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howard stateman ([personal profile] howeird) wrote2021-07-27 11:36 pm

USPS FAIL, Lowe's sidestepped, Olympics sadness

Amazon tracking said USPS put the microwave on a truck at 6 am. It was never delivered. But USPS says they put it in my mailbox. Just in case that fantasy was true I drove to the mailbox, but there wasn't a key to a storage bin, microwave would not have fit anyway. Lazy postal worker probably still has it on her truck. I filled out a missing mail form on USPS site. Amazon does not seem to have a way to report a missing package. Hmmm.**

The free meals included a few sugar free gelatin cups, which got me to wanting more, so I placed a delivery order with Albertson's and added some Ensure, bananas, ice cream, cut watermelon and frozen avocado chunks.

Breakfast was a ham & cheese scramble with a side of blueberry goop. Tasted great. **When I was done I packed up the microwave expecting to have the right model in time for dinner but no such luck.

Phoned Lowe's using the number they called me from Sunday, and after 20 minutes of walking them through the issues, they said they would have the dishwasher installers call me directly, and they would follow up Friday. No call yet...

Made a salad for dinner and ate four Jell-O sugar free chocolate cups. And 2 lime cups.

Watched some Olympics, synchronized diving was amazing. The tiny Chinese girls who won were perfect. The USA silver medalists not so much.

Very sad that Simone took herself out of the finals, but it was clear she was not performing up to her own standards, even though she was still better than everyone else. And Naomi Osaka got crushed in her first match by #42. Both of them are blaming mental health issues, but it's hard to be confident when you see yourself slipping physically. And virtual fans are no substitute for butts in the seats.

In cat news, there was a breakthrough. Jade came out from behind the freezer and let me pet her. She rubbed her face against my hand for quite a while and later vacuumed up a tuna puree tube after I squeezed it out onto a paper plate. She was scared of the tube being pointed at her. Spook was a couple of feet away when I was petting Jade, but left her alone and Jade was too busy enjoying the petting to growl at Spook. https://www.facebook.com/how3ird/videos/900027783922895 best with auio on

Streamed for an hour, there were several chatters from Europe.

Humana pharmacy site was offline, could not update my order.

Got into the car and reset the Nissan Connect app and it started working. I had charged the car overnight.

Plans for tomorrow:
Zoom job interview at noon
Dermatologist at 2:30 (the sunburn spot is still there)
Pet Jade some more. See if she will allow me to brush her
Eat a lot of watermelon. Try a bottle of Ensure.