A seventy percent day?

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I was just hoping on thirty percent being one hundred percent?  Or such.  And, I may yet add two hundred, three hundred, percent, to the bill?  Maybe.

The phone.  I had to be up, and out, by 08:30, or so.  And... a bit of a drive.  For the price, and seeming quality of the phone, I was willing to take the risk.  It checked out.  I bought it, and the fellow his coffee.  Of course, it still had to be hooked back up through.  For now, just through verizon.  For now.  Had to check some things.

Doing well.

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A bit warmer last night.  Upstairs.  But, no fans, anywhere... not even up there.  No ac running.  Just... quiet.  It has been that way off and on?  Well, finally leaving the fan off up there.  It was 74 and 76 near me up there, at bedtime, 74 in the main (almost 75), and 78 up front.  I don't think I checked outdoors, but it was 80ish into later afternoon.  This morning it is 75/77 upstairs, 73 up front and in the main down here, plus right between 55 and 56 out there.

It rained last night.  Sounded like a very short, but hard, storm.  Wasn't sure we got all that much, by sounds, but looks like we got more than I thought.

Plans.

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Contact made.  A time and place chosen.  I won't be asking for less.  The price is fair.  As long as it works.  Very good.  It would be nice to have it in hand, and just go in.  But it... takes time.  At least it is available.  Contact made.  Arrangements organized.  Path routed.  Yes.

I'll take a shower today, and tomorrow, and the next day.  To... get cleaned up.  I clean up pretty well, fairly quickly, but... I've been... rather low lately.  I need to get cleaned up, and for a few other things.  I don't think he was checking his advertising, just waiting for a call.  All good.

Wonderful.

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Sleep was mostly good.  My feet were as if blocks of ice, couldn't get them to warm.  So had trouble getting to bed for that.  It was 78, up front here, when I went to bed.  And 77 upstairs.  I think it was between 22:30 and 23:00 when I finally got up and to bed.  Once I got the feet warm enough, and crashed, sleep was fantastic.

I set the alarms for eight and ten.  Hoping they would just be emergency use.  As hoped, not needed.  I woke at 4:46ish?  It was 76 near me, 73 in the main, up there.  It is 72 front room and main down here, and 46 outdoors.  A nice morning, really.  And, that, again, is with a fan upstairs, on a lower setting, the central air fan going, but the furnace set to 68.  Interesting, possibly fascinating.

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A rather good day.

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Couldn't do much.  Didn't eat.  Had a fatted coffee, water.  Took a few water pills, with the edema going on.  It's not serious, don't want to let it get bad.  Bad enough to have, probably, five to ten extra pounds on.  Fifteen maybe.  It... tucks in, when it gets in.  By the time I see it in my feet, these days, it's... in the torso and even arms/hands by then.  But it doesn't really show until it first hits the feet.  Bleh.

No message from the seller.  I am just up a bit later, hoping to hear.  Okay.  On to bed I do believe.

A reasonable summer day, again.

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It got up to at least 85.  Which... was nice.  And not a seemingly cool 85?  Yes, some days, 85 just isn't... 85.  I can't explain it fully, but some days, 85 just doesn't feel warm, let alone hot.  Today it did.  And, honestly, I was glad for it.

This front room is up to 77, and I am actually enjoying it.  The main is 74, nearing 75.  If the tenth increments are to be believed.  And, yet, that feels cool, almost cold.  All good though, there, too.

Always with the new?

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Maybe not this time.  It's always a risk.  And, yet, sometimes?  So, I went looking for a phone.  Amazon offers them used, but for so little off as to be not worth buying used from them.  There are other sellers, so I went looking.  And, found several.  One fairly close, if it is still available.

Of course, I had to reset the password, and that was a real treat.  My internet is spotty at best, and brave isn't very good with keeping the connection live?  Or... something.  Still, after half a dozen attempts, it went through.  I have to remember to... do a few things, before sending something.  Or it'll get lost in the ether, never getting there.  Reloading destroys the attempt, at some places more than others.  Ugh.

Hmm... phones.

