Darkoshi

Fireworks noise. At least one of my dogs has been acting like the world is coming to an end, and she doesn't know what to do. I had to put them both outside earlier because the small one's non-stop barking at the noise was starting to drive me batty, and I had to cook the vegetables. Otherwise I wouldn't have time to cook them til next weekend, and they'd go bad.

Interestingly, outside (probably in the garage), she stopped barking.

I went outside to check on them a little while ago, and to look at the fireworks which were getting louder. Going back inside, they forced their way in the door with me. Inside, the little one started barking again, in between running around. They both appear to have calmed down now.

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I succeed at many things, but I feel like a failure too.
The table's a non-stop mess of stuff.
I recorded mediocre audio of the cicadas and katydids (that is what the night-time tree critters are) on Thursday/Friday, but didn't have time to edit/post it.
I put up curtain rods for my mom. I put up a shelf in the kitchen.
I wanted to finally switch to the new laptop. Like the last times, I only managed to finish the "backup my data" step. Now it's almost 1am and by the time I'll have time for it again, I'll have updated a bunch of files again, so I'll have to start back over at the "backup my data" step.
I cooked the dang vegetables and made a salad with most of the cucumbers.
We went to the Santee again on Saturday. Road trips almost always leave me with headaches, and this was no exception.

I took a shower. I made lunches. I vacuumed. I washed some clothes. I swapped some light-bulbs. Oh. The boxes. I need to decide what to do with all the old incandescent bulbs. It's not like I'm going to start using them. So I might as well give them away. But should I keep some maybe, and if so how many, and which ones?
I cleaned out the cooler and washed the dog food bin.

My internet has a sporadic speed and connection problem but I don't have time to deal with it. Is there a way to determine/prove that it's a provider problem versus a modem problem? I'm afraid if I call TWC about it, they'll say that since I'm using my own modem instead of leasing one of theirs, that it must be due to my modem.

I need to sign up with a doctor but I don't have time to deal with it.

I need to start going to bed early enough to get enough sleep. but i don't but i don't

Did Yesterday:

- vacuumed a bit
- cleaned toilet
- cleaned tub and tub mat
- cleaned bottom of shower curtain
- took shower
- cut some grass
- trimmed vines, etc
- used wire brush to scrub off rug backing which had stuck to the floor when removing the old rug from sunroom (2/3s still to go, when I remove the rest of the rug)
- went grocery shopping (got through 4 stores and back home in under 4 hours!)
- dropped off a birthday present for someone
- got alarmed by the refrigerator's high temperature alarm having come on again, especially as I had just **bought a bunch of food**! But I think it had just gotten too warm due to the doors being open a long time while putting away food. The motor and fans all seemed to be running fine. It seems to be cooling okay now, although I'm still trying to get the fridge section to stay at a lower temp.

Did Today:

- checked refrigerator temps and adjusted settings
- made 2 bins of muesli using the fixings I bought yesterday (rolled oats, Thompson raisins, golden raisins, coconut flakes, cashews, sweetened ginger, date pieces)
- gave Zorro her antihistamine pill (the antibiotic pills got finished off yesterday, thank goodness)
- gave the dogs their monthly anti-heartworm pills
- dealt with melted truffles
- sugared the blackberries so that they'll stay good longer

Still to do Today:

- give Zorro her 3rd weekly bath
- remove the remaining carpet from the sunroom; the bottom layer at least.
- finish cutting the grass
- take a shower
- make sandwiches for next week's lunches
- go out to dinner

Probably not going to happen today:

- wash towels, etc.
- install ethernet cable voice/data splitter thingies for the fax machine at Forestfen's house, and test sending and receiving faxes
- while at Forestfen's house, test swapping the battery from her cordless phone that doesn't work with one of the phones that does work
- look up whether or not our old Panasonic cordless phones happen to be compatible with the new ones as they are both DECT-6