Good Afternoon … I woke up two hours before I needed to be up. Couldn’t go back to sleep. Rudy eventually came to join me and figured out that I was up. I had to give him attention and that of course brought his sister in to say Good Morning. Before she decided to tap dance on my bladder I just got up and started the morning routine.
It was nice to have some extra time at the end to sit and watch TV. The cats were very much confused. I felt fine that is until it was time to get up and actually come down to start the day. I logged in peeked around and took care of a task. Then I hiked back upstairs and jumped into bed.
Rudy and Mora were all too happy to join me. I think I might have gotten 30 to 45 minutes. I mostly just remember being awake and uncomfortable because there were 3 of us trying to fit into the bed that was only designed to hold me, the one who pays the bills.
Much to my surprise my phone didn’t drive me nuts. I am grateful it’s a slower day. It did go off a few times and I peeked, it was nothing so back to try to sleep. Got up after an hour and a half. Told the cats I had to get back to work and down I came.
I had a meeting to attend about a new process that is going to make my life so much more fun. One of our big wigs came up with this paranoid idea and has caused quite a commotion. Needless to say change is happening, not that anyone likes it or is happy about it. Welcome to Operation Clusterfuck! At least that’s my code name for it.
I am driving myself nuts looking for some old photos, these are physical photos that I know I have and can’t locate. It’s not the end of the world but I am one of those neat freaks and if I can’t find something it drives me crazy. I will create more clutter trying to find what I am looking for than if I just let it rest. Everything eventually surfaces just not necessarily at a time that is convenient.
Had some Cottage Cheese and a snack cake for lunch. Oh boy am I eating good in the neighborhood. Yeah that was sarcasm. It was okay I am just not in the mood for lunch. I know my body needs fuel so I eat out of habit but it’s not usually a whole lot. Tonight’s supper will either be part of a store made sandwich or something from the freezer, kind of depends on my mood.
Earlier this week I found a new YouTube channel called Techlore it’s all about privacy and security. Well they solved an age old problem for me being able to use a VPN with your own DNS. When I saw that in a video I jumped. Yesterday I subscribed to a new VPN provider to test this out. The video made it sound simple to setup and honestly straightforward looking at the software it seemed simple. However, it was kind of a big deal for me. Getting it working on my laptop was easy. Getting it working on my phone was the hard part. The new service is a bit more battery intensive than my old VPN provider but I am using my own DNS and validated it by looking at real time logs. If I really want to be super stealthy I can have traffic do hops so the traffic comes in the USA but exits in Germany or any number of places. That’s neat but I honestly don’t need it. A simple VPN where I can use my own DNS is what I wanted. I bought a trial subscription and plan to renew it. There is lots of useful stuff on Techlore but a lot of it is geared towards us geeks.
I know that a lot of you like Man Candy or Eye Candy. What do you think about AI Images? AI can generate some really great almost life like images but I am not a fan. AI images actually annoy me because it’s not a real person just a picture.
In the weather here it’s a bit warmer but the rain is pouring in. Next week is set to be sunny and feel almost spring like. It’s a false spring because Winter is going to be around for a few more months. Kind of interested to see if Phil see his shadow this year. I know my groundhog is hibernating.
Got to get the trash out and get back to searching for those photos. Most of my Amazon order should be coming today including the new portable carpet cleaner. Boy am I going to be busy using that thing. Next on my potential list is a pet (made for cats & dogs) vacuum. They make them with quiet motors but I would rather hear one before I buy it. I know that you can return most anything you buy on Amazon but I hate going through the return process. I am using some caution on this one but I figure if it can help me groom the cats and get more fur up without making my face itch like crazy then I am all for it.
Here’s hoping that I am able to sleep tonight so that I can make it through Friday. This weekends quest is finding the new massage place a friend told me about. I plan to call on Monday to schedule for when I am off later next month. I am positive that I have knots I don’t even know about. The one I do know about drives me crazy from time to time. I could use a weekly massage once the knots are worked out but affording that and having time for it are two entirely different things.
Thanks for stopping by. Hope you will be back again soon! Stay warm and well.
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