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Oct. 12th, 2018 11:55 amYesterday's plans got changed not long after I posted. I had a neurology appointment scheduled for next June to look into my hand tremors, and they called this morning to ask if I could make it at 1 p.m. yesterday. I decided that that was likely to be more important than the parent-teacher conferences and that it was possible I'd still be able to manage the conferences anyway.
( Cut for length more than for TMI )
After the appointment, I caught the university shuttle to the hospital. I didn't realize how long that would take. I'd been under the impression that it was just out and back, but this one meandered through several different far flung university properties. I didn't get downtown until 3 p.m.
A bit after that, while I was trying to figure out which bus I needed for getting to Skyline, my phone died with no warning. Fortunately, I had a charger with me and was able to get it back, but it had been at 50% less than half an hour before. Playing Ingress depletes battery charge, but it doesn't eat through it *that* fast.
At any rate, I stopped at the Starbucks on Main St and got coffee because I was cold. I'd left home without a jacket because I hadn't realized how bad the wind was. I'm normally good with short sleeves down to at least 50F, but yesterday was unpleasant.
The city bus company's online ride planner was broken. It wouldn't accept anything I put in as starting point or destination. I'd had problems with it earlier in the day but had hoped that it would be fixed. At any rate, I resorted to Google for route planning which... was not a rousing success. It told me to get the Miller bus at Main and Huron, but when I got there, I couldn't see a sign for a bus stop. The signs are tiny, and the stop could have been anywhere within half a block of the intersection.
I ended up walking on to Miller and trying the route planning again. At that point, it told me I'd missed the bus I wanted and would have to wait 25 minutes for another one. I decided to walk up Miller for that time because I'd have frozen if I'd stayed at a stop that long. Also, standing hurts more than walking for the same duration.
The bus I finally got was packed. No one was standing, but there were only about three empty seats. It went to the commuter lot first, and everybody got off but me and the driver. Then it went to Skyline. I was a little surprised to be the only person going there, given parent-teacher conferences, but I was.
I got to Skyline a bit after 5 p.m. I saw Cordelia's science teacher (no line) and math teacher (long line) before Scott arrived from work. All of Cordelia's teachers this trimester are women.
Scott and I went on to talk to Cordelia's English teacher (who really, really loved the idea of a book club) and choir teacher and psychology teacher.
Then we went home, and I fell over, and Scott and Cordelia went to Kroger to pick up prescriptions.
I'm now two weeks behind on The Good Place, but I can't think well enough to watch it and appreciate it.
( Cut for length more than for TMI )
After the appointment, I caught the university shuttle to the hospital. I didn't realize how long that would take. I'd been under the impression that it was just out and back, but this one meandered through several different far flung university properties. I didn't get downtown until 3 p.m.
A bit after that, while I was trying to figure out which bus I needed for getting to Skyline, my phone died with no warning. Fortunately, I had a charger with me and was able to get it back, but it had been at 50% less than half an hour before. Playing Ingress depletes battery charge, but it doesn't eat through it *that* fast.
At any rate, I stopped at the Starbucks on Main St and got coffee because I was cold. I'd left home without a jacket because I hadn't realized how bad the wind was. I'm normally good with short sleeves down to at least 50F, but yesterday was unpleasant.
The city bus company's online ride planner was broken. It wouldn't accept anything I put in as starting point or destination. I'd had problems with it earlier in the day but had hoped that it would be fixed. At any rate, I resorted to Google for route planning which... was not a rousing success. It told me to get the Miller bus at Main and Huron, but when I got there, I couldn't see a sign for a bus stop. The signs are tiny, and the stop could have been anywhere within half a block of the intersection.
I ended up walking on to Miller and trying the route planning again. At that point, it told me I'd missed the bus I wanted and would have to wait 25 minutes for another one. I decided to walk up Miller for that time because I'd have frozen if I'd stayed at a stop that long. Also, standing hurts more than walking for the same duration.
The bus I finally got was packed. No one was standing, but there were only about three empty seats. It went to the commuter lot first, and everybody got off but me and the driver. Then it went to Skyline. I was a little surprised to be the only person going there, given parent-teacher conferences, but I was.
I got to Skyline a bit after 5 p.m. I saw Cordelia's science teacher (no line) and math teacher (long line) before Scott arrived from work. All of Cordelia's teachers this trimester are women.
Scott and I went on to talk to Cordelia's English teacher (who really, really loved the idea of a book club) and choir teacher and psychology teacher.
Then we went home, and I fell over, and Scott and Cordelia went to Kroger to pick up prescriptions.
I'm now two weeks behind on The Good Place, but I can't think well enough to watch it and appreciate it.
