July 14, 2015

 I woke up early again, sort of by choice. I did want to wake up early and I had the incentive of an electrician coming over to look at things. I thought I might have to be involved in some way but I ended up just watching the dogs. The electrician checked on the smoke detectors (one had gone bad), the light in my mom's bathroom (turns out both of the bulbs I tried were just duds), and told us how to change the light on the mailbox, which went out awhile ago but I couldn't figure out how to change it. Later on in the day I babysat the dogs again when the plumbers came to figure out why my toilet sometimes loses all of the water or overflows with bubbles when the washer is going. I looked only and it seemed like the most likely possibility was a blocked vent. It appears that is the case, and the blockage is due to a poor design. They're coming back sometime in the future to hopefully fix it.

While I was babysitting dogs, and while I wasn't, I was working on the “group” website. I made a lot of progress today. I came up with a footer I like, some small design elements to give the pages a bit of color, made a couple more pages, and made various other big and small tweaks. A very productive day. At least on that one aspect of school. I still need to work on stuff for my management class, which I will hopefully do tomorrow. I've already gone above and beyond on the website, and it isn't due for a bit, so I need to shift my efforts to more pressing matters.

I looked through my stacks and stacks of books today, trying to find To Kill A Mockingbird, because my mom just got Harper Lee's new book and wanted to re-read To Kill A Mockingbird first. I told her it might be better to read the new one first because even though it is billed as a sequel it is actually an early draft of what would become To Kill A Mockingbird. And even though it is set after that book, it seems to be a bit of a downer for anyone who loved Atticus, so it might be better to read the new one first and then go back to To Kill A Mockingbird as a palate cleanser. Anyway, I couldn't find it in my stacks of books. And I can't even remember if I own it. I was almost entirely certain that I did own it because it is one of my favorite books, but after my search today I am less certain. Maybe I just borrowed it. I need to get a copy though. Either to replace the one I have lost or to replace the one I never owned.