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Last night I checked the weather forecast and found that today's high was going to be 98F. And Tomorrow (Monday) was projected for 100.

I made a store trip to get supoplies shortly after the store next door opened (6am). Around 8:30 I swiched from fans positioned to make the air flow in the livingroom window and out the bedroom window to setting up to use the air conditioner.

Turn off fan in bedroom doorway. Check
Move fan so door can be closed. check
turn off fan in bedroom window. check
leave bedroom and close door. check
close living room window. check
turn on air conditioner. check.

Note that for various historical reasons, I use the bedroom for storage and sleep in the living room.

So I took a nap with a fan blowing air from the air conditioner at me.

(makes note to replace pedestal fan that died)

Now I'm at the computer with that fan blowing the air at my chair. and making a list of things I forgot to put on the list for thios morning's trip to the store.

Being so close, I *can* get away with going there even in the hottest part of the day, but I'm not going to.

The other day I *finally* found my dust masks.

I knew I had some, and I even recalled seeing them while re-arranging things a few months back. I just couldn't remember where.

I finally realized that they were likely at the back of the cabinet I keep all my medical stuff in (which I have way too much of). I had one unopened pack of five andf a opened one that had one left. Great!

So Yesterday, I put on the one from the opened package and tried to form it around my nose. Didn't seem to be working. and some felt strange. So I took it off and looked.

There was a *hole( where I'd been trying to adjust it. sort of a T-shaped rip. I poked at it in another spot and my finger went through. a few tugs and I had pieces of mask in my hands.

It was stronger than wet toilet paper, but not by much.

Gee, I guess that one had expired,,,

The ones in the unopened package are fine.

On Monday Fay and I went to the county courthouse to be witnesses for an acquaintance, Someone else wew knew (and dislike) was trying to get a restraining order against them, claing there were threats. Said person has done this several times before to other people in the building, but we hadn't heard about those cases when they were happening.

Anyway, We all had to show up, only to have the case postponed, partly because of the COVID precautions. Seems silly as it cost the pne person a day of work, and the other p[arty wanted a postponement anyway. *sigh*

We were able to grab some sandwiches afterwards, and after talking a bit we went home.

It was odd seiing the streets so deserted and having less than a dozen folks on the bus during rush hour. Since it was on the way and I had a craving, I stoped at Voodoo Donuts. They were open, but all the tables were gone (part of the "take-out only" order).

When I go home I found a notice on the building door to the effect of "please don't have non-essential visitors".

Fay and I texted back and forth and decided our weekly TV night was "essential" (mostly to our sanity.

It's kinda funny, as except for me going to the fridge or bathroom, or Fay going back to my door to grab food or stuff she'd brought we pretty much maintain "social distancing" during TV night anyway!

Id *did* decide to start the night (last night BTW) with some "appropriate" music before the queued up programs...

Seanan McGuire's "The Black Death"

Broke the door latch on my microwave. So no using it until I can get it fixed. Replacing it is out of the question.. At least this should be too horribly expensive.

The other I got the first of two shots of the Shingrix vaccine. The pharmacy tech warned me it'd hurt.

actually wasn't all that bad. a dull ache in the muscle. I was ok for the first day. Did lie in bed and read a lot, but I've been doing that a lot lately.

Second day, I just lay in bed and couldn't get interested in reading., I was a;so pretty cold (it was down to 68 at the computer. So I killed the fan in the bedroom window and closed the door.

Things did (eventually warm up, but meanwhile I was just laying there and napping a lot.

Then it got too hot. (I can be cold laying in be, but if I pull a sheet over me I get too warm, bleah)

Almost though I was gonna throw up a couple times, but that's gone away. but I was pretty much useless alll day. I'm a little better this morning. May have to cancel TV night with fayanora.

I've checked several times and I'm not running a fever but if not for that I'd think I had the ful or something.

I hope I don't get thing when I get the second dose in a few months. Ick.

ps. When I'm feeling better I'll have to post about the dream with the rattlesnakes.

Since Fay was still sick, I'd told her I'd make a run out to her new place with some supplies.

she's also buying a used monitor from Doug, So I figured I'd haul that too.

I as a bit worried because my stomach was a bit iffy when I went to bed last night. But it was ok when I got up.

I got myself fed and medicated, then went to the Albertsons to get the stuff Fay needed (toilet paper and kleenex-like substance). Found a good deal on the TP. 12 pack of MD for $4.99.

She'd asked for Puffs tissues with lotion. Single box was $1.99. 4 pack was $5.99. I texted her and she was ok with the 12 pack and the 4 pack.

Then it was back to the apartment to load the folding cart for the trip. And to rest up a bit before leaving (yes, I'm that out of shape).
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So I set up the crockpot with the chicken for tomorrow. a whole chicken and a couple of thighs (I threw the thighs in because they were bone in and all the other chicken in the freezer was boneless).

So I'm congratulating myself on this and planning the rest of the stuff for tomorrow (stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy green beans, etc) as I check my blood sugar. It's only as I'm injecting myself that I realized I'd slipped up.

I was supposed to inject 4 units of insulin-R. Instead I injected 8. Big oops. So I made myself a PB & J sandwich with the very much *not* sugar-free mint jelly. (BTW, PB&J on rye is downright *odd* :-)

I'll just have to wait longer before doing my fasting levels in the morning.

