for failing to comply with the Mississippi law are incredibly steep: fines of $10,000 per user from Mississippi who we don't have identity documents verifying age for, per incident -- which means every time someone from Mississippi loaded Dreamwidth, we'd potentially owe Mississippi $10,000. Even a single $10,000 fine would be rough for us, but the per-user, per-incident nature of the actual fine structure is an existential threat. And because we're part of the organization suing Mississippi over it, and were explicitly named in the now-overturned preliminary injunction, we think the risk of the state deciding to engage in retaliatory prosecution while the full legal challenge continues to work its way through the courts is a lot higher than we're comfortable with. Mississippi has been itching to issue those fines for a while, and while normally we wouldn't worry much because we're a small and obscure site, the fact that we've been yelling at them in court about the law being unconstitutional means the chance of them lumping us in with the big social media giants and trying to fine us is just too high for us to want to risk it. (The excellent lawyers we've been working with are Netchoice's lawyers, not ours!)

All of this means we've made the extremely painful decision that our only possible option for the time being is to block Mississippi IP addresses from accessing Dreamwidth, until we win the case. (And I repeat: I am absolutely incredibly confident we'll win the case. And apparently Justice Kavanaugh agrees!) I repeat: I am so, so sorry. This is the last thing we wanted to do, and I've been fighting my ass off for the last three years to prevent it. But, as everyone who follows the legal system knows, the Fifth Circuit is gonna do what it's gonna do, whether or not what they want to do has any relationship to the actual law.

We don't collect geolocation information ourselves, and we have no idea which of our users are residents of Mississippi. (We also don't want to know that, unless you choose to tell us.) Because of that, and because access to highly accurate geolocation databases is extremely expensive, our only option is to use our network provider's geolocation-based blocking to prevent connections from IP addresses they identify as being from Mississippi from even reaching Dreamwidth in the first place. I have no idea how accurate their geolocation is, and it's possible that some people not in Mississippi might also be affected by this block. (The inaccuracy of geolocation is only, like, the 27th most important reason on the list of "why this law is practically impossible for any site to comply with, much less a tiny site like us".)

If your IP address is identified as coming from Mississippi, beginning on September 1, you'll see a shorter, simpler version of this message and be unable to proceed to the site itself. If you would otherwise be affected, but you have a VPN or proxy service that masks your IP address and changes where your connection appears to come from, you won't get the block message, and you can keep using Dreamwidth the way you usually would.

On a completely unrelated note while I have you all here, have I mentioned lately that I really like ProtonVPN's service, privacy practices, and pricing? They also have a free tier available that, although limited to one device, has no ads or data caps and doesn't log your activity, unlike most of the free VPN services out there. VPNs are an excellent privacy and security tool that every user of the internet should be familiar with! We aren't affiliated with Proton and we don't get any kickbacks if you sign up with them, but I'm a satisfied customer and I wanted to take this chance to let you know that.

Again, we're so incredibly sorry to have to make this announcement, and I personally promise you that I will continue to fight this law, and all of the others like it that various states are passing, with every inch of the New Jersey-bred stubborn fightiness you've come to know and love over the last 16 years. The instant we think it's less legally risky for us to allow connections from Mississippi IP addresses, we'll undo the block and let you know.

The shoe hunt continues

Aug. 25th, 2025 08:22 am
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I'm still looking for my best shoes. Shoes that I can pop on any day, wear with socks and walk whereever/whenever I want that are NOT athletic shoes or sneakers. They need to fit well so I don't walk out of them and look decent (and my 'decent' gets broader and more inclusive every day). I have two pair of sandal-y shoes that I can actually wear every day all day and walk a fair bit in. I wore a pair of those the other day with socks and it worked out ok but not great.

Amazon is bringing me some more options later this week. And I still have one shoe store - the one my podiatrist recommended - that I haven't tried yet. If this week's Amazon selections don't work, I'll be heading over there to that store.

Otherwise, things are kind of on a good keel right now. I'm not on hold because of anything outside of my control - like SteveTheLawyer or the IRS. SteveTheLawyer has yet to settle the now 3.5 year old very simple trust. His last promise was to get it done by early 2025. Whatfuckingever.

