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I am switching my user pic to the “pain” pic this week, to show sympathy and support for gaaneden. Hang in there!

Good thing: Finally got the old air conditioner installed in the window. Bad thing: It’s not quite powerful enough to cool the front room. Good thing: We installed some curtains to separate the front room from the dining room. Bad thing: Still not enough cooling power, or the curtains aren’t working well. Good: Bought a new air conditioner on July 20. Bad: New air conditioner is way too heavy to haul upstairs myself. Good: My friend John helped me haul it upstairs! yay! Bad: Haven’t been motivated to install it until this weekend. Good: Motivated. Saturday. Bad: AC unit has a corner caved in. Outside of case looks terrible. Good: Who cares about cosmetic damage? I sure don’t. Bend it back out. Bad: Whoah, there’s some copper pipes right inside there that look bent up too. Good: Well I should probably test this thing before I rip the old one out of the window. Bad: No cool air, fan just moves around air that’s the same temperature as the room. Good: This thing comes apart for easy installation, maybe I should take the outside case off Bad: Oh look, this copper pipe is bent all to hell in three places. Good: Well I guess I should give it one more try, I wonder if I could straighten this pipe here Bad: No good, the pump part heats up pretty good but doesn’t deliver heated liquid to the radiator. Bad: OK looks like I’m going to have to take it back. Where the hell is the receipt? Good: OK found the receipt. Bad: Now how am I going to get it back down the stairs? Good: Well I have been putting off buying a hand truck, might as well do that now. Bad: Now I need to figure out how to tie this box to the hand truck because it’s so huge ...

Various ideas that may or may not become part of a story.

I went to dinner at California Noodle House, and had noodle soup (#7) spring rolls, soda lemonade and cafe su da (sp?). Everything was excellent. I also poked at the to-do list a bit more. I am slowly cleaning up my desk. I guess I should put away some clothes from the pile on the bed so I will have a place to sleep. I was dismayed to find a flea yesterday, jumping about in the bathroom. I killed it, but there are probably more. Well, we have been saying how we would like to get hardwood floors, maybe now is the time. Anyway I need to get some boric acid and sprinkle it into the carpet.

Well, Michelle made it safely to her plane, though it was too late to check her bag, it was small enough to carry on, so everything seems to have worked out. She is going to visit her friend amcnh. I am not sure what I am going to do with myself for 10 days, but there are a few things on the to-do list I could do, I guess. (See previous entry) ...

This is the current to-do list. Both long-term and short-term items seem to be jumbled together. Hmm.

(If you’re reading this, it’s because I trust you. Not all my friends have access to this info, so please don’t discuss it with others. Thanks :) Background: My mom lives alone, on a piece of property in Willits, which is about 2.5 hrs North of SF. She has a tiny trailer (not a mobile home, a trailer) and has about 10 small dogs, and about 8-10 each of chickens, ducks, peacocks, and a couple other things I don’t quite remember. She does not work, and is instead on permanent disability and gets paid a small amount from the state. Actually, she does work a bit, cleaning houses here and there, but it has to be under the table or she may lose her state benefits. ...

Everything went fine with the Noc shift and with being on call this weekend, no big emergencies. I was a bit tired last week from a couple of early-morning wake-up calls, but that is not such a terrible thing. Since DB (my boss) and I each covered a shift, now we have some issues to take back to people about what was annoying or what could be improved. Now, about that status report, is it Monday already? (Hee hee :) ...

I’m taking a shift in the NOC today to fill in for someone who couldn’t make it. (Actually I’m here now and it’s almost over, 2 more hours to go.) It’s not as insanely boring as I feared, I have my laptop playing mp3s and I’m just relaxing, it’s cool. Nothing has really exploded yet.

We saw My Neighbor Totoro on Friday during lunch. Excellent flick! It is made by Miyazaki (Kiki’s, Mononoke, etc). It is probably made for a slightly younger audience than Mononoke, but is quite enjoyable for both kids and grown-ups. I want to get a lot more Miyazaki stuff on DVD but apparently it is hard, they aren’t distributed in the US so you have to get imports. Angie says this is because “Disney sucks” and I believe her :)