If you’re not averse to phone reading, I found the Darker app to be very handy. It makes your phone even darker than the normal on board setting allows and the night setting on my reading app (Libby) has black background and grey text, so even the text becomes very dark grey. It was a sanity-saver with a tiny baby and I still use it sometimes when Mr. Meer is already sleeping and I want to finish a chapter or something.
For regular books I just had to read during the day, I got the hang of balance a book on the edge of the particular breastfeeding pillow we had.
Or just give up reading and stare adoringly at your bub.
I am deeply averse to phone reading although good reminder that my kindle has a backlight. The issue isn’t the light so much as the sleep though. Although I did charge my kindle and bring it to the living room, in the hopes I can establish a day time reading practice.
I procrastinated until the last minute to pack my lunch, and found the sandwich fillings I had planned to use spoiled. So I just bought a sandwich in the airport terminal for NINE DOLLARS.
I posted something on Craigslist in the free section, and selected the politest answer from the first 4 that came in. But apparently that was the incorrect approach, and this person, after being given my address and told that the item was on the porch, asked me if we could meet at one of the local banks to exchange, or for me to give it to one of the tellers for them to hold onto it. It is a porch pickup.
The whole point of porch pickup is that I don’t need to go anywhere, and we don’t need to interact. If I was willing to meet someone, I would have charged money for my effort. This item is listed for $60 elsewhere.
And, regardless, the closest of those banks to my house is a 20 minute walk each way. And I don’t think the tellers want to be asked to hold onto boxes for someone who will be coming in to ask for it.
They want my number because their couriers only do banks, or coordinate with a phone number!?!?!
This is a free thing on craigslist. I mean, I knew people flipped stuff, but that is beyond the beyond. I have moved on to the next person who claims to be in my neighbourhood.
This is hilarious. I could see if they wanted to meet at the police safe exchange. But if they want you to inconvenience yourself and the bank tellers so they make $60
Is this the beginning of a heist movie? Maybe I’ll write it
I did not have my 4am breakfast and 10am.breakfast was pushed to 11 am so I ate:
Fruit compote with yogurt
Chili and fries
A cheese triangle
A truffle
And if I breathe or move I get throw up in my mouth. Since I was full after the first bowl of food but not enough calories and needed to keep going. I wish that I could skip the occasional meal consequence free
When I learn a new skill or accomplish a new feat of handyman I tend to do a happy dance and tell everyone. You have all seen this.
Over the weekend a friend showed up asking for help changing a car battery.
This evening I’m going to help a friend change a toilet.
Being competent means doing work, it seems.
(also helping friends and being self sufficient, but at the moment I feel like that friend with a truck that has to help everyone move)
I was upgraded to a nicer hotel room which does not include free self parking, only valet at $46 a night (!). I confirmed with the front desk that I would not be charged for parking since what I booked had parking included. Today I get my folio after checking out on the app and parking was charged.
Oh, FFS. This is why I don’t try and give away free shit online anymore. Stuff like this always happens. It’s so annoying! Do not force me to have unwanted contact with you, FFS!
TW for totally unnecessary diet talk/body shaming talk at work
Co-worker who sits across the aisle from me, on the phone and LOUDLY:
“Well, I’ve cut out everything. Literally everything. There’s nothing left to cut out of my diet, so I guess I just need to stop eating completely now or else I’m always going to be fat.”
She’s VERY petite. Teeny tiny. Not that it matters, I guess, people of all weights can and do have body/food issues. I just really didn’t need to hear that today while I was trying to work.
I threw out my back (not sure how, but asthma coughing is certainly making it worse) and getting up from sitting or lying down is a struggle. Is this what being old is going to be like all the time?
After I gave it to another person who was easily able to pick it up on the porch this morning, he replied again
“please write direct – should you have other locations – products – -- or anything you would like to give away for freecycle. always happy to try to coordinate something that is reasonable. for freecycle parties – like yourself :)”
I don’t know why he thinks he isn’t blacklisted at this point.
although good reminder that my kindle has a backlight. The issue isn’t the light so much as the sleep though. Although I did charge my kindle and bring it to the living room, in the hopes I can establish a day time reading practice.
!). I confirmed with the front desk that I would not be charged for parking since what I booked had parking included. Today I get my folio after checking out on the app and parking was charged.