LJ is down again (temporary slowness they call it), so making updates here.
* My dental appliance is not a problem that I thought it might be. I sleep well and there are no ill-effects from wearing it all night.It is easy to make it part of a routine as I already brush my teeth every night before bed. I just clamp the guard over my bottom teeth after brushing. When I wake I usually go to the bathroom which is where I now force the guard off the teeth, wash it off and put it in its plastic box. Today Sirius preceded me into the bathroom and when I did that first he had to investigate, because he didn't expect that would be my first bathroom activity, so he jumped up on the sink right after I finished putting away the guard.
* I've got a discussion going regarding what I am doing at work. I don't know where it will lead but I am happy that it is under way. Mainly I feel overloaded and it prevents me from being very happy at work not to mention inefficient and less productive.
* Just got a two bike rack delivered. This rack allows two bikes to hang on top of each other. This will save some floor space in our front area once I remove the vanity and Ikea bed.
* After more than 30 years of banking and certainly more than 3000 checks written, a machine has misinterpreted a check incorrectly. This was a big mistake, too. The check was written to pay off a credit card. It was interpreted as 1/100th of what the check was written for: the machine (on the credit card bank's side) inserted a decimal point which wasn't there! Unfortunately 1% of the total is less than the minimum payment due and the credit card people started calling. We figured out what happened and my bank says they will straighten it out by early next week. I suppose it could have been worse: the machine could have added two extra zeros and the check would have bounced. Then I'd owe my bank money and the credit card company would again be steamed! This would never have happened with a human being in the system: the words were very clear that I was sending a large amount of money...but the computers don't read that part of the check! One of these days I will send myself a check with a value spelled out in words as "blah blah blah waddity wah" and the number as .01 and see what happens.
* My dental appliance is not a problem that I thought it might be. I sleep well and there are no ill-effects from wearing it all night.It is easy to make it part of a routine as I already brush my teeth every night before bed. I just clamp the guard over my bottom teeth after brushing. When I wake I usually go to the bathroom which is where I now force the guard off the teeth, wash it off and put it in its plastic box. Today Sirius preceded me into the bathroom and when I did that first he had to investigate, because he didn't expect that would be my first bathroom activity, so he jumped up on the sink right after I finished putting away the guard.
* I've got a discussion going regarding what I am doing at work. I don't know where it will lead but I am happy that it is under way. Mainly I feel overloaded and it prevents me from being very happy at work not to mention inefficient and less productive.
* Just got a two bike rack delivered. This rack allows two bikes to hang on top of each other. This will save some floor space in our front area once I remove the vanity and Ikea bed.
* After more than 30 years of banking and certainly more than 3000 checks written, a machine has misinterpreted a check incorrectly. This was a big mistake, too. The check was written to pay off a credit card. It was interpreted as 1/100th of what the check was written for: the machine (on the credit card bank's side) inserted a decimal point which wasn't there! Unfortunately 1% of the total is less than the minimum payment due and the credit card people started calling. We figured out what happened and my bank says they will straighten it out by early next week. I suppose it could have been worse: the machine could have added two extra zeros and the check would have bounced. Then I'd owe my bank money and the credit card company would again be steamed! This would never have happened with a human being in the system: the words were very clear that I was sending a large amount of money...but the computers don't read that part of the check! One of these days I will send myself a check with a value spelled out in words as "blah blah blah waddity wah" and the number as .01 and see what happens.
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