- Tywin update! He is doing well outside since he went back out on the 22nd!
- When we got back Tuesday Steven noticed the front right tire of my car was flat and filled it with air for me. I completely forgot about it until I left for class Wednesday morning at 5:34 am and there was a warning it was low. Err…. I didn’t want to drive on it, but if we are late to class we have to do burpees! I reversed down the driveway, rushed upstairs to get the key to Steven’s car, then it took me 5 minutes to back it out without hitting the garage (he has to park really close to the right and I could not recall the maneuver to get out). I sped to class and was three minutes late! But! The first class had gone long and I was safe from burpees. Phew. Steven took it to the tire shop for me and it had a nail in it. All fixed. Thanks, Steven. (Note, we had lots of burpees in class today, womp womp.)
- I got my step increase at work! Woo hoo! Since I work for the federal government, my pay is schedule based (not merit based) and only increases if I move positions into a new grade, get a new (time-based) step in my grade, or get a cost of living increase. I am at steps 4-6 of my current grade and get the increase every two years. So my next one will be in 2025 (but we will hopefully get cost of living increases each January).
- I feel like something changed in Google spell check recently. If I type a word wrong and am one letter off, it won’t offer me the word I was trying to write. So I just retype it. It’s annoying. Like, it could not figure out delicious and schedule below?
- Steven got me Kindle Unlimited! I’m excited to have that, along with my virtual library card (to a library in North Carolina*) for reading and listening options.
*Since we are unincorporated, we have to pay to use the local library, and it’s quite expensive so I use a cheaper out of state library. I wonder if the cost went down since I last checked. Just kidding, I live in Illinois, why would the cost go down on something?
I am so irritated my the spellcheck on my computer! I obviously mean “and” when I type adn and I mean “the” when I type teh, so why aren’t those options?! I have to manually change it like I’m living in the year 2000 and we’ve had a quarter of a century progress since then! Co-signed that spellecheck isn’t as good as it was five years ago.
YES! THIS! Those ones are especially infuriating – what else could they be?!
Congratulations on your step increase!! Well deserved my friend! ♥️
Thank you so much!!! ♥️♥️♥️
WHAT????????? YOU HAVE TO PAY TO USE YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY??????????????????????
Mind blown, super sad.
Yeah, because we are in an unincorporated area, our taxes (which are CRAZY HIGH) don’t go to the library at all. They gave me a library card for a few years then figured it out and informed me. I could get a card for free if we had kids, but we don’t.
The library thing blows. my. mind. Gah.
And I am sorry that you, too, have experienced the Joy of the Tire Light. (The bane of my existence in winter, for real…)
It blew mine too when they called me and told me I’d have to pay $165 per year to keep my library card. I was using the local library so much – I’d go at least once a week. Oh well.
Gah, the library thing is so wild! You’ll have to let me know how you like KU – I’ve heard mixed reviews, so I haven’t been to enticed to try it.
I am a member of 3 different libraries on Libby, lol. You should also try Broward County – I got a virtual card for FREE. (I don’t know if you have to be a Floridian for a free card, but can’t hurt to try!) I’m also really excited that Spotify now offers audiobooks, as that will allow me to listen to more popular titles that have long wait lists, yay!
I did not care for it when I had it a few years ago but someone suggested it’s better because it now has audiobooks that sync with where you are on the kindle copy. We’ll see.
Oh cool! I should check that out!