October 14, 2017

 This morning I woke up early because I had to. And I'm glad I got up earlier than I needed to because the cable guy ended up calling at 7:45AM so say he was on the way. I didn't go out and check his work but I think he ended up just patching the line in the two places it was cut through. I was a little worried that this was happening in the rain (and that it continued to rain throughout the day) because this all started when water got in the cable two weeks ago. So far it has survived the day so all seems well. Now they just need to come and bury it before the mowers come again.

While the cable guy was here I started making bread in my bread machine. I didn't get to try the bread until tonight but it turned out really good. It still looks kind of sad, which seems to be par for the course with bread machine bread. Previously I have made Italian bread and wheat bread, both of which were underwhelming. Today I made the white bread recipe and it is way better than the other two. The flavor and the consistency are both better. It's still not great for sandwich bread. I need to find a good sandwich bread recipe.

With the rest of my morning I read Turtles All The Way Down, watched YouTube videos, and took a nap. I was a little hesitant to leave with all the rain but after checking the basement several times I was satisfied enough that there wouldn't be another flood, so I went to do laundry. While I did laundry I read for awhile, took a brief nap, looked through the vegan cookbook I checked out from the library, and watched a couple episodes of Monk. I haven't seen that show in years and it is still funny.

I had planned on going to the grocery store before heading home but it was pouring rain so I went to Sonic for dinner instead. When I got home I ate dinner and continued watching YouTube videos. I am just now starting the last video to get me caught up on everything I missed. Good grief. While I watched videos I continued looking at the planner I want to get. I think I'm close to buying it. I'm still trying to figure out the cover, though.

And that was my night. I wanted to play Rise of the Tomb Raider but that's not a good game to play while watching videos. Maybe tomorrow. I need to be productive tomorrow, like working on my conference presentation. We'll see what happens.