So there’s this, and this, and this …

[aadler]

Ever since Susan left for her three years in California, I’ve been seeing a counselor at the local vet center. With the hours on my new job trending all over the place, our recent meeting schedule has been a lot more haphazard. I can’t always remember which things happened when since our last appointment (as in, is this something new, or was it covered already?), and I started keeping a list of what was going on and emailing it to her (the counselor) in advance so I wouldn’t have to call it up on the spot.

Later, it occurred to me that the same list might make a decent conversation helper during those times when Susan and I do our weekly Skype get-together.

And, most recently of all, I realized that it could also serve for occasional LJ posts.

So this is what happened today:

I wore blue jeans to work. (This actually is an event. My last job didn’t allow jeans, so I spent three-plus years getting used to khaki and nothing else.)

I got a desktop stand to raise my monitors at work to something closer to eye-level. My distance vision is fair, my close vision good enough, but mid-range was a problem. The stand not only lifts the monitors, there’s space under it for a keyboard, so I can get them closer. That’s going to help a lot.

Susan already bought her plane tickets for the trip to Shenzhen for Chinese New Year. I spoke to the folks at work about taking some of the same time off (only some; Susan got a full three weeks off work, but I can’t ask for more than two even if it’s three months from now). I was told the time would be approved when I showed them my tickets. It’ll be another paycheck or two before I can afford that, but it’s nice to know there’s no problem.

I’d been receiving frequent official postcards notifying me of a recall for a component of the ‘new’ car I bought last year. I finally called about that. They’ll do a free replacement next week … and it covers not only the air-bag problem that was the main subject of the notices, but also irregularities in the electronic control module that — I hadn’t known — contributed to issues I’ve been having with warning lights and lurching shifts of the transmission. Saying it again (my favorite part): it’s free.

I got home, said a Rosary, ran on the treadmill till I couldn’t run any more. That didn’t take long, but if I do it every day, it’ll gradually have an effect.

In other news (this wasn’t today, but earlier this month), my Irish son-in-law has a new job, and he and sroni have moved to Cork.

So let’s see how this day-to-day thing keeps going.

Comments

[snogged.livejournal.com]

That's pretty cool that you got to wear blue jeans.

[aadler]

Turns out to be pretty convenient, all right.

[texanfan.livejournal.com]

I'm beginning to think I need to do this with all my conversations. I can't remember who I told what when. It's wonderful you'll get to take that Chinese New Year trip! I know you'd thought it wasn't possible.

[aadler]

The ‘list’ for conversation stuff is an idea I’ve had before. I do it a few times, and then I fall out of the habit all over again.

As far as the Chinese New Year’s trip, this year (back in February) turned out not to be workable for us, but we always knew we had another year to work on the next one.