This morning I woke up and the guys on the radio said there wasn't
much snow on the ground, like maybe an inch. They apparently get to
work very early and have no access to windows because when I looked
there was well over an inch.
This presented a bit of a problem because maybe my tires need
changing. I had absolutely no traction. Once I turn onto the main
road by my house there is a big hill. Turning onto the main road was
a bit sketchy but I made sure there weren't any cars behind me and
that the ones in front were far in front so I wouldn't have to worry
about having to stop halfway up the hill and then not being able to
start up it again. When I turned onto the next side street it was
back to a lot of wheel spinning and minor fishtailing. I couldn't
tap the gas light enough to avoid spinning out. After parking at the
dentist's office I looked at my tires they were completely packed
with snow and ice. So I was basically driving on ice skates.
I should have canceled my dentist appointment because they told me
what they always tell me. My teeth look great. My gums look great.
Keeping doing what I'm doing.
On my way home I tried using the manual shift option on my car. I
think it was my first time using it on purpose. I think most
automatic cars have Drive and then a couple other lower gear options
but mine just has the manual shift option. Getting out of the
parking lot I kept it in first and second gear. I got adventurous
and bumped it up to third on the side street. I went back to full
auto on the main street until I got to the hill near my house and
then left it in second going down the hill so I wouldn't have to use
my brakes. I felt a lot safer doing that.
With the rest of my morning I watched more Madoka Magica and
played more Farming Simulator 15. I finally had enough money
to buy the corn-harvesting header for my combine, so I did and went
to the store to get it. Then I spent at least twenty minutes
harvesting my corn field. One of the reasons it took so long is
because my trailer isn't very big so I had to take multiple trips to
go sell it.
I believe it was on my last trip to sell grain, right after unloading
it, that the power blinked and my computer shut off. When I got
everything turned back on and got back into the game I learned that I
apparently hadn't saved in awhile. I was standing at the spawn point
without a tractor because it was up at the grain place. When I ran
down to my field, all the corn was still there, not harvested, and my
combine did not have the corn-harvesting header on it. Good grief.
I had to run all the way back to the grain place to get my tractor,
then re-bought the header and drove to the store to pick it up, and
then started to harvest the corn for the second time. It made a
tedious job enough more tedious. I did learn that there is invisible
corn, however, so that's a plus. Even when there aren't any
cornstalks visible, if there are dark, shadow-looking spots, there's
corn there.
Before heading to work I swept off half of my front porch and the
steps so that when my box of food was delivered the UPS guy wouldn't
have to leave it in the snow.
Work was a slow and quiet day. I finalized the handout for the class
next week. I added in the XKCD comic about passwords, as well as
links to the random word list and random number generator, along with
a screenshot of how I used the random number generator.
I sent an email to all the patrons coming to the class, or at least
started the email. The librarian who will be teaching the class
composed most of it because she knew what she wanted to say and she
wanted to say it in her own style. It was basically a helpful
reminder for the patrons attending that they should have access to
their email address, especially if they need to create a Facebook
account, and they should bring pictures if they want to upload
pictures. We also asked them to send in any questions they would
like answered during the class. Hopefully they all read the email.
At least one person did and wrote back with a question that was way
beyond the scope of the glass. The librarian responded, basically
saying as much, and told her about the one-on-one tech trainer and
the tech drop-in times. Which means I should probably start
researching the question just in case.
Tonight I spent most of the evening talking with my coworker. When
we work together, especially closing, we end up spending a lot of the
time talking about video games and other random tech things. It was
good tonight because I really didn't have anything I needed to do.
Or was willing to do. I made a post on our building-wide job talking
about the upcoming classes and workshops and included a picture of
the schedule. This was the idea of one of the other librarians and I
think it was a good one. Now the other staff around the building
will have an idea of what is coming up in case they get a question
from a patron or see a patron need that can be met by one of the
classes or workshops.
The two older ladies were back today. They were there when I got to
work at noon and I have no reason to believe they hadn't been there
since we opened. And they were there as we closed, like they have
been several times over the last two weeks. I could still hear them
upstairs with five minutes to go so I went up and my coworker was
trying to urge them along. While he turned to help one of them get
her flash drive the other logged back into the computer and started
typing a new document because she wanted to print it out. My
coworker and I both started protesting at the same time and told her
she didn't have time and needed to log off. They were still picking
up things as the final announcement went off and I headed downstairs
to do a final walkthrough. I joked the other day with my coworkers
that we needed to block off the bathrooms because the go-to of these
ladies is to be there until we actually close and then go into the
bathroom for at least another five minutes. Tonight the custodian
actually put a sign on the door saying there was a leak in the first
floor women's restroom and locked the door. It worked perfectly
because they couldn't get in and had to resign themselves to actually
leaving.
When I got home there was not one but two boxes on my porch. One was
obviously my food. It was packaged really well. Each meal was in
its own small box, which were located inside a thermal bag thing
along with two big ice packs. This must be a winning combo because
even though it had sat on my porch for five hours, nothing was
frozen. There are a couple ingredients I'm not going to use, like
the kale for the soup, or the olives for the flatbread, but I'm
excited to try the different meals.
The other box was the space heat with the 3D virtual fireplace effect
that my mom ordered the other day and that she let me pay for. Much
like the ladder it was also a pain in the butt to get out of the box.
One of the leading reasons for finding a significant other at the
moment is that so I have someone to hold boxes as I try to get crap
out of them. I did eventually manage it, got the legs screwed on,
and got it plugged in. I like it. It seems solidly built, it looks
nice, and the flame effect is pretty cool. So far I am pleased.
When I got the food put away and the heater put together I hoped into
Farming Simulator 15 and recorded today's audio journal. It
ended up lasting over thirty minutes, which is surprising. And now
after writing all this it feels a bit like deja vu. Such is my life
now. I am enjoying recording the audio journal and I hope I keep it
up this time.
Now I am going to go to bed because it is half past midnight and I'm
tired. My goal for tomorrow was to not leave the house but I
apparently have a urologist appointment tomorrow afternoon. I
thought I had one coming up but didn't realize it was so soon. At
least it is in the afternoon. I haven't had a kidney stone in quite
awhile now, so I kind of feel like canceling the appointment but it
can't hurt just to check in. I'll probably end up going.
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