The IRS still owes me money but it is clear that the chances of my living long enough to get it are growing slimmer every day. I went on their website this past weekend to check my transcript to see if there was any progress (none) and they asked me if I would take a survey. Sure. First question. Based on your visit today, how much do you trust the IRS. Hahahahaha. That was my giggle of the day.

It was a year ago that I switched financial advisors from the outfit I had used for more than 25 years to a new one. I am still delighted about that decision.

Two ballgames today - this afternoon. Aqua yoga this afternoon. I'll probably go out and puzzle some this morning and see if I can capture any hallway news.

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I take a fair number of photos. All are automagically saved in Google Photo which is a great photo app but it has one fatal flaw. There is no way to embed a photo from Google Photo to this journal. You can link to the page but not show the photo in the entry.

You can, of course do that with Dreamwidth's Images but, honestly, as much as I love Dreamwidth, their Images situation sucks on several levels.

So I use Flickr. But Flickr's default for uploaded images was restricted to Private, it required more steps to make the images work here. So I had another app that took every photo, screenshot, video on my phone and sent them to Flockr and loaded them so they are Public. This system has worked fine for years and years. I snapped all day and then, when I'm ready to put them into an entry, they are all in Flickr ready to go.

The only flaw in that plan was that every single photo I took with my phone got loaded into Flickr viewable by everyone. I had to remember this if I took a photo of a check or a credit card or anything else sensitive. And it was hard to remember so I just rarely did that.

Lately, I've had occasion where I really needed to do just that. So this morning, I looked into how to switch it all around and I discovered that Flickr now allows your to 'share' photos as Public by default. So I can now upload easily OR not and keep them private and still have a backup copy on Google Photos (which is all private).

Cool!

Also, the Mariners catcher, who happens to be a very cool guy who's from Culawee, NC - a fabulous little mountain town, just tied the record for homers by a catcher in a single season. Then, two innings later, he breaks that record. And the game is only in the 3rd inning!

Here's the test photo.

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Tile matching is killing me

Aug. 24th, 2025 08:38 am
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Every once in a while, I find a mindless phone/computer/tablet game that sucks me in and won't let go. Most of the time, I can amuse myself by one game of majong solitaire and a couple of rounds of spider a day. And I can go years without getting sucked into anything more. But, not, apparently this year. I'm deeply, madly, irrevocably sucked into this stupid tile matching game. I cannot quit playing it and just that fact is driving me nuts. I will not be controlled by a game, except when I am. Sigh.

Last year, when I was having to feed the cats that overly pricey cat prescription food, I bought it mostly from Chewy. Amazon would run out and/or fiddle with their delivery processes and the stuff was so expensive it easily cleared Chewy's free shipping hurdle. But, then, when we got to go back to cheap stuff, that free shipping hurdle became an issue. And I get 5% back off Amazon purchases. And toilet paper, toothpaste, kleenex, cat stuff... subscribe and save. And I let Chewy go. Really out of laziness. They each have about the same number of items on the 'Pro' list - where one is good, the other is not - and not too much on the 'Con'. So Amazon wins because I'm lazy.

But, then yesterday. They sent my brother flowers and a lovely note.

I immediately cancelled all my Amazon subscribe and saves and set up everything for autoship on Chewy. We are now, officially, Chewy all the way. No regrets. No second thoughts. Flowers. They sent flowers.

Yesterday, I ran into Hazel and her son and his wife in the hallway on their way down to get something notarized. BUT I'm a notary until the 3rd of November. So I did it. Hazel has never liked her daughter in law and now I get it. She was all consumed with setting up Hazels sad old Samsung tablet with audio books. Except. Hazel will never be able to use them and won't enjoy audio books at all. But there was no dissuading her. Also, she had no idea what she was doing. I showed her how to log in and why it was set up with no password and no credit card (so Hazel can click on anything she wants and not get charged). She had no idea how to overcome that obstacle so I just left her to it.

They left and Hazel sat down to chat with me. It was nice. She said she had been stopping at Joan's every day to report which I know Joan just loves and it's so nice of Hazel to do. She said that Dick and Jan (who barely even know her) had been popping their heads in every night to check on her. She said that John was ready to die and hopes it is soon. And noted that it probably will be since he's not eating. She said she was so grateful for this time that they have now. We've just been talking and reminiscing and visiting and it's really been nice. We haven't even had the TV on. She's very calm and cool and together about it all.

