Done last week (20150531Su - 0606Sa)

[mdlbear]

Another rather unproductive week; this has (finally?) started to worry me enough to put two and two together. Yup -- depression is a disability. Need to get my meds adjusted, I think.

Meanwhile, I lost my phone; it apparently fell out of my bag as I was getting off the bus on Wednesday. Bought a new one on Friday, since it was eligible for an upgrade. So I got the Samsung S5 Mini, which is the next version after the S3 Mini I lost. It's noticably faster, and has better battery life and some interesting features, but it's highly annoying to have to waste hours and hours changing passwords and configuring the new phone. Bletch. Oh, and I couldn't get into my AT&T online account, nor reset the password. After two long (the second was just short of an hour) phone calls, what finally worked was basically deleting the online account and re-registering. Good grief!

They're the phone company; they don't have to have good customer service. Neither, apparently, does Olejo, the company I ordered Emmy's new futon frame from.

On the gripping hand, we had a couple of good band sessions.

Links and more in the notes.

0531Su
  * up 5:50; W=210.6; shower, dishes
  * Wikipedia dives:  Greek comedy, Candide, Télémaque
  * 15min:  brought up the rest of the tools from downstairs
  @ Is Time Just An Illusion? – Terence Mckenna|Spirit Science f(Elizabeth Barrette)
    never mind the article -- I want the animated wallpaper!
    (Dali's Soft Watch at the Moment of First Explosion) May have to go write it now.
  * 15min:  tools put away
    Candide - Glitter and be gay (Chenoweth) - YouTube spectacular
    Possible project:  "trilingual" Candide in French, English, and musical theater.
  * Costco run.  Took just under an hour door-to-door.  Lox and bagels for dinner.
  * LgF: The Looking-Glass, The Fox, Bigger On the Inside.  Mostly re-scripting.
    * Millennium's Dawn - N thinks it needs a verse between the last two choruses.
  * Drove Kat up to Mukilteo after her LARP

0601Mo
  * Up 6:45; W=210.6; laundry
  : (housekeeper) Giselle's kid has whooping cough.  Colleen is understandably furious.
  @ How to talk about Caitlyn Jenner: a guide to speaking and writing about transgender
    people - Boing Boing
  % BP=124/71; P=58
  % 10ish very sleepy

0602Tu
  * up 6:30; W=209.6; laundry, dishes
  @ Coding Explained in 25 Profound Comics — Medium f(Alison Gianotto)
    Well, not exactly explained.

0603We
  * up 6:45; ; laundry, dishes
  * Team-building thing -- Bumble Soccer.  Passed on it, but kind of fun to watch.
    Bumble Soccer
    Followed by happy hour at Paddy Coyne's.  
  : Lost my blasted phone, presumably while getting off the bus.
    -> att.com isn't accepting my attempts to log in, OR to change my password.
    877-312-5550  ins 888-562-8662 phoneclaim.com/att
    and android.com/devicemanager can't set a lock screen for it.
    I am eligible for an upgrade, but it will mean I'll have to go through the trouble of
    setting it up again.

0604Th
  * up 6:30; W=211; laundry
  * Able to get into my account this time; not clear why I couldn't last night, but
    probably due to too-many-attempts locking with (deliberately?) misleading messages.
  % low blood sugar by the time I got off the bus - glad I didn't stop to buy a phone!
  * Bank transfers, amex bill; extra 400 to Kat

0605Fr
  * up 5:45; W=211; laundry, dishes,
  & more att password problems.  This is getting tiresome.  I suspect browser cache,
    though clearing it didn't help.
  * Bought new phone (Samsung Galaxy S5 mini).  Wasted time because the sales droid at the
    second place I went to (the first didn't have it in stock) tried to upsell me.  He
    also offered me a "free" tablet, at $10/month.  Like I need another tablet.
  * Checked lost-and-found again.  No joy.
  * AT&T called in response to the all-black survey I filled out
    [ callback 866-790-1150 case# 220464 ]
  * Started changing passwords.  Not too many, because I don't hit many websites on
    my phone.  May have to revisit that, since chrome's been syncing passwords.
    -> There doesn't seem to be a way to show them on the phone, so that's something.
       Still, worth working on.
  @ Four Decades of the Wrong Dietary Advice Has Paved the Way for the Diabetes Epidemic:
    Time to Change Course Take the taste out of food by taking out the fat, then add
    sugar.  Bad move, as it turns out.
  % Extremely worried about my lack of productivity at work.  Finally worked out that it's
    probably linked to depression.  May be too late, but I need to go for help.

0606Sa
  * up 5:45; W=210.8; shower, laundry, dishes
  @ 21 Comics That Capture The Frustrations Of Depression f(Heather Borean)
  @ The “Duggar wives” of the world have spoken: “I thought I was the only one” -
    Salon.com +Jim Dennis
  * Called AT&T Back.  Spent an hour; the tech's solution (which finally worked) was to
    1. change the user id.  2. disconnect the mobile account from it.  3. create a new
    account with the original user id and a temp password.  That worked, finally.
    rate phone app - text to 8758 content "rateatt" or write an app review online
    digital assistance center: 877-267-2230
    mobile customer support:   800-331-0500
  * second round of password changes.  Done with the high-priority ones, i.e. Google,
    AT+T, banks, Amazon, and social sites.
  * pay mortgage while on the Wells Fargo site changing the password
  & stuck an address sticker to the back of the new phone
  @ Mad Max Doof Warrior Inspired Flamethrower Ukulele | Make: f(Erin Ruston) et. al.
    Butane lighter refil cylinder in a modified caulking gun.
  @ Here's How They Made The War Drums In Mad Max: Fury Road - GearGods
  * Changed CenturyLink to autopay (out of RE checking) plus paperless billing.
  * Calling Olejo *again*.  Left an unfavorable review on Amazon; apparently reviews for
    third-party products are new, because I remember looking for that field before and not
    finding it.
  * Update (a subset of) passwords on nexus and samsung tablets, phone.
  * 15min:  a little rummaging in the garage
  * (ongoing) phone setup.  Apparently it has a "health" app that has a pedometer and uses
    the camera as a pulse sensor, and the home button is a fingerprint sensor.
  @ American Pharoah makes history, wins Triple Crown - The Washington Post
    I don't follow sports much, but this is historic.
  @ 21 Plot Shapes and the Pros and Cons of Each (Ysabetwordsmith - How NOT to Write Women)
  : Emmy has some friends over.  They're good people.  And Emmy is making salmon spread
    for dinner.  Yum.
  @ Information Letter 14 (Cringely - Autodesk's John Walker explained HP and IBM in 1991) 
  $ HX: gave a copy of CC+S to Emmy's friend Jess.
  @ ysabetwordsmith | Story: "Coming in from the Cold: Saturday: Building
    Towers" Part 4 - notes have a good set of links to coping tools.

Comments

Dude, HUGS

[dialecticdreamer]

You just waded through two of the jobs I loathe most-- upgradigng phone and dealing with the resulting hassle of paswords and such.

HUGS if you want 'em. Always!

Re: Dude, HUGS

[mdlbear]

*hugs back tiredly* Thanks. Hugs are always welcome.