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Wednesday, June 12th, 2024 07:50 pmI do like it when things work as they should. Feels like a gift from the universe. And for me, better than assuming they will, because the betrayal when they don't leaves me flailing.
So the fan that was so easy to assemble actually works! No, I didn't expect it to. And had A Moment when the plug wouldn't fit in the outlet oh no maybe my outlet is too old and won't take the uneven sized modern plug. Or maybe the plug has a plastic guard on it which, once removed, allows it to fit easily into the outlet.
Called up my doctor's secretary, asked her to fax my blood draw requisition to the lab, sure, OK. Fifteen minutes later I get an email with a link to a portal to the requisition. And maybe she also faxed it to the lab but I'm not betting on it. So it's the library which will once again print from the web only the tsuris of doing so the last time is still with me. But shou ga nai, off I go. You can only use one computer for printing and a gentleman is already sitting at it. But a librarian is hovering over him, so maybe he's trying to print too. And he gets up a minute later and the librarian says I can finish up his session, no need to log in again. And then it's essence of simplicity, call up Chrome, call up my online email server, get the password right the second time, go to the portal, and hit print. And it prints! And now they don't charge and I don't have to load up my library card to pay it and go me!
Of course, getting me to the lab in the morning on no meds is another matter. But tomorrow should start out reasonable enough, even if it will swelter and thunder later on. We're in for a hot wet summer, they say, beginning next week, after the lovely unseasonable coolness of the last four days. Stats say we were due for one eventually because the last two or so were quite reasonable. Is why I didn't have to assemble the fan I bought last year until this.
Haven't been reading much, so only finished Sourcery and I think an Andrew Bassett. Should make more progress next week, which will be prime sitting in front of fans weather.
So the fan that was so easy to assemble actually works! No, I didn't expect it to. And had A Moment when the plug wouldn't fit in the outlet oh no maybe my outlet is too old and won't take the uneven sized modern plug. Or maybe the plug has a plastic guard on it which, once removed, allows it to fit easily into the outlet.
Called up my doctor's secretary, asked her to fax my blood draw requisition to the lab, sure, OK. Fifteen minutes later I get an email with a link to a portal to the requisition. And maybe she also faxed it to the lab but I'm not betting on it. So it's the library which will once again print from the web only the tsuris of doing so the last time is still with me. But shou ga nai, off I go. You can only use one computer for printing and a gentleman is already sitting at it. But a librarian is hovering over him, so maybe he's trying to print too. And he gets up a minute later and the librarian says I can finish up his session, no need to log in again. And then it's essence of simplicity, call up Chrome, call up my online email server, get the password right the second time, go to the portal, and hit print. And it prints! And now they don't charge and I don't have to load up my library card to pay it and go me!
Of course, getting me to the lab in the morning on no meds is another matter. But tomorrow should start out reasonable enough, even if it will swelter and thunder later on. We're in for a hot wet summer, they say, beginning next week, after the lovely unseasonable coolness of the last four days. Stats say we were due for one eventually because the last two or so were quite reasonable. Is why I didn't have to assemble the fan I bought last year until this.
Haven't been reading much, so only finished Sourcery and I think an Andrew Bassett. Should make more progress next week, which will be prime sitting in front of fans weather.
