CriminalxMinds @ LJ

Though I started by once again sleeping til 12:00. But then I got up and had breakfast and coffee.

Then I did what I am very proud of. I got the printer working again. Before I went to Arisia I tried printing out my to do list and discovered the computer wasn't recognizing the (wireless) printer. I had no time then to play with it so I let it be, and I hadn't done anything about it since.

But today I fiddled with it and discovered that somehow something called the MP driver had gotten uninstalled or something. Then I had to find the MP driver (not the printer driver, mind you!) and install it. Allow me to say the Canon website was only marginally helpful. Yes the drivers were there to download... but difficult to locate that MP driver. I did though and got the printer working.

Then I added water to the turtle tank. And then I cleaned the cat pan.

Then I tossed on some clothes (sweat pants and my thermal shirt) and took the dirty kitty litter and the two Valentines for Middle Brother and the Kid, and ventured out into the cold. It's actually warmed up a bit but still was below freezing.

Anyway, I took the litter to the garbage, and walked around the block, and to the mailbox and mailed the Valentines. So they should arrive before Saturday I hope.

Then I had something to eat. And I went to the bedroom and lay down for awhile and played solitaire on my phone.

Meanwhile my limited edition Stephen Colbert Funko Pop has not yet been delivered, although the tracking said it was out for delivery yesterday. So I looked up how to contact Funko and I sent them a message.

Then I Teamed the FWiB. We were going along fine, over an hour, when the Teams crashed and kicked me out. We got back on, but it was annoying. Don't know if it was Teams, or my wretched computer.

The Funko people answered! They said it was normal to have a delivery delay and I should wait a few days before panicking. So I will wait.

Then I had dinner, a Lean Cuisine frozen pizza for World Pizza Day. Tasty. Then I went to the bedroom again, and played on the phone til pet feeding time.

And so I got some stuff done today.

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. Got the printer working without too much trouble.

3. Got the Valentines out.

4. Heard back from Funko.

5. Have Samsung Health working on my phone now to count steps.

6. Pizza.

I got up this morning at 9:00 and had breakfast and coffee. Then I showered and dressed, in one of my thermal shirts with my warm sweater, instead of my usual tee shirt with sweater. Because it is cold out! Very, very cold.

So I headed toward my meeting, and got lucky that a bus was there almost immediately so I didn't have to wait in the chill.

The meeting was very good, and afterward we went to the diner as usual. I got a ride from S as usual.

Going home, again I got lucky and didn't have to wait long for a bus. I got off at Northern Blvd to transfer to the 12, an noticed that there's a CVS where the Party City used to be, across the street. So I went over and bought Valentines for the Kid, and Middle Brother. There was such a small section of Valentines that I was startled. I'm used to huge sections of Valentines, with cards for every member of your family. But there were precious few daughter cards, and none for brother, so I had to make do with a generic one. At least I found a reasonable one for the Kid.

Anyway, I paid and went to the bus top, just missed a 12, but one came in about 8 minutes after so I was OK.

Got off at Parsons and had to walk from there as usual, it was unpleasant. Very windy. Very, very cold.

Got home safely, and put in a Shipt order from my phone while logging in to the computer to go to the Starsky and Hutch chat. The chat was, as always, lots of fun. The Shipt order this time was complete.

We talked until a little after 7:00. Then I Teamed the FWiB. Fun as always.

*sigh* I learned today about Leon Botstein's involvement with Epstein. it was a horrible shock to me, I felt heart sick. As the president of my alma mater, he was an integral part of my college years, which were, arguably the best years of my life. I could go on for pages about what Bard meant to me, but I won't. Suffice it to say, I feel like I've been poisoned. And worried about the future of Bard now this has come out. Leon couldn't go on being president too much longer anyway, it's been 50 years, and he's old now, but what will happen to Bard when he's gone?

Enough of that. I just finished dinner, made out the Valentines, addressed and stamped them, and fed the pets. I called mashfanficchick to see if ze was doing anything for the Superbowl tomorrow, ze's not. And after I finish here I shall go to bed.


Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. Stayed warm most of the day.

3. Four years at Bard.

4. My meetings and the people there.

5. The Starsky and Hutch fandom.

6. Valentines Day stuff.

I got up at 10:00 and had breakfast and coffee. Then I puttered online til the mail got here at1:00ish I think. And the new Jonathan Kellerman Alex Delaware book, Jigsaw, had arrived.

So I took it into the bedroom and lay down and read it. All of it. Straight through, though I went to the bathroom twice, and got a snack.

And finished it. It was just as good as the rest of the series. I loved it.

Then I called mashfanficchick to let zer know that I finished and ze can borrow it whenever I can get it to zer. Don't know if we'll be seeing each other for the next week as ze is catsitting zer friend's cats til the 11th. But we'll see.

Then I puttered on the computer til 7:00 when I Teamed the FWiB. We talked til 8:00, then I got off to go to my gaming. The GM of the Monster of the Week game we had been playing didn't feel up to running the game tonight so we played D&D, the old Caves of Chaos campaign. I had trouble with the Discord at first and had to exit out and restart it so I missed a bit but then it worked ok.

As usual we played til 10. Killed an ogre and some orcs. And some goblins. It was fun.

Then I fed the pets and had dinner and started here. And that was the day. Oh, I heard from Shipt, they are refunding the money for the item that didn't get to me yesterday. So that's good.

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. Got the book.

3. Got the refund from Shipt.

4. My gaming group.

5. Friends.

6. The Discord mostly worked.

Last night after I posted here I kept looking for that knob for my ceiling light. And finally I gave up, turned aroun while sitting on the living room floor, and saw it! In the exact opposite direction from where I was looking and where it logically should have been. I figure that it must have bounced and landed on the bottom step of the step ladder, and when I put the ladder away, I moved it first before I folded it up, and when I folded it up the knob must have fallen off and rolled. So anyway, I found it.

So this morning I woke up with my alarm at 10:00, and once again rolled over and went back to sleept til 12:00. But then I got up, had breakfast and coffee, and then got the step ladder out again and fixed the ceiling light. Thank goodness.

Then I put in a Shipt order and waited for it. When It got here one of the items hadn't arrived, so I notified Shipt and they said I'd get an email but I haven't. Maybe because it was after 5:00 by then. So if I don't get that email tomorrow, I'll contact them again.

I puttered online til 7:00 when I Teamed the FWiB. We talked til I ha to go to my meeting, but then I had terrible technical difficulties getting Zoom to work. Finally did, and we had a small, but good meeting. Both M and S were there.

The Kid finally called, when I was Teaming the FWiB. We discussed the timing of the memorial service for Oldest Brother at the cottage this July. It looks like it will have to be the 18th which I'm not happy about, but we'll do the best we can. I have to let people know... tomorrow.

After my meeting I had dinner, and then went to the bedroom, and lay down an watched a video on my phone that the FWiB sent, the 25 best space movies. I don't know if I agree with the guy who did the list on everything, but it was fun watching.

And then it was pet feeding time so I fed the pets and started here.

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. Found the knob!!!

3. And was able to get the light back together without a problem.

4. My meetings and the people there.

5. The Kid finally called and we have a date.

6. Found out from mashfanficchick that The Lincoln Lawyer starts now.

Once again I woke up at 10:00 and went back to sleep. Not so long today though, only til about 12:00.

Anyway, I had breakfast and coffee and then tried to go to the Starsky and Hutch creative work session. It was a nightmare with the computer. I would get in, freeze up entirely. the computer wouldn't load, pages would go unresponsive... I ended up restarting the computer multiple times and logging out and signing back in even more often. I hate this computer.

Finally though I got in with a stable connection, and had a good time. I even got some writing done.

We chatted til somewhat after 6:00 and then got off, and at 7:00 I Teamed the FWiB. That worked out better.

We talked for a little over an hour, then got off, and at 8:30 I called Middle Brother. He is fine, got his hair cut yesterday, and is looking forward to Groundhog Day, and Valentine's Day.

