Dirt quota, Effort appreciated, Slowing down, Hello 11
We had some light rain yesterday on my way into work. The Tesla was already dirty, the light rain kicked up another layer of filth on the car. When I got home I did a speed wash of the car. I have a certain dirt tolerance level. Once it is exceeded action must be taken. I was able to get the grime cleaned up in less than 20 minutes, time well spent in my book.
So I had a HP laptop getting delivered yesterday. I bought it on Amazon. I had the Fedex tracking info. I saw the Ring notification that the truck was there late in the afternoon so I assumed I would be coming home to the laptop sitting at my front door. Instead I came home to a FedEx sticker on my door stating that someone has to be present for the delivery. I was fcking annoyed. Nowhere in the tracking or the order confirmation did it state this requirement. If I knew this I would have put a sign in the door directing the driver to get the signature at the neighbor next door. I was frustrated.
I was walking back from the chicken coop area when I see a guy by the fence. It was the Fedex driver, with a box in his hand. He said he had stopped earlier but no one was there. He did his other deliveries off our street and when he came back my way he saw the car in the driveway so he stopped again, awesome. I was very surprised by his out of box effort to get me my package. I appreciated it big time and thanked him sincerely for coming back. It’s so rare nowadays for people to go the extra mile, it really stands out when it happens.
After it got dark Shugs showed up with Sadie. Ali and he are going away for the weekend so I am dog sitting. I immediately noticed how much Sadie was struggling to simply walk. I also noticed she looked like she put on a few pounds, something I didn’t notice when I was up at their place to see the house construction. I had gotten some positive feedback from Ali about Sadie’s response to physical therapy but man, she is struggling. Perhaps it is because I see Sadie far less often now because of two things, Ali and Shugs moving up to Fort Myers and Cindy and I splitting up which means no one is home with her during the day.
When someone is home during the day Sadie would always be up and down, following you around the house/outside. With no human around I think a lot of laying around/sleeping goes on with little else. This fact is also the reason I am making efforts to get out with Elsa and take her on formal walks more often. I think she too is spending most of the day just doing nothing instead of interacting with someone.
The other major issue Sadie has is her mouth. She has multiple teeth issues, the end result is an absolutely abhorrent smell coming from her mouth at times. She is actually going in for oral surgery on Monday to have any teeth that are really bad extracted. When I was in bed last night the entire room pretty much smelled of her breath. Despite her issues she seems happy to just be part of the scene. Of course I feel sad seeing the dog that used to run laps around Nicki become more or less geriatric herself. Time is a cruel, cruel taskmaster.
I spent some time multitasking between watching tv and setting up the new laptop. It comes preloaded with Windows 11, Microsoft’s latest OS. I had not had any prior experience with it although I heard about some of the changes, most of which seemed pretty cosmetic. The centered start button/menu feels foreign and my immediate reaction is I am not a fan however that could just be because of it’s orientation being different from every Windows OS since the 90’s. I was able to play some Hearthstone on it while laying in bed with the olympics on, a good time.