I was going to get up and swim this morning but, when I got up, I remembered why I stopped doing laps in the mornings. The fucking sun. There is a 20 foot floor to ceiling wall of windows at the pool and they face east. The glare is exacerbated by the water. Dark goggles help but not much. It's just not fun. I could go later but even now I already for 5,769 reasons why not. Sigh. So I'll do aqua yoga at least one more time tomorrow.

Biggie is not a lap cat. He wants to be on my lap but will not settle. He walks back and forth and back and forth and back and forth. I give him 3 times and then put him on the ground. Once in a while, he tries to sneak on. Very very very slowly, he starts with one paw and then just as slowly, he adds another. It cracks me up. He did it just now so he's now standing on my lap with his belly on my arms while I type. Oh Biggie, you are a weirdo.

I have a podiatrist appointment this week but I am to cancel it if everything is working. Both issues are clearly better. The peeling hard skin feet with ugly ass nails is totally on the mend. The nails will take 6 months or so to get 100% but they are on the way for sure. The other - the nerve thing - I'm not sure about. It's way better but still twinges now and then. But, I think I'm going to cancel for now and then go back if it gets worse.

The Phils play at 10:30 and the Mariners at 1. And there will be laundry doings. And probably some puzzling.

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Aug. 24th, 2025 03:12 am
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It was only supposed to get up to 103 here Saturday, but it topped out at fecking 108! Shortly after sunset I went out to check the mailbox, and nearly fainted on opening the door. It was still over 100, and I had splurged on air conditioning (a mere 80 degrees indoors) so the contrast was intense. After the 200-some feet round trip, I collapsed and stayed limp for half an hour. I didn't get around to dinner until after midnight. It's still not cool enough outside to open the windows and turn on the fan, but as soon as it is I'm doing it and going to bed. After yesterday's false weather report I'm gun shy about today's. It's, predicted to be 101, but I won't hold my breath. If I even can in fact breathe at all.

Somebody on another web site posted a fragment of an Emily Dickinson poem I had somehow missed for all these decades, so I had to hunt it down. Here it is so you won't.

Sunday Verse )

Saturday

Aug. 23rd, 2025 09:18 am
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I check my investment balance every day which they say you should never do. But, 'they' are then boss of me. Anyway. On days when the total is down, I happily blame the current regime and just know that there are only 3 more years. (Yes, it might not get better but whatever.) But, when my balance is up, as it is today, substantially, I do not give credit but, instead, just guiltily enjoy the bonus.

My phone and my watch got upgrades - software - and both are now doing new things. Not bad things but doing things differently and it's disconcerting. My new phone arrives at the end of this week which is kind of cool. In the past, Google had 3 or 4 weeks between pre-order and delivery. This is much better. Amazon delivered my case yesterday but I think I can probably use the case I've already got. They do appear to be the same.

Jo Jo Moyes has a new book out. I really enjoyed a lot of her books but the one before this latest one was way too romantic novel for me. I used to buy them automatically but after the last one, I decided I'd just wait in line at the library even though her queues are generally years long. Last night I finished my current book and went to settle on the next one and saw her new one in Audible so I went to Libby to see if it was in the library yet. And, yes, it was - apparently arrived minutes ago because there were 10 copies and 0 checked out!! Ha! So now, I can read it for free and if I don't like it I can 'gift' the next person in the queue.

It's supposed to be stupid hot for the next forever days so I'm not going anywhere. Sorry new car battery. You'll just have to hold up on your own.

Time now to go get dressed for Elbow Coffee. Could be an interesting one today. If so, dets here, I promise.

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Aug. 23rd, 2025 02:35 am
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So the last couple of days have been among the most hellish this benighted valley has ever visited upon me. I've used goatloads of electricity for air conditioning just to keep the place barely tolerable. As much time as possible I've spent asleep, but with such discomfort prevailing, sleep isn't easy. I've also endured some horrendous leg cramps, perhaps due to dehydration.

