11/28/2021

 

Weekly Update 11/28/2021

Thanksgiving here sucked. I was all ready to go to Jan and Greg’s house to meet with friends for a wonderful feast. It was scheduled for 6 pm. I was watching the early NFL games, when I lost all my wifi connections. Both my tvs, my iPad, my iPhone, and my laptop. I couldn’t find my information listed and wasn’t able to sign back in. What a disaster! I couldn’t check the scores, I couldn’t look for new photos to be posted to Adrian’s gallery, I couldn’t do anything. With two hours to go before I had to be at the dinner, I called Netgear. I was informed that my network had been hackd. I didn’t even know a network could be hacked, but here I was. They were on the phone with me for over two hours, and finally got it fixed. I had to install a firewall and that cost big bucks. I eventually got everything back. I never made it to dinner, but I did watch the Bills game. I made a Lean Cuisine micro pizza for Thanksgiving diner. I was in a snit.

But, I got over it. Eventually.

Last week, I reported that I had trouble with a tire on my car. I made an appointment to have it checked, but not until Tuesday. So Monday I did nothing. Monday is normally a housework day for me, so I got all that done, but I didn’t go out to run errands. Tuesday, I went to the Goodyear service station. In a stunning turn of events, they were not able to plug the hole the nail had made in the tire, and I needed a new tire. Also, my auto insurance was due, so I had to pay that. The car cost me a lot of money this week.

Wednesday, I drove Kay to the Georgia Eye Institute. It’s difficult for her to drive after they look at her eyes, so I try to help out when I can. Because it was the day before the holiday, DH closed at noon, and I didn’t have to give tours, so it was no trouble for me to be with Kay. After I dropped her off at her house after her appointment, I went to the bank and made a large withdrawal, for Christmas gifts.

Between the car, Christmas and the Netgear payment, my budget is all shot to hell.

Kay had a few things she wanted to shop for on the weekend, and I was not really up to going on Black Friday. We went to Hobby Lobby and Home Goods on Saturday, and then out for breakfast. I didn’t find anything, but I do like looking at all the items for the holidays. We had really good Blood Marys for breakfast, and that picked up my spirits.

Because the Bills played on Thursday, I didn’t have to go out to watch them on Sunday. None of the other games were worth sitting in a bar to watch, so I dragged out the Nutcrackers, and all my other Christmas decorations. It took me all day to get everything set up. I’m not much in a holiday mood, but it looks festive inside the apartment.  I also took all the videos out of the drawer and have them ready to go as soon as December gets here.

Adrian experienced his first snow this week. Sarah posted a photo of him bundled up in his snowsuit, surrounded by the white stuff. He did not look happy.