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Trying to sort things.  And... there might be a way.  Will be looking over things, when I go in to check on a different phone.  On the short, there isn't as many options.  Money, after last month, is tight.  But it was just payday.  So... some options, but still some limits.

Rather than go really low, I may go a bit higher level, say a pixel 6a, 6, or such.  But, rather than going stock android os, go with grapheneos.  Oh... not sure how much difference it would honestly make.  But, possibly, some.  And, the phone is modern, and offers better security updates, and for the next four to five years.  Where as lessor phones probably have no security, mostly, of which to speak.

Reasonable.

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Down at midnight, up at eight, a bit past on both.  Nice.  It is 74/73 upstairs, 71/70 downstairs, with a fan going and the furnace set to 68?  It is 52 out, but know it got down to at least 49 last night.  The sun is on warming, and it's up midmorning in the sky.  So a very good thing.  I will say, having a home which is much more moderated, in temp, is... very nice.  Life is easier.

I can take mornings back, in the right conditions.  Too cold, or warm, too fast, and everything gets a bit hectic.  But, when everything is stable, regarding temps?  Life is so much easier.  Though?  What happens when everything is optimal?  Well, then you... still have to live with... yourself, who you are, what you are.  A sinner, who will never get it.  A thick-necked heathen, if I like to think otherwise.  Even when we try, we... fail.

Oh well.

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The steak seemed good.  So I got it on the grill.  It smelled okay, while cooking as well.  While eating it, I... didn't like the taste.  No, I think it would have been fine.  The problem is, as I eat less?  I become much pickier.  I simply can't eat something if there is a flaw in there.  I just can't tolerate it.  What a waste.  Though, really, it was on standby for days.  I didn't eat else in that time.  So, while a waste, it isn't.

So hungry though.  I am still awake just thinking about the steak that got away.  Oh, I'll pull one out for tomorrow.  Best not pull two at a time.  It takes me three days to eat one, and I don't always want a second one right away... I seem to be taking breaks between eating.  So I only eat, say, three out of five days?

The thing I wanted done first?

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I didn't want to work on the phone until I dealt with g-account.  So... I got that done, but stalled doing it.  I figured it was going to be a mess.  One way or another, this would get hung on that.  Troubles, most likely.  I just wasn't up to digging into that pile of manure.  So... I didn't get going on the phone, or else.  I just gamed, while avoiding.

Finally, I got to it.  The solution set was created in... five minutes?  Half an hour max, with some running around that ended up not being necessary.  Literally, five minutes was what it took in actual work time.  So... when I go to set up the phone, I'll have access to the account.  That... should cut a lot of the problems.  Finding a phone that will work is the next issue.

Someone thinks...

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She is speaking in tongues.  I am definitely hearing.

But, does she speak true?  According to some.

Awake since almost six.

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I know I checked the temp, outdoors.  Can't, for the... oh, right.  It was 41.  I had meant to check again, before it started to warm, to see what the coldest temp might be.  But missed it.  Here at a quarter after nine, it is 63.  Not a bad temp.

With everything closed up, only the circulation fan on the furnace going (it set to 68 but not needing to run) and a fan going upstairs for air flow, it was 72 in the main, 73 near me, upstairs.  And down here it was 71 in the main, now 73, and 68 up front here, which it remains.  Very nice.

Some of it.

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I did get the phone and pad returned.  I was so mad.  Oh yes I was.  After spending that much time, effort, and such, to get them started and walked out the door, like a kid on Christmas, only then to be hounded for more money, more access, all the time.  To have things activated on my phone that I couldn't shut off.  Lots of problems.  From day one.

Now, as soon as I got ready to take it for a return?  The very day before?  The thing that was stuck on my phone, I couldn't turn off?  Went away.  Far too late by then.  I was just hoping they didn't have a trick, or clause, or such.  But, no, they took it back, both of them.

Is one of my clocks really off?

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I was sitting, out there.  Doing my gaming.  Then looked at the time.  13:30 already?  And, even then, time passed since.  I thought I'd better do some things.

