More than I reckoned

It doesn’t happen often that I get more than I bargained for, at least in a good way. It does happen, but somehow my brain isn’t wired to retain happy memories as well as it is wired to retain unhappy ones. Anywho, the other week, I decided to order The Wizard of Oz book from the internet. I had gotten a copy out of the library to read to mom. It was a rerelease of the original with the drawings and everything. Hard to read sometimes, because of the illustrations, but it was fun having them. I found a copy on the internet of The Complete Wizard of Oz, which I thought was a weird name for the book, but ordered it anyway. Instead of getting just one book, I got all of the Oz books! Sans illustrations, which is sad, but way more than I thought I was getting. Mom and I have lots to read in the coming eons.

Weirdness abounds. I am feeling kinda out of sorts. First off, Match.com charged me $122 for six months! Eeek! That is ludicrous. I have cancelled my account. Second, the Smith continues to have water problems – we are all working on fixing them or repairing the damage that has occurred. We are supposed to get more rain tonight. Huzzuh. Next, my computer just froze in a very odd way. Everything seemed to be working except for the mouse. Weird. Lastly, sound issues at the Smith. The amp that has been flaky – the most important one of course, the one through which dialogue comes in our set-up, is browning out. I don’t know how to fix it. I will vacuum it out tomorrow – and if I can easily swap wires I will use it for the sub woofer and the sub woofer amp for the main amp until I get a new one to replace it or get it fixed. I think the latter is more likely than the former. And I had a very weird experience. Sound from the new DVD player suddenly flaked on me. I will call Oppo tomorrow or at least check on line. We aren’t showing another DVD until July as far as I recall, so I ought to have time to repair it or figure out what the problem is. It worked for the afternoon movie and then didn’t work for the evening movie. I jury rigged sound by taking the rca outputs and running that through our movie sound system. Luckily the sound comes out in Stereo that way, so the surround sound center speaker was bypassed. Phew. I was going to try running the sound through our PA, but I didn’t have time. My projectionist was half an hour late with no excuse. I told him that this was his last warning. Next time he is being let go. And he has come such a long way. Sigh.

Yay! Spilled cream sherry (yes, I like sweet sherry – live with it) on my computer! Sparks and smelly electrical smell did not occur. Woo hoo!

Addicted

Ok, probably obsessed (is there a difference? I think so…). And I will survive. About what am I obsessed you may ask. Good question. Social Media. Yes, I spend a decent amount of time on Facebook. I am going to look and see if I can find an app usage tracker for my mac to see how much time I spend on there. Hmm, I wonder if it will be able to tell what page I am looking at in my browser. Or just give me browser time. And I need one for my iPhone as well. I bet I spend 60 hours a day on Instagram and Snapchat. I don’t post a lot to either of them, but I do ogle lots of stuff on both. Twitter just has never appealed for some reason.

I think Android has an app that observes app usage and then puts frequently used apps together in one place. I am too lazy to do it manually, but I ought to. I am sure I am wasting lots of precious viewing seconds changing between apps. Sigh. Don’t like to waste time. Ok, I’m lying, I really don’t mind. No time is ever really wasted. I mean, time just passes and there isn’t a lot we can do about it (except change our perception of time…). I will say, though, that this week has been going glacially.

Ooh, mom has a doctor’s appointment today. I am going to ask him about mom’s complaining about being in pain and about nursing homes in the area. As I think I may have mentioned, I think mom is too far along for assisted living. Or maybe not. Who knows? And goodness knows I am not ready to think about next steps. Just thinking about mom not being able to swallow (which could happen one day with this oh so lovely disease) makes me choke up for a second.

Started listening to the Wheel of Time series on Audiobook again. And will do so until someone suggests a good book that I can find on audio. I tried to find War and Peace on audio and didn’t succeed at my local library. Yup, I have never read War and Peace. Sue me.