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Mostly quiet day
Jun. 26th, 2025 10:51It's 85 and humid right now so I'm done outside (at 10:51). I walked the dogs and worked on the chicken coop a bit. I cut the metal panels for the coop roof, something I've been putting off for weeks. It was a PIA but it is done and I'm down to half a dozen things needed to finish, none of them too hard. I'll take pictures when it is completely done. And get the chicks.
Today and tomorrow are rest days. I'll cut the grass tomorrow morning and do some groceries today but that's it. I was playing pickleball yesterday and tired out quickly. I think I was still tired from working at the shelter on Tuesday. So I decided that today and tomorrow would be recovery days with no real exercise and minimal physical projects. Cutting the grass takes about half an hour so it hardly counts.
I'm going to shower and go to the store and then just rest and watch Whitechapel.
One of the perks of moving to SoFi is that they offer up to $300 once you start direct deposits. I think I'll end up qualifying for the maximum $300 so I'll apply that to Google Store and between that and my phone trade in of $140 that just cleared, the phone is about $90. It is a much better phone in ways I can't much describe. The battery charge is obviously much better than its 3 year old predecessor. It is also quicker and better at recognizing my face and finger print. It is nearly an identical phone feature wise. I can hardly find anything of significance that has changed. But it was a good time to upgrade. My trade in was maximized and my old phone will go to a good home and not be trash sitting in my drawer.
As long as I'm upgrading I decided not to wait for Microsoft to declare my PC unsafe, which will happen in October. My now seven year old computer is still going fine but the Win 10 is done and the security of Win 11 requires hardware that I don't have. I'd upgrade and stay in the MS family but for that. Much as I hate to lose the PC I'm moving to a Chrome mini Asus. It has a ton of outputs that will support local USB drives and my two monitors with ease. And will sit under my main monitor or mount on it or something. Not sure how I'm doing that but it will free up a lot of space.
The only thing I lose, the only thing I use MS for really, is the ability to play Halo. I've got a one game collection that has a half dozen Halo versions in it that I've been playing for years. I will not like losing that but will figure out something else. Maybe save up for an Xbox.
Right now, though, I'm going to have a sandwich and a shower.
Today and tomorrow are rest days. I'll cut the grass tomorrow morning and do some groceries today but that's it. I was playing pickleball yesterday and tired out quickly. I think I was still tired from working at the shelter on Tuesday. So I decided that today and tomorrow would be recovery days with no real exercise and minimal physical projects. Cutting the grass takes about half an hour so it hardly counts.
I'm going to shower and go to the store and then just rest and watch Whitechapel.
One of the perks of moving to SoFi is that they offer up to $300 once you start direct deposits. I think I'll end up qualifying for the maximum $300 so I'll apply that to Google Store and between that and my phone trade in of $140 that just cleared, the phone is about $90. It is a much better phone in ways I can't much describe. The battery charge is obviously much better than its 3 year old predecessor. It is also quicker and better at recognizing my face and finger print. It is nearly an identical phone feature wise. I can hardly find anything of significance that has changed. But it was a good time to upgrade. My trade in was maximized and my old phone will go to a good home and not be trash sitting in my drawer.
As long as I'm upgrading I decided not to wait for Microsoft to declare my PC unsafe, which will happen in October. My now seven year old computer is still going fine but the Win 10 is done and the security of Win 11 requires hardware that I don't have. I'd upgrade and stay in the MS family but for that. Much as I hate to lose the PC I'm moving to a Chrome mini Asus. It has a ton of outputs that will support local USB drives and my two monitors with ease. And will sit under my main monitor or mount on it or something. Not sure how I'm doing that but it will free up a lot of space.
The only thing I lose, the only thing I use MS for really, is the ability to play Halo. I've got a one game collection that has a half dozen Halo versions in it that I've been playing for years. I will not like losing that but will figure out something else. Maybe save up for an Xbox.
Right now, though, I'm going to have a sandwich and a shower.