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the_rckCordelia and her friend really enjoyed Ghostbusters (Scott did, too, but that’s less important). Cordelia commented that the villain wasn’t at all memorable, that he seemed very bleh. I haven’t seen the movie, of course, but I think it may be that she’s simply never encountered anyone like that and doesn’t really believe that anyone would be like that.
Scott is still trying to figure out our internet situation. Apparently there’s something about our location that means that most services aren’t available to us. We’re in a reasonably large university town and actually, you know, in town, so I’m puzzled by that. ACD said they could only give us 2 to 3 mbs out of the 6 that they advertised. Earthlink says we can’t upgrade at all because of where we are. AT&T says they can’t do internet here at all. That leaves Comcast which… No.
We’re getting between 0.5 and 1.5 mbs from Earthlink, so ACD would be better, just a bit. ACD would also actually be cheaper, especially with the bundled phone, but Scott decided not to work with them when they wouldn’t offer a discount for the lower level of service. I’m not convinced that this is the right decision.
Scott also bought some sort of antenna thingy for the TV that turned out not to work at all well and, naturally, pulled chunks off of the wall when he took it down to send back. He really doesn’t want to put an antenna on the roof, but he thinks that’s the only option at this point. He’s also upset because he thought we’d be able to get sufficient broadcast signal to watch at least a little bit of the Olympics. He tried streaming, but there were so many commercials that he ran through his entire free sample period without seeing any actual content.
Apparently, I forgot to put lunchmeat on the grocery list. Scott packed some leftovers for lunch which I think means we’ll need to cook tonight. We still have lots of the pulled pork with schwarma sauce, but I’m the only one of the three of us who can eat it. I think all we’ve got that we could easily cook is turkey burgers. I think we might have some dry beans. Maybe I can find a recipe for those in the pressure cooker or the crock pot. I’ve got about eleven hours before we’d want to eat. I have no idea if that would be enough. Don’t dry beans need to be soaked overnight? Off to Google.
I’m tracking what I eat so that I have something to show the nutritionist when I see her at the end of the month. I don’t have an easy way to measure amounts, though, not when I’m eating something like the tag ends of three different Chinese carry out dishes all mixed together. One thing that I’m definitely seeing is that I drink a lot of water (mostly because of constant dry mouth from medications). I suppose that’s a good thing.
I’m also trying to make a list of the various factors that affect what I can/can’t eat. I’m not actually convinced that seeing a nutritionist will be useful, given all of the factors I’m juggling. It’s certainly not at all a straightforward sort of thing and will require more than cookie cutter consideration.
I couldn’t get back to sleep after Scott got up this morning, so I ended up just getting up around 6:30. It’s far from ideal, and I’m hoping I can nap later. I’m not set up to function on five and a half hours of sleep (or whatever it is that I actually got).
Scott is still trying to figure out our internet situation. Apparently there’s something about our location that means that most services aren’t available to us. We’re in a reasonably large university town and actually, you know, in town, so I’m puzzled by that. ACD said they could only give us 2 to 3 mbs out of the 6 that they advertised. Earthlink says we can’t upgrade at all because of where we are. AT&T says they can’t do internet here at all. That leaves Comcast which… No.
We’re getting between 0.5 and 1.5 mbs from Earthlink, so ACD would be better, just a bit. ACD would also actually be cheaper, especially with the bundled phone, but Scott decided not to work with them when they wouldn’t offer a discount for the lower level of service. I’m not convinced that this is the right decision.
Scott also bought some sort of antenna thingy for the TV that turned out not to work at all well and, naturally, pulled chunks off of the wall when he took it down to send back. He really doesn’t want to put an antenna on the roof, but he thinks that’s the only option at this point. He’s also upset because he thought we’d be able to get sufficient broadcast signal to watch at least a little bit of the Olympics. He tried streaming, but there were so many commercials that he ran through his entire free sample period without seeing any actual content.
Apparently, I forgot to put lunchmeat on the grocery list. Scott packed some leftovers for lunch which I think means we’ll need to cook tonight. We still have lots of the pulled pork with schwarma sauce, but I’m the only one of the three of us who can eat it. I think all we’ve got that we could easily cook is turkey burgers. I think we might have some dry beans. Maybe I can find a recipe for those in the pressure cooker or the crock pot. I’ve got about eleven hours before we’d want to eat. I have no idea if that would be enough. Don’t dry beans need to be soaked overnight? Off to Google.
I’m tracking what I eat so that I have something to show the nutritionist when I see her at the end of the month. I don’t have an easy way to measure amounts, though, not when I’m eating something like the tag ends of three different Chinese carry out dishes all mixed together. One thing that I’m definitely seeing is that I drink a lot of water (mostly because of constant dry mouth from medications). I suppose that’s a good thing.
I’m also trying to make a list of the various factors that affect what I can/can’t eat. I’m not actually convinced that seeing a nutritionist will be useful, given all of the factors I’m juggling. It’s certainly not at all a straightforward sort of thing and will require more than cookie cutter consideration.
I couldn’t get back to sleep after Scott got up this morning, so I ended up just getting up around 6:30. It’s far from ideal, and I’m hoping I can nap later. I’m not set up to function on five and a half hours of sleep (or whatever it is that I actually got).
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Date: 2016-08-08 02:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-08-08 02:26 pm (UTC)I'll probably go with my mother's advice to me which was to pick someone who was nice (but not 'nice') and didn't smell bad. I'm going to add, though, that she should consider whether or not that person makes her feel good about herself and supports her in making her own choices. My mother never said that, and I got very lucky, but that part is really damned important.
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Date: 2016-08-08 02:27 pm (UTC)We're also in a university town, but up until about a year ago (when they upgraded our neighbourhood), we couldn't get DSL because we were a tenth of a kilometer outside the area. They'd call and sell it to us (because sales), then when we actually talked to the people who knew stuff (third level support - because first and second just read what they are told to), they'd tell us "yeah, you're beyond the demarc". Which we'd say we know, because Derek works for a telecom. :)
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Date: 2016-08-09 12:36 am (UTC)Ah, well. It is what it is.