19 January 2019, a day from Mark’s past

Status: Supposed to be an off / on rainy day, so work outside will be tentative.

Plans: I’m trying to figure that out. Last week was a waiting game with the employment onboarding that seems to be at a snail’s pace.

Narrative: Well, I accidentally made coffee. I mean to set the timer, but forgot to rotate the switch to timer mode. Boo.

There is a squeaking roller on our dryer. What I don’t know is if the dryer is wore out and needs to be replaced which would be a major expense. Some of these financial decisions depend on whether my income will increase. If I do get a job and bring in 2-3K, things are easier to decide.

I’ve repaired the primary UPS for the house by replacing the 5 year old batteries. I’ll have to tend them since they are not AGM anymore. ($700 was just a little over the top for a pair of AGM batteries.) I don’t have a solid plan for providing power for our two CPAPs. At issue is where to locate the batteries so they are not exposed to summer temperatures and then where to put a UPS that makes a lot of noise. Even that I can run a standby UPS in the closet instead of the online UPS for the CPAPs.

I’ve repaired the refrigerator UPS by installing eight smaller batteries on it.  I had two 100AH AGM batteries that are $700 to replace.  The difficult thing is at what point do I replace them.  It was decided a little while ago that using smaller batteries that could be replaced gradually better fit my budget than $700 all at once.

Community Bank and Trust of Fl. changed their online banking system, boo.  I actually thought it was one of the better systems I’d ever worked on.  It looks as though they bought onto a service that does the online banking for them.  (And then relieves them of the liability.)  It also looks like they’re using two factor authentication.

Had Chinese takeout for dinner, I had Kung Pow Chicken which was scrumptious by the way. Putts around the rest of the evening. Played a game of scrabble, watched a little TV and called it a day. I checked the Pi-Aware and it didn’t seem to mind the rain tonight. (Hopefully the rain shield will keep the insides dry. (It should with the heat it’s making.)

Tomorrow: Sunday’s are pretty laid out in advance, setup and run services then post the audio after taking a nap.

https://www.verywellfamily.com/feelings-words-from-a-to-z-2086647
From the book “Triggers” by Marshall Goldsmith
Did I DMBT set clear goals for the day? No
Did I DMBT make progress to those goals? No
Did I DMBT make my wife feel loved? Yes
Did I DMBT help my wife today? Yes
Did I DMBT fix something today? Yes
Did I DMBT improve something today? Yes
Did I DMBT be happy? Yes
Did I DMBT be fully engaged? Yes
*Did My Best To
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