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wendyzskiWith no actual reason to get up at any particular time, my body has now thoroughly shifted back to my "natural" sleeping hours of 3-4AM to Noon-ish. This has pretty much been a constant since at least the age of 16. I do need sunlight, and have suspected for some time that I have a tendency towards SAD. But every time in my life that I've been on extended vacation or unemployment with no specific time committments, I just drift to this kind of schedule. Tomorrow the weather is supposed to be really nice so I want to try and at least do some walking-errands in the afternoon before I utterly forget what daylight is.
My favorite torrent site has "gone legit". Any suggestions for a new alternate that isn't totally virus-infested, please PM me. No major need until the new Dr. Who specials hit next month.
Had to spend half an hour on a friend's landline (luckily an 800 number) to get my TracFone sorted out - I'm on a monthly budget plan and I got charged for this month's minutes but they never showed up on my phone. We could see the request in the system but it just wasn't making it over to the phone. It took two people in India quite some time to get things sorted out but now it works again - which is good because I was down to 6 minutes!
I used a "natural" and "pet-safe" bug spray in my kitchen. Hasn't done much about the roaches (which got a LOT worse a few weeks ago when my downstairs neighbor did a bunch of drywall work in his unit) but my kitchen smells like Christmas Overload due to the cinnamon and rosemary oils.
I think we've finally gotten the boiler crap sorted out - things have run fine for several days now with no adjustments needed. The first heating company was supposed to come by tonight to pick up the "new" feeder that they installed (and that the second company had to take out again) - because we're not going to pay them for it. But they never showed up - at least not in the hour they were supposed to. I'll leave it sitting in the lobby all boxed up for them, but I'm certainly not going to go out of my way to get it back to them.
Dinner was poor-woman's "crabmeat au gratin" - rice in a cheese and broccoli sauce with added syntha-crab. Actually it was rather tasty. Yes I know - I'm sad and pathetic. I did bake a batch of mini-loaves of Sunshine Bread (sunflower seeds, whole wheat and cider) though.
I also experimented for the first time with the Chicago Public Library's downloadable audiobooks feature. Downloaded a couple and managed to burn one to CD successfully. (The ones that allow you to burn to CD are notated). The download versions are rights-protected, but the version burned to CD by the "Overdrive Media Console" don't seem to have any kind of protection or expiration on them. Time will tell.
Pepper continues affectionate - I tend to lie on the couch to read/watch TV and she will hop up and settle between my right arm and my body and stay there as long as I continue to pet her. This now happens several times a day - a huge change. Of course, it's not all roses - she ate two buttons off the TV remote yesterday. But in general I'm no longer pondering the merits of a new furry hat.
My favorite torrent site has "gone legit". Any suggestions for a new alternate that isn't totally virus-infested, please PM me. No major need until the new Dr. Who specials hit next month.
Had to spend half an hour on a friend's landline (luckily an 800 number) to get my TracFone sorted out - I'm on a monthly budget plan and I got charged for this month's minutes but they never showed up on my phone. We could see the request in the system but it just wasn't making it over to the phone. It took two people in India quite some time to get things sorted out but now it works again - which is good because I was down to 6 minutes!
I used a "natural" and "pet-safe" bug spray in my kitchen. Hasn't done much about the roaches (which got a LOT worse a few weeks ago when my downstairs neighbor did a bunch of drywall work in his unit) but my kitchen smells like Christmas Overload due to the cinnamon and rosemary oils.
I think we've finally gotten the boiler crap sorted out - things have run fine for several days now with no adjustments needed. The first heating company was supposed to come by tonight to pick up the "new" feeder that they installed (and that the second company had to take out again) - because we're not going to pay them for it. But they never showed up - at least not in the hour they were supposed to. I'll leave it sitting in the lobby all boxed up for them, but I'm certainly not going to go out of my way to get it back to them.
Dinner was poor-woman's "crabmeat au gratin" - rice in a cheese and broccoli sauce with added syntha-crab. Actually it was rather tasty. Yes I know - I'm sad and pathetic. I did bake a batch of mini-loaves of Sunshine Bread (sunflower seeds, whole wheat and cider) though.
I also experimented for the first time with the Chicago Public Library's downloadable audiobooks feature. Downloaded a couple and managed to burn one to CD successfully. (The ones that allow you to burn to CD are notated). The download versions are rights-protected, but the version burned to CD by the "Overdrive Media Console" don't seem to have any kind of protection or expiration on them. Time will tell.
Pepper continues affectionate - I tend to lie on the couch to read/watch TV and she will hop up and settle between my right arm and my body and stay there as long as I continue to pet her. This now happens several times a day - a huge change. Of course, it's not all roses - she ate two buttons off the TV remote yesterday. But in general I'm no longer pondering the merits of a new furry hat.
