Done yesterday (20120422 Earth Day)

[mdlbear]

Much of the afternoon was eaten up by Colleen's phone. Yesterday evening it fell into her recliner and got pinched in the mechanism. It mostly worked, but a sensor was broken that caused it to turn the screen off when you made a call, and not turn it back on. We ordered a new one via insurance (which required a phone call -- the web interface didn't work), then proceeded to the AT&T store to get a GoPhone to tide us over in the interim. And back to the store, when we found out that her contacts hadn't gotten transfered. So I spent most of Earth Day making two trips in my car. Right.

The fact that smartphones and dumb phones use different size SIM cards is stupid and sucky. Also the fact that smartphones aren't available cheaply. *sigh*

When I first realized that the contacts hadn't transfered and that I was going to have to make a second trip, I had a brief screaming meltdown. Apparently I'm closer to the edge than I thought. I guess it's not surprising -- I am under a lot of perfectly understandable stress right now. I just hadn't realized it.

I need to pay more attention to self care, don't I? I always have a lot of trouble with that -- walks and music are about the only things I know of that I can do to relieve stress, and I never make the time for them when I have "important" things to do. :P

Silly old bear!

'One Day on Earth': The Most International Movie Premiere Ever looks pretty amazing; I hope it comes out on DVD sometime soon. FORTUNE Magazine's Top 100 Employers to Work For was interesting, but not as useful as one might hope -- there are only two or three with IT-type jobs in the Seattle area (though, oddly, Google's Seattle-area offices aren't mentioned).

0422 Earth Day
  * up 7:40; W=195.6; d, n, t; dishes, exercise, laundry
  @ LHH:  "finding a green job" podcast -> Green recruiters exist.
  : Your tax refund is scheduled to be direct deposited on April 23, 2012. If
    your refund is not credited to your account by April 28, 2012, check with
    your bank to find out if it has been received. Please wait until April 28,
    2012 before you contact us again.
  @ Novel heart disease diagnostic would measure risk by testing the gut 
  @ FORTUNE Magazine's Top 100 Employers to Work For
    Only 7 listed in WA; none in the SW industry, so the jobs listed tend to be
    traditional IT or web development.  REI is a possible.
  @ 'One Day on Earth': The Most International Movie Premiere
    Ever -> One Day on Earth - The World's Story is Yours to Tell 
    One Day on Earth on Vimeo
  @ 9 Digital Ways to Make a Difference This Earth Day
  * Went out to deal with Colleen's phone.  Not fixable, so ordered a
    replacement under warranty.  This required a phone call; it didn't work
    online.  Went from the repair depot to the AT&T store to get a go-phone
    replacement.  Turns out mini-SIM cards are exclusive to smartphones.  I
    totally lost it at home when I figured out that her contacts hadn't been
    transfered.  Went back and had it done, which was tedious in the extreme but
    eventually worked.  Apparently what was damaged was the "holding it up to
    the ear" sensor.  Other than that, it would have stayed usable.
  : The fact that smartphone SIMs are different is just incredibly stupid and sucky.
  @ Are Travel Agents Back? - NYTimes.com
  * import facebook flist into glassdoor
  * use SSI to include site/footer.inc in hsx.com, SS.net.  Now that we know that
    XBitHack works, it'll be easy to do that everywhere.
  * chinese for dinner.  6 dishes and soup, since we had guests.

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bears NEED to take care of themselves better, or they can't take care of anyone else!!! *hug*