More TGIF

I hadn't heard from E. in a few days (which was odd). Maybe he's back with the crooked old BF (or someone else), which is fine with me. (I'd been the last to call - twice - and got no answer or call-back, and thought the hell with that!) Well, when I got back to work from the doctor's, there was a message from him on my work phone. I called him back and no answer (no surprise). Then he called back - he just wanted to say TGIF and have a nice weekend. Kind of flaky. We also discussed the latest with the guest bath (which had incurred a lot of water damage).

I think, as of this week, all the damage has been done (at least for the time being), and next week I'll look into having an insurance claims adjuster come in and assess the damage (so I can maybe get paid for something). (Neighbor had leaking wax seal on toilet that was causing water to seep into my bathroom and cause damage from the floor up (into the drywall) - that was fixed this week.) (That was just the latest problem that has been fixed - there'd also been water seeping in from above and destroying the drywall in the ceiling and wall behind the shower head.)

After the adjuster has been here, I'll start getting things fixed. Good time of year for that - bonus time!

(First round of damage)

(Latest damage) (Toilet is gone, BTW - have new one waiting to be installed)

And -- in between the first round of damage and the latest damage (which was probably ongoing during the first round of damage), I myself was accused of causing damage to the floors below (from a faulty wax ring on my toilet and leaks in the tub enclosure). I'd known there was a slow leak coming from the old toilet tank and had a towel on the floor to absorb this. The plumber said the toilet should go (so I bought a new one and had the old one disconnected so as not to leak from the wax ring). The plumber also replaced the valve to the toilet tank (which I couldn't turn off), replaced the "cartridge" in the tub enclosure, replaced the tub faucet, and did necessary caulking. So I'm no longer leaking out of here myself (so I've been told by the management).

I used to use this bathroom for about everything (for various reasons). Now I use the master bath for everything. It's been a bit of an adjustment, especially when getting ready to go to work in the morning.

The guest bedroom adjacent to the guest bath is where my flatscreen TV and computer are, so I spend most of my non-sleeping time in this room (when not at work). (Can no longer watch the TV from the toilet, if the need arises.)

TGIF!

Had nursing appointment this morning and was an hour or so late to work. There's a MacDonald's a few steps from the doctor's office, so got breakfast (steak, egg and cheese bagels plus hash browns) to eat back at work after having blood drawn (didn't want to contaminate blood for the tests - may sound silly, but... (it's a lot of fat and cholesterol). Back at work and hungry, I did enjoy them (even though by then they were a little cold). The bagel, steak etc. sandwich I think is their best breakfast sandwich. The steak is fried with onions and well seasoned, plus it goes perfectly with the chewy texture of the bagel (chewy but not tough). 

Had pretty busy day mostly designing holiday e-cards for a couple of the attorneys.  Then stayed an hour late since to make up some time.  So no gym tonight.

Noticed earlier in the day that I didn't have my money clip in my pocket (with $20-something in bills clipped to it).  I thought maybe I'd forgotten to put it in my pocket while I was getting dressed.  Well, when I got back home, it wasn't sitting in the dish where I keep all the stuff that goes into my pockets.  So apparently it slipped out of my pocket either when I was on the bus or at the doctor's.  I'll call the doctor's office on Monday to ask whether anyone found the money clip.  If not, I'm out a (stainless steel) money clip plus some cash.  (This has never happened before.)

Reason for de-activating from Facebook

Facebook asks why you're deactivating. One on the list of choices is something like I didn't get any benefit from it. (That's the one I chose.) So true.

[LATER] The choice is actually, "I don't find Facebook useful."

So peaceful to be away from Facebook

I've de-activated my account.

Facebook was always a net negative experience for me.

One more day

Been having trouble with email lately. Email not coming from original AT&T account to gmail. Got a lot of technical support tonight (chat and then on the phone with a person). My password didn't work. Finally got things straightened out and went onto AT&T Webmail to see this email notice from Nov. 2:

This email is to advise you that your account may have been compromised.  We recommend changing the passwords on your account(s).  In case of active misuse the account will have the password invalidated.  Be sure to select a password not used previously.

When the phone tech guy had helped me reset my password earlier, I set it to the old password. But when I read this email, I immediately changed the password. Hope AT&T emails will now keep coming in through gmail.

[LATER] They don't.  I've even gone into AT&T Webmail and followed all the instructions for forwarding them.  Guess I'll be looking at two webmail services from now on.

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Wednesday night - back at the blog

Watching a "Nature" show on hummingbirds. Never knew they ate insects or made chirping sounds (I've heard them buzzing). I always wondered how they could survive on nectar alone. (I think it was one-quarter of their diet consists of insects.) (They showed them catching flies in mid-air, just gulping them out of the air.) I also didn't know that the epicenter for hummingbird diversity was in South American (Ecuador).

Next, it's onto a new "Restaurant: Impossible."