A call was made earlier.  A change with the wound clinic.  No, she was pretty snippy.  Besides reading here, and other things about reading here, I don't just leave a message, and wait for them to call back.  I'll wait.  And do.  This time she actually answered before two hours went by.  I thought she was going to time me out with lunch, on that one.  I... think she has gotten direct employer feedback, from my feedback.  Yes... I know you read here.  *wink*  *grins*  Still, that is done.

Up early, down rather early too?

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I can't remember, exactly, when I went to bed.  I thought it was either 17:30, or 20:30?  I just... can't be sure.  Later, though, if I had to guess.

I shut everything down, but kept the furnace on to 68, overnight.  After having warmed the house to 74 yesterday.  Everywhere else was 72, which was okay, waking.  Sure beat the cold from the day before.  That one window makes a vast difference.  Though, being this cold this soon, is taking me by surprise.  I think the warmest I saw it, outside, yesterday, was 74?  I think so.  May not have posted it.  By the time I returned from my trip to town, it was down to 70.

It must have been 20:30 when I crashed last night.  I think it was 17:30 when I checked the temp, out there, after returning home.

I did turn the furnace up, because 72?  A few days, to a week, ago, it was running 77 in here, 73 to 75 in them main.  I still needed the ac a few times this last month.  Which... was odd that I didn't need it more?  This, to my mind, has been a cool summer.  But, I have acclimated greatly through diet, and figured a few things out about the house, how to run it.  Then, adding the new window, which isn't quite finished, but still?  That has changed things drastically.  I'll bet the furnace will run half what it has in the past, or less.

Oh, it's 68 in this front room, 37 to 38 outside.  Very cold for still August.  No heat up here, and I have it partially closed from the back of the house.  Hotter in the summer, colder in the winter.  I really need to get the living room finished, then put the computer station in there.  Just... leave these front cold rooms to themselves.

Yes, it is cold.  But that it was 72, with the furnace on 68, everywhere but this front room (which doesn't get heat almost at all)?  That was... impressive.  I'll bet even the upstairs stays much warmter.  I may run a very small fan up there, to bring heat up through the vent, or make... air flow to get it up, or such?  Worth a shot.

A few things of business today.  Tried to complete one of them yesterday, but the secretary at my doctor's office ignored the call until it was afterhours, then just dropped the call.  I don't do messages.  Those never work out.  I have time, I will wait.  Tough cookies.

On to a fatted coffee, and a bit more gaming.  It'll be a bit before offices open, and things can be done.  Good morning, day.

Hmm? Okay.

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Just... not sure if someone is suggesting, or asking.  Or it's a random.

But, okay.  Or... sure.  Resemblances.

Just a few tunes for my own... sake.

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Women, often, invade my space.  Sometimes, though, I take my own journey.

Musical, in this case.  Just a bit for me.  Aye.  Mostly.

Wow!

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I finally did close everything up.  And turned on the furnace, to 72.  I gamed for a while, a goodly while.  Making it through the game.  Doing the parts I didn't like, wasn't succeeding at.  But... making it, this time.  The clues are impossible.  I just don't understand some of what they are suggesting, to do, to go.

Then I decided to look around the web, and post.  It seemed rather cool up here.  And it is!  It's 68, up front, on the 29th?  That's crazy.  So, I checked outside.  It is 60 outside, at nearly 11:00?  That's absolutely... unlikely.  Oh, the sun is out.  It's shining.  For what little good that is doing. Wow.  Just wow.

Ah, that's it?

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It was 72 everywhere upstairs, 70 in this front (usually the hottest) room of the home, and 68 in the main area downstairs.  Oh, and 36 outdoors?  An hour or two ago.  Crazy.  With no fans or else going.  As well, I am closing things up, windows.  To try to keep air in.  Warm air.  Well, the upstairs I keep open, or it might get too warm.  Okay, there are a few windows open down here, too.  Hmm.  But not as many as there were.  And I may close up the rest.

What I can't believe is that it is still getting up to 80 out there.  That's... warm.  By any standards.  Especially for me.  If that is almost cool, to me, these days?  Very strange.  Age?  Illness?  Getting better?  Is this what "healthy" feels like?  Tolerating up into the 90s without too much difficulty, but not being able to handle the 68 to 72 range?  Or... am I just having to acclimate?