The semi-good news is that tonight and tomorrow night will be the warmest of the current cycle (lows of 73), and not only the nights but the days will moderate starting Monday, though we won't get anything I'd consider a cool night until Wednesday. The rest of August will remain fairly hot, but the first week of September will bring a cooling trend, with highs dropping from the nineties into the mere eighties. So if I make it through the next few days, I will have more pleasant weather in which to die.

Friday I got groceries, with not too many substitutions, and now have adequate donut supplies for the remainder of the month. Other stuff I'm not so sure. My mind grows ever more muddled, and I often find I've failed to buy some essential item and must attempt to engage my feeble brain in improvisation to fill the gaps. Of course I won't find out what I lack until I need it, so there's probably no point in borrowing against trouble that is yet to come. In fact I should probably just try to sleep. The fan has probably gotten it down to about 78 in here. It won't get much lower, if it gets lower at all. But get through the next few days and summer could be out of hot crap to throw at me. So glad August is winding down.

Slanted

Aug. 22nd, 2025 07:15 am
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I got the new rug to keep the cables running out of the table from tripping me. Works great. Looks fine. EXCEPT. The carpet is deep enough that when the table sits on the run it dips down and the rug cups around the legs. Ugly. So I put thin boards under the table legs. Perfect. EXCEPT now the table slants.

It looks fine in the picture I took but very slanty in real life. I've decided not to worry about it. For now. Maybe later.

Starting today and going pretty much through Labor Day, it's going to be hot AF around here. Unrelenting sun. But knowing it's the end of this shit for at least 9 months AND the night's worth of cool are longer, helps the attitude. Also, the a/c is fabulous and I live in the best place.

Today there are two ballgames but the first one isn't until 4. I think the car is fine so no errands needed. My Costco run, yesterday, was great. They have a lot of new stuff and I didn't get much but made notes for the future. I got coffee and cupcakes and ham and cheese croissants and a couple of other critical items. $85. I was proud. I'd forgotten how very nice our Costco is. BIG aisles. You can easily maneuver even when a family of 7 is in the middle of the aisle having a family meeting. It is just across the street from the Costco corporate headquarters so it gets a lot of management scrutiny and shopping there shows that.

It is new menu day so I guess I'll get in some steps and go pick mine up from the cubbies.

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Aug. 21st, 2025 04:44 pm
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I went to buy groceries today and a clerk was pedaling free pumpkin cookies. I took one. Why would you put chocolate chips in a pumpkin cookie? It’s unnatural. And if you’re going to do that, use real choco. chips, not fake ones. Not a good cookie.

It’s going to be very warm the next few days, so I bought a rotisserie chicken, which has gone up a dollar since last I was in the store. They offer a six pack of mini soda free with the chicken. I got some full sugar root beer, instead of the Pepsi I got last time. The time I discovered I no longer like Pepsi at all.

I bought a hidden key holder to place outside because I’m bedeviled by the thought of being locked out. Now I have to find a super secret place to hide it. And not forget that place.

So where will I go today?

Aug. 20th, 2025 04:16 pm
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I have nothing on my calendar for today. Not even a ballgame. But, I feel like I need to take the car out for a battery run. I do have an Amazon return (of course) but I'm also thinking Costco. I let my Costco expire last February but I miss it. And I miss the experience. It makes me walk steps. Plus I'm low on coffee and I do not like Amazon's options. So I think that's today's destination. Costco.

Google added an insurance option to the Pixel watch last year and I've been paying $4 a month ever since. I swear that is the only thing that has kept it going. I've had plenty of chances to crack it, to drown it and even once to lose it. Although the insurance does not cover theft or loss, more's the pity. They have never offered insurance for the phone. Yes, I could use my homeowners except, ooops, no home, no homeowners. I don't have renters insurance.

But this time, when I bought the new phone, it had an insurance option. I didn't click it. But this morning I went back and did. $200 for 2 years - $0 deductible for screen cracks and battery fixes and it includes theft and loss. This will ensure the screen on my new phone will stay uncracked!

