So Much Space
After 2 weeks living in a cruise ship cabin, returning to a house was a big adjustment. There is just so much space! Getting a jacket now involves waking across the room rather than picking it up from the sofa next to the bed. Our previous house wasn’t as big, so the difference wasn’t as jarring when we came back from vacation.
To my amusement, La Prof and her roommate’s family found the thing they liked most about the ship to be the barista coffee bar, where they could get specialty coffee. It’s not a novelty for me since New Hip Company has those, so it didn’t even cross my mind.
I certainly miss having a beautiful view and, most importantly, moderate weather. I went out for a walk this afternoon, in the low 80s, and already regretted the decision.
- S
On the mend
I’m feeling better now; I had a day-long headache on Thursday and stayed in bed the whole day, but have been on the mend since, slowly regaining appetite and strength. Now I am still running a fever but I don’t really feel it. And some residual cough, which is at least manageable. I still needed to take a dose of cough syrup every 6 hours or so yesterday, but today I just needed to pop some cough drops every now and then.
La Prof is where I was 2 days ago, with fatigue, fever, and dry cough. Only I also had a headache, and she has a TMJ flair up. I hope she recovers as quickly.
Still I’ll work from home tomorrow; the walk today shows I’m still not 100% recovered yet.
- N
Third World Country
I called Verizon on Wednesday to get our home internet sorted out. They sent someone the next day. Turns out some lawn worker cut a cord while we were away, and the technician fixed it immediately. And then he left. After 15 minutes, the internet was down again. I’d powercycle the ONT box, and it’d be fine, but crap out after another 15 minutes.
I called back multiple times for them to diagnose it remotely, and they said it’s a power issue. After 3, maybe 4 calls (each time having to wade through an AI system that tells me to “unplug-it-and-plug-it-in-again”), and having switching power outlets, I finally convinced one of them that it’s not a problem inside the house. He sent someone else out. Except it was already at the end of the day, and there were no technicians available on Friday, so we had to go through another day without home internet. Plus, I wasted the whole Thursday day on troubleshooting, while still sick from COVID.
The technician came Saturday and found the actual problem: there’s a sensor in the ONT box that broke and tricked the ONT box to think that it’s running on battery power. When it does, ONT would stop after running for 10-15 minutes. That explained the symptom.
At least I had unlimited data on my phone so could tether my other devices to it. Combined with being sick and not being able to do much physically, it had been a couple of ‘difficult’ days.
It’s nice to come back to civilization.
- D
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