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My day felt kind of lazy. Two days in a row I've slept in, about ten hours each night. Not sure why I needed so much sleep, but last week was kind of tiring with the being up at 4:30 most days and 3:30 on Wednesday, so I guess I had a backlog of exhaustion. I've also been trying to cut down on the caffeine, so maybe more sleep was possible. I'm a little afraid I'm getting sick, though.
I had a list of things to do, today, and none of them particularly worked out. Check to see if our new fixture for our faucet filter came in - it hadn't. I'll bet you didn't know that PUR water filters have a weak spot in that the piece which afixes them to the faucet is crappy plastic and wears out in a few months. I'll also bet you didn't really care, but people like us who've ended up buying another $30 filter only to have the second cheesy plastic connector wear out are pretty annoyed. The odd thing is, they haven't put the little plastic connectors out for sale in the stores, and I think that's because it would be like admitting they wear out. Instead you have to research it online and decide to call them and then they'll send you a new kit with a metal-threaded connector. But they know it's a huge issue because they've got a whole help-line dedicated to it: "Press one for English." "Press one if you have had a plastic connector wear out."
The other thing that happened this weekend: Our clothes washer died yet again, and Eor embarked on fixing it. This time he needs one of the brushes for the motor. So, I went searching today to see if those could be bought locally. They can't. It seems that they cost over $50 each and of course one always needs to buy two... or he could buy a whole new motor for $200. And not knowing if it's really just the chewed up brushes, I say that's the road to go.
Anyhow, in all I went out with about four goals and the only one I managed to accomplish was to get a couple of jugs of water.
Although I did meet a guy I know down at the Market (who I've had in training classes and such, but who also works for the Market) and mentioned to him that the guy who lives upstairs (who works for the Market) tends to leave the Market delivery truck idling in our yard for an hour or more, quite often. He said that's typical of that guy and, with a rather evil smile, "I'll take care of that for you." So possibly one more thing might have been accomplished. ;)
Happened to find a rather nice loaf of gluten free bread at the Market, too, the ingredient list of which starts with garbanzo, and as Eor had said he would probably have toast for breakfast tomorrow, and I had scoffed that toast was not breakfast, I thought this might make a more protein rich and hopefully healthier toast. It's not bad, though probably their recipe could have used a little more salt - a touch on the bland side.
Also, submitted three pages of a new story to a couple of beta readers to see if they can give me feedback and help on whether it might be worthwhile.
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Today, Derien travelled 1 miles on the journey from Bag End to Rivendell.
Continued on the journey to Rivendell
A total of 58.66 miles along the way.
Generated by Eor's Walk Tool inspired by Eowyn Challenge.net
I had a list of things to do, today, and none of them particularly worked out. Check to see if our new fixture for our faucet filter came in - it hadn't. I'll bet you didn't know that PUR water filters have a weak spot in that the piece which afixes them to the faucet is crappy plastic and wears out in a few months. I'll also bet you didn't really care, but people like us who've ended up buying another $30 filter only to have the second cheesy plastic connector wear out are pretty annoyed. The odd thing is, they haven't put the little plastic connectors out for sale in the stores, and I think that's because it would be like admitting they wear out. Instead you have to research it online and decide to call them and then they'll send you a new kit with a metal-threaded connector. But they know it's a huge issue because they've got a whole help-line dedicated to it: "Press one for English."
The other thing that happened this weekend: Our clothes washer died yet again, and Eor embarked on fixing it. This time he needs one of the brushes for the motor. So, I went searching today to see if those could be bought locally. They can't. It seems that they cost over $50 each and of course one always needs to buy two... or he could buy a whole new motor for $200. And not knowing if it's really just the chewed up brushes, I say that's the road to go.
Anyhow, in all I went out with about four goals and the only one I managed to accomplish was to get a couple of jugs of water.
Although I did meet a guy I know down at the Market (who I've had in training classes and such, but who also works for the Market) and mentioned to him that the guy who lives upstairs (who works for the Market) tends to leave the Market delivery truck idling in our yard for an hour or more, quite often. He said that's typical of that guy and, with a rather evil smile, "I'll take care of that for you." So possibly one more thing might have been accomplished. ;)
Happened to find a rather nice loaf of gluten free bread at the Market, too, the ingredient list of which starts with garbanzo, and as Eor had said he would probably have toast for breakfast tomorrow, and I had scoffed that toast was not breakfast, I thought this might make a more protein rich and hopefully healthier toast. It's not bad, though probably their recipe could have used a little more salt - a touch on the bland side.
Also, submitted three pages of a new story to a couple of beta readers to see if they can give me feedback and help on whether it might be worthwhile.
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Today, Derien travelled 1 miles on the journey from Bag End to Rivendell.
Continued on the journey to Rivendell
A total of 58.66 miles along the way.
Generated by Eor's Walk Tool inspired by Eowyn Challenge.net
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