The Food and Beverage meeting was way more interesting than usual. The director spilled all of the plans for new dining. Starting now and going through the end of next year, they are going to redo everything. And provide a lot more options - particularly options that I am interested in. They are adding an all day coffee shop with pastries and a 24/7 grab and go place. They are making a lot of physical moves and changes. It all sounded pretty fabulous to me. Now we'll see how it pans out.

Hazel popped in last night to report that John is all settled into his new room in the nursing wing. She is greatly relieved. He has hospice care. Apparently, he can no longer eat much of anything so it won't be too long, I don't think. She'll be as ok as she can be and has a lot of friends and helpers. She is not fearful or fretful about what's going on or will happen or what will happen after. She's pretty chill now that he's back here.

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I'd forgotten

Aug. 20th, 2025 12:14 pm
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One of the things I abandoned when I left Live Journal was all the spam. I'd forgotten. Well, it apparently has finally found its way to Dreamwidth. I'm getting subscribes and mail from people who joined that day and have 0 friends and 0 everything else. At least banning is easy. I hope they give up soon.

now it is 11:10 am

Aug. 20th, 2025 09:13 am
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Let's recap. So far today:

Laundry done and put away.
Phone ordered.
Car fixed.

Now it is 4th inning and the Mariners are losing... again.

The battery guy was weird but very efficient. He says batteries last about 5 years and the fact that since I moved here, I take the car out far less frequently, makes my dead battery a noble soldier. He put the new battery in without even a snark about having to work in the tiny, inconvenient space that the Smart Car has.

Everything sprung to life the minute he connected it. Started right up. He said to start it up and run it 5 to 10 minutes every other week, at least.

The only wrinkle was paying him. He wanted cash, check or zelle. I could not bring up zelle on my phone. I was using the BECU app and I think maybe I needed the Zelle app. He then suggested we go to an ATM. Which we did and it was fine.

And, no, I did not feel sketchy at all as an old woman withdrawing hundred dollar bills to hand off to a young kid. Not sketchy at all.

It was fine and he was really sweet and I'm all fixed and it's not even noon!

I did stop by Taco Time so early lunch while I was the Phils increase their lead.

As long as they are done by 1:30. Food and Bev meeting.

Tonight is fried chicken night at the buffet. If it looks good, I might buy dinner for two and put the second dinner in the freezer.

P.S. When I bought the car, the salesman explained there was no spare tire but there was a can of air in the car that would, hopefully, get enough tire to get to help. I never questioned. I never looked. I never found any can of air.

Yesterday, when pulling back the carpet to get to the battery, I found a little cubby with the cutest little air pressure machine in it and a bottle of what appears to be tire hole plugging juice. The instructions are in German. I've only had the car for 14 years. As my brother pointed out, could be time to read the manual and see what other secrets it is hiding.

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Aug. 20th, 2025 09:38 am
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My current phone's crack would cost me $300-500 to fix. The trade in value is $235. My old phone has a trade in value of $450. So... Trading in old phone, buying shiny new BLUE! Pixel 10 - even with taxes = $450. And new phone comes with massive cloud storage and google's pro AI for a year and $170 store credit which I will use to get a fancy charger and new case, probably.

I'm hoping new phone does not come with pre-cracked screen. Cracked screen phone will be on standby for backup.

All done and now I don't have to sit through the stupid announce event. Win win.

Timing

Aug. 20th, 2025 08:16 am
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Tomorrow there is nothing on the calendar. Not even a baseball game. Today I have a baseball game (both my teams) and the Google event and the car repair guy all at the same friggin' time! Geesh. Also a Food and Beverage meeting.

I told the car guy that anytime Thursday or Friday was best. So he picked 10 am today. ??? Whatever.

The Google event is at 1 pm eastern time which is 11 am here. BUT the Google store has a countdown timer for when the phone will be available to order and it says that there is 1 hour left. Meaning 9 am. Which would really suit me better. I am going to buy a new phone and trade in this cracked one. I would love to get my order in before the car guy comes. (The sooner you order, the better your color choices are and the sooner your delivery date is.)

I put in a load of laundry last night and set the machine to start this morning. It's got 10 more minutes. Then I fold and put away.