Then I figured out how to deposit the money that John and Denise Zelled me for the cottage account and also deposited my first installment of what I owe on the cottage for the year. Then I emailed everyone about it.

Then I had dinner, and went to the bedroom and called mashfanficchick about possible plans for tomorrow. I called the Kid too but of course she didn't pick up.

Then I fed the pets, late, and started here.

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. The Starsky and Hutch fandom.

3. I finally got the computer working.

4. The cottage, expensive as it is.

5. Friends.

6. Family.

Woke up with the alarm at 10:00, hit the snooze until I got a phone call from my therapist asking if it was OK to have our appointment then. I said give me five minutes, and in a hurry got ready.

The appointment was good. After that I had a bowl of Cheerios, and went back to bed. I didn't mean to sleep as long as I did but I didn't get up til after 3:00.

After that I had coffee and then puttered online. I got texts that my meeting tonight was cancelled due to the cold and people's lack of parking, which I think was the wrong decision, but not up to me.

At 7:00 I Teamed the FWiB. We talked for almost two hours which was super-nice.

After that I had dinner, and then went to the bedroom and played solitaire until pet feeding time.

For those who don't know, today was the General Strike nationwide in support of Minneapolis, I did my bit by staying in and not buying anything. Last night the Kid called me and made me promise if I went to my meeting today I wouldn't buy my usual pizza first.

And I will mention that Bruce Springsteen's new song The Streets of Minneapolis, is number one on iTunes in at least 19 countries according to Snopes. For those who haven't heard it, it's also on YouTube. It's here If the link works right...

Anyway, that was the day.

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. My therapy and therapist.

3. My meetings and the people there, even when they're cancelled.

4. Bruce Springsteen, a national treasure.

5. Warm apartment.

6. People standing together against oppression.

A little after 10:00, without using the alarm. Had breakfast, and put in a Shipt order, then had coffee and waited for it.

There was a mixup with the receipt for the delivery but no big deal. I got the stuff put away, and i went through all the piles of paper on my coffee table. There's still piles of paper on it, but it looks better.

Then I did a little bit of tidying in the kitchen. Not a lot, but enough to make it look better.

I puttered on line for awhile, then went to the bedroom, meaning to read but ended up playing solitaire.

At 6:15 I came out and ate a little, then set up the computer for Teaming the FWiB, which we did as usual at 7:00.

At 8:00 I got off and went to my gaming group on Discord. I had a hard time getting the voice channel to work, but finally I did, and as long as I kept my camera off and didn't do anything else but the Discord, it worked fine, which was a big relief, it meant I could actually take part.

The game went very well and was fun.

We ended at 10:00 and I made dinner and fed the pets.

And that was the day. Haven't heard from John and Denise.

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. Cleaner coffee table.

3. Shipt order came.

4. My gaming group.

5. Discord worked.

6. Preordered the upcoming Jonathan Kellerman Alex Delaware book.

I slept today til after 2:00. Actually, I woke up at 10:00ish, then rolled over and went back to sleep. Then I finally got up, had breakfast, and coffee, and after that went to the bedroom and read The Correspondent.

It's more enjoyable than I expected, and I like it quite a bit. Not that I didn't think it was good, I know everyone says it is. I just didn't think it would be my cup of tea. But I'm almost done now.

At 6:00 I stopped reading, got a little bit to eat, and set up the computer to Team the FWiB. We talked until it was time for me to do my Al-anon meeting by Zoom at 8:00.

The meeting was very small but good. Then after that I had dinner, and waited for John and Denise to call.

They didn't, but mashfanficchick did and we talked for over an hour which was very nice.

After we got off, I fed the pets and got on the annoyingly slow computer to do my journal, which I am now doing. I texted John about calling, they will hopefully call tomorrow during the day.

After this I'll go and finish The Correspondent.

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. Unexpectedly good books.

3. Sleeping late.

4. mashfanficchick

5. My meetings and the people there.

6. Family.