Anyway, the chicken will do instead of a turkey, and the various fixings will be easy to make. and since it's only me, I'll have leftovers for a while. Chicken sandwiches aren't as good as turkey sandwiches, but they are good enough. :-)

I finally got around to checking for this year's Garritan Community Christmas album Sunday. Got it download and gave a quick listen. Then I moved it to the appropriate slot in the holdiday music directory.

This year I'm trying something different. I've imported the "Christmas" subdirectory into Media Monkey, and I'm trying to build a playlist from it.

The raw import data shows why I rarely noticed the "list" (mostly manual switching between directories) repeating itself. Individual songs that occurred in more than one album, yes. The list as a whole no,

Why? Try this on for size: over 1700 song, with a combined play time of more than 90 hours! That's over 12 gig of files.

I don't mind the list being that long. In fact being that long is handy for avoiding getting boring. :-)

My portable bluetooth beakers will play music (MP3 and WAV files only, so not all of the above will play on them) directly off a microSD card. So when I get things weeded out and arranged a bit, I can copy things to the card, and then just stick it in the speaker. Instant background music for the holiday season. And easy to store the rest of the time.

It's a bonus that the speaker remembers where it was when you paused it and resumes.

But some weeding is *definitely* needed. I'm only 50 songs in and I've heard the "nine inch noels" parody twice.

I went to the Hollywood Farmers Market because I needed some veggies and I had some Seniors Farm Direct Nutrition vouchers I needed to use before the 30th.

Nice program. If you fill out the card and send it in, they send you back 6 $4 vouchers (if they don't run out before they get to you) which are good at most farmer's markets and a lot of farm "stands". They have o be spent on locally grown farm products. And you don't get change back.

So I took the bus down (the buses match up really well for this particular trip. Only a few minutes wait between getting off the 71 and getting on the 12. And the 12 stops only a block away from the market so that's good too.

Last time I'd gone I was in a hurry and the first stand I hit had every thing I wanted (well, not everything, but I got enough stuff to make a decent load.

This time I looked over all the stalls before buying anything. A bunch of things I'd *loved* to have bought. Like lots of different kinds of mushrooms. One stall had the *huge* "cabbage mushroom that had to be a foot across and 8" tall. Next to it was a lion's mane mushroom about the size of a volleyball. Alas, the prices for those and all the other mushrooms I saw were in the $16-$20/lb range.

One of the common veggies was Romanesco broccoli. I like it but I'd rather have regular broccoli. In the end I used up the vouchers and a bit of my own money and got brussel sprouts, rainbow chard, onions and some yellow and purple carrots.

One nice thing that the vendors do is if you are using the vouchers, they'll let you grab an extra onion, tomato or whatever to make up the "change".

Having a nice load, and most of what I wanted (couldn't justify broccoli or potatoes, between the weight and the bulk) I headed home.

The stop for heading home is also only a (short!) block away. Caught one after only a few minutes. Alas, I *just* missed the connection to the 71. I texted to see how long to the next one, and decided not to wait the 22 minutes.

Not my best decision, but I was able to make it from Sandy to Fremont in about 15 miniutes and gratefully sank onto the bench there.

After getting off the 71, I was walking along next to the Albertson's parking lot, and I saw a monitor or TV laying face down on the bark dust. There wasn't any visible damage, so I dragged it home.

I left it at the foot of the stairs and after resting a few minutes went back and hauled it up.

I let it sit because it'd likely been rained on or at least had dew and stuff.

A little while ago, I couldn't resist the temptation. I plugged it in and hit the on button. Nothing. Drat.

I tried again, holding the button down longer. This time it lt up!

There's some "funny looking" patches on the screen, but I think they may just be where some liquid got in and dried between the actual display panel and the faceplate.

This is a great find. I'll have to open it up and see if the weird stuff is something I can actually clean as oppssed to being actual damage to the display.

Even if the display *is* damaged, it'd be watchable in a pinch. Which would give me a spare for my TV.

And if it is something I can clean up, it's actually *bigger than my current TV (a 37", this is a 39 inch).

It's got 4 HDMI connectors, but only one set of AV connectors. It does have a VGA connector and a PC audio input jack.

Fay and I *intended* to get there before Pride opened at noon. Best laid plans and all that, I overslept and was awakened by Fay texting (for the third time)me sometime after noon.

Since we were running late I decided not top go with the outfit I'd picked that night before (a purple satin blouse and a satin skirt in shades of orange and brown). At least in part because there wasn't time to shave and I didn't really want to do genderfuck.

Probably just as well, I sweated buckets in the slacks and t-shirt I went with instead. I might have ruined the other outfit.

We spent something like 5 hours going thru the booths. I think this is the first time I didn't run into anybody I knew there.

We did take a couple of breaks to sit down, but all that walking got to me. We did pick up some nice swag, including some tote bags and a pouch with a net lanyard that fits my cell phone.

Also got some cards for places we couldn't afford to buy stuff from.

And I saw fay drooling over this book on smutty sign language at one booth and bought it for her as an early birthday present (her birthday is in a couple of weeks). I also got myself a dirty coloring book. :-)

Glad I went, but really sore in lots of places from all that time on my feet.