Also today, they are coming around to change the batteries in our thermostats and clean out the HVAC filters. I don't need to be here for that. Last night Joan stuck her head in the door and yell 'ARE YOU GOING TO BE HERE TOMORROW???' She always does that. Are you going to Safeway? Are you going to be here this weekend. It annoys the shit out of me. I have vowed to answer 'why do you ask, Joan' but last night I put the game on mute and said that mostly I would be. "WELL I HAVE A 1:30 DOCTORS APPOINTMENT IN CASE FACILITIES COMES AND WANTS TO KNOW". OK. 1. They don't need you here or care. 2. Neither do I. 3. Tell Bonny, not me! She's working my last. and 4. Don't yell at me ever.

Ok, laundry's done. Folded and put away. So at least there is that. So far, so good.

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Aug. 20th, 2025 03:05 am
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Boy, does my brain go sideways anymore! And stuff just falls out of it. This place must have more stray thoughts lying about than dust, and there's a lot of dust. But my eyesight has gotten so bad that I'm probably not seeing the half of it. Including the half of my wits I've lost. I keep thinking of things to do and then forgetting to do them. But I'm still remembering that I forgot, which is a good thing. Maybe. Hell, I don't even know that anymore.

Overnight Tuesday got so cool that the apartment cooled down to a mere 73 degrees Wednesday morning. That was probably as cool as I'll be for the next couple of weeks at least. In fact the latest forecast has a horrifying six days in a row with triple digit highs, and nocturnal lows 70 or above. In other words, typical central valley summer weather, and the last several weeks have spoiled me for that. It has been almost like being in Los Angeles again. I don't want to come back here. But nature is giving me no choice: if I live, I must swelter.

There was something else, but I've forgotten. It's too late anyway. If I stay up any longer I'll just end up staring at that heat advisory. Too depressing.

Yoga fail

Aug. 19th, 2025 08:34 am
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I bailed out of aqua yoga. The instructor, I don't think, has ever been in the water. I'm sure his instruction is great if you are 1. on land and 2. really into yoga. I am not on land and I want to stretch, not breathe. The stuff he has us do mostly works meh in water. He does not use the water at all so mainly we fight to stay and not float away. And also the 45 minutes are spent 15 minutes moving slowly and 30 minutes stationary and just breathing. The water is warm unless you are just standing there breathing and then it gets cold fast.

So. Yesterday was my last class. I will spend 30 minutes swimming laps on Sunday mornings instead.

Volleyball was also kind of meh today. One of our best players is hooked to a heart monitor for the next week and a half so can't play. The asshole was there today being very assholey. But, it's over and I didn't say anything I wanted to so I'm glad of that. My lips are getting better at staying zipped.

Watching the Phillies play the Mariners was really weird. Kind of like when you catch an NPR person talking on TV. The sound is right and the lips are moving in sync but my brain just can't handle it. The Phillies ate up the Mariners and then spit them out. Because of MLB blackout, I could not listen to the Phillies broadcasters so I'm listening to the idiot Mariners guys who are clearly rooting for the wrong team. It was beyond weird. There are two more games and then everyone goes back into their assigned corners. They will probably meet again in a few years but not before.

Today is house cleaner day and so errand day.

John's still dying. Joan is in bad shape but not dying and, I think, pretty pissed at John for stealing all the attention. Hazel is holding up kind of. She's getting a lot of attention from a wide variety of people and she's trying to keep everyone happy. Including John. It's kind of a mess.

Oh wait. Breaking news! Hazel just came in and sat for a chat. Her son has been working with exactly the right people here at Timber Ridge (which I had hoped was the case but didn't know) and they have a room in the nursing wing for John to move into tomorrow. This is perfect. This is exactly the way things should work around here and usually don't. But this time. Hazel does not have to do a thing except walk over there to visit. He'll even be on this very floor.

She said that the doctors told the both of them that they don't know if John has a day, a week or a year. But now he'll be comfortable and she'll be able to be with him whenever she wants on her own. I am very relieved. And so is she.

Oh and now I'm getting sucked back into aqua yoga. Maybe. I sent a note explaining why I was quitting and now Erica (the fitness person) is asking 'if we do xxx' would you reconsider. Sure.

As always, stay tuned!

But now it's nearly 10 and I'm not dressed yet!

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