A day of recovery & bad timing

I slept better than usual.

Free meal breakfast was very good - whole wheat pancakes with small sausages hidden between them, and a sort of berry cobbler. I had moved the microwave cart back into the kitchen because it was clear there would be no dishwasher delivery this weekend. Lunch was pepper steak with a side of blueberry sludge. Relatively large portion on rice, took a while to finish. Red jello for dessert.

Needed some ibuprofen & Tylenol from time to time, the dental work caused mild headaches.

Not very smart customer service guy from Lowe's who had promised 2 days ago to have the dishwasher ready to go yesterday forgot. He had his manager with him, and was surprised when I showed him online that the unit had been ready to pick up from his store on Thursday. Somehow he thought it was at a different store. Where we left it was he was going to physically see if it was in his store and get back to me. He didn't.

Also no word from the screen door company. Did not expect anything till tomorrow.

Watched some Olympics. The bicycle race ending was amazing. Surprise winner came in waaaaaaay ahead of the pack. 2nd and 3rd was a photo finish.

I think it was partly covid and the lack of fans in the stands, but great to see athletes from lesser known countries picking up hardware. Women's beach volleyball USA pair hugged each other after each point, win or lose. WTF? They barely slipped by China, who mostly beat themselves.

90 Day teaser was cut short for a half-hour Discovery + ad. D+ is where bad spinoffs go to die.

Jade has been rubbing her face against the subwoofer and its coax cable. I ordered a loop brush on a carpet base, hope she likes it. She doesn't know what a scratching post is. Spook is trying to be non-threatening, but Jade is not convinced. She also still runs from me, but now she comes back out sometimes. Yikes - Spook just full on attacked Jade.

USPS delivered the new smaller wi-fi/Alexa enabled microwave fairly late, in a box 2x as big as what was needed. And inside that box was a perfectly shippable box with the microwave in a box inside of that one.

Put the too-big one and the el cheapo sound bar onto a dolly and wheeled them out to the car for Goodwill tomorrow. Unboxed the new microwave and set it up, but there was no manual. Found one online, and when I got to the point where it said push the wi-fi button I discovered Amazon had sent the wrong model. No wi-fi button, no Alexa support. Set it up for exchange, but I'll use it until the replacement arrives. It worked well on the Red Lobster leftovers. 

About 8 I went outside to chat with next door neighbor. She says one of the strays has moved into her house. No wonder it hasn't been eating the food I put out. My vent covers are still in place so I know here are no critters under the house anymore.

And as we were talking there was lightning. A few minutes after she went home we got a  full blown monsoon thunderstorm. Usually at about 9 I bring bulk garage to the curb, but it looks like the storm won't pass till midnight.

Paid my property tax bill. The site is broken, it didn't find me as an owner of a single property, but did find me as a multiple site owner. But only showed my one house.  

Plans for tomorrow:
breakfast
10 am facebook video chat with long lost friend(s)
Call screen door company if they haven't called first
Post office run - Bose sound bar and sodasense returns
Goodwill, big microwave and cheap sound bar
Watch more Olympics
Hopefully get a dishwasher update.
Call my new PCP and ask when she wants me to do the fasting blood tests