December 8, 2017

 I got eight hours of sleep last night which was pretty great. When I got up I got ready, fed the dogs, and then put air in my tires. As I was decompressing my compressor I got a call from the delivery people. It was just after ten o'clock but they said they were about twenty or twenty-five minutes away. So I finished up with the compressor and headed to my house.

When I got there I moved the couch and footstool a bit, wanting to provide as much of a walkway as possible, and I turned on the lights in the basement. Then I listened to music and read a book. The delivery guys showed up around eleven o'clock, so about thirty minutes after they said they'd be there, but still an hour before the 12:00PM – 4:00PM window I had originally received. Not bad. And it only took them about half an hour to get the washer and dryer moved in and set up. They carried them in with an interesting strap and harness setup, with the appliance balanced on straps between them, it was pretty cool. And now I have a washer and dryer. It's pretty exciting.

After they left I called and scheduled a service appointment for my furnace next Wednesday. When I got to my house this morning it was forty-seven degrees inside. That's a little ridiculous and I'm kind of glad I've been staying at my Mom's this week during the really cold weather. I also called to cancel/renew my XM subscription for the regular discounted rate. Why pay twenty dollars a month when you can pay five dollars a month. And this time I got it for six months instead of five, so I'm good until June.

I did laundry when I got back to my Mom's. I know I have a washer and dryer now but I still need to get detergent and dryer sheets. I thought about going today but when I was walking backwards with my air compressor I nearly tripped, which caused my right foot to go up and my toes to flex, slamming my broken toe into the top of my shoe. I was then back to limping and didn't want to walk all the way through the store like that.

I spent the rest of my afternoon watching the original Star Trek series, clicking around the internet, and working on my texting spreadsheet. For dinner I decided to pick up a sandwich from Jimmy John's, a drink from Sonic, and fries, soft pretzel sticks, and a frozen hot chocolate from Dairy Queen. Too much food, and I still feel it hours later. But I'll survive. While I ate dinner I watched Psych: The Movie for a second time. I really enjoy it and it's definitely going into my Christmas rotation.

After the movie I packed up all my stuff because my Mom said she would be back home by midnight. Once I was all loaded up, I headed home. One of the neighbors' cars was parked particularly far over the center of the driveway and I ended up having to park in the middle of my driveway. So, the first thing I did after unloading my car was write out the note (which I drafted earlier this evening) and put it in an envelope under their windshield wiper. Hopefully it will survive the night so they'll be able to read it and, fingers crossed, they'll start parking fully on their side of the driveway.

When that was done, I tried to play CoD: WW2 but it said something about corrupt files and having to reset my rank and wipe all my unlocks. Umm, no thank you. I manually downloaded all the updates, and while I verified the local files I recorded my audio journal. Then I restarted the computer and after all that, I was able to get into the game. I was really glad I didn't have to go back to the beginning because I'm creeping up on reaching second prestige. If I can get there before Christmas I'll probably go for it because there will be an influx of new players so I won't have to worry about the player-base disappearing immediately after I prestige and go back to rank one.

It's now close to midnight and I need to go to bed because I have to work in the morning. I'm not looking forward to waking up but maybe I can have a productive day.