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Oct. 1st, 2020 09:51 pmYesterday the 18-year-old thermostat broke when we were switching off the A/C so we could open the windows for a bit (due to the nice fall weather). Of course, the A/C doesn't work at all without some sort of controller, and it gets stuffy in here at night with the windows closed. So today we went to Lowe's and got a new thermostat, a basic $20 model, and the boy toy managed to get it installed with only a few shouted curses. Of course, there are a couple of marks (missed paint job) where the older and larger thermostats had been attached to the wall. Someday we will paint that room.
Today I tried to track down a Facebook notice that said the county's free flu-shot clinic was coming to my community on a couple of dates in late October. The notice had vanished, so I started calling around, and was finally told that the county had had to reschedule them and the new dates were not known yet. I hope the county gets its act together with this. It's not as "sexy" as the coronavirus pandemic, but still very necessary.
Also, today the boy toy voted by depositing his ballot in the drop-box at Laurel High School. There was a county cop stationed nearby, presumably watching the box in case of shenanigans. I will vote in person during the early-voting period, just to scout out how the procedures have changed in practice. (Yes, I've already had my training, but I want to verify how well everyone's being protected before I work from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Election Day.)
Tonight I registered for my national professional group's annual conference, which is of course totally virtual, like everything else in 2020. It is a paid thing because the conference is using all sorts of apps -- not just Zoom, but Whova and Remo, whatever they are. Today was the deadline for registering because many of the events are spread out over October, not just concentrated in the Oct. 19-23 window as originally planned. It's a little dicey for me, because I have a major assignment due on Oct. 26, but supposedly most of the events will be archived online for six months, so it'll be worth it in the end. Plus, the next three national conferences (2021-2023) will be in Boulder, Chicago, and Memphis, which are all pretty far from Maryland, so I probably won't be attending them. Dang, these conferences get expensive fast these days.
Today I tried to track down a Facebook notice that said the county's free flu-shot clinic was coming to my community on a couple of dates in late October. The notice had vanished, so I started calling around, and was finally told that the county had had to reschedule them and the new dates were not known yet. I hope the county gets its act together with this. It's not as "sexy" as the coronavirus pandemic, but still very necessary.
Also, today the boy toy voted by depositing his ballot in the drop-box at Laurel High School. There was a county cop stationed nearby, presumably watching the box in case of shenanigans. I will vote in person during the early-voting period, just to scout out how the procedures have changed in practice. (Yes, I've already had my training, but I want to verify how well everyone's being protected before I work from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Election Day.)
Tonight I registered for my national professional group's annual conference, which is of course totally virtual, like everything else in 2020. It is a paid thing because the conference is using all sorts of apps -- not just Zoom, but Whova and Remo, whatever they are. Today was the deadline for registering because many of the events are spread out over October, not just concentrated in the Oct. 19-23 window as originally planned. It's a little dicey for me, because I have a major assignment due on Oct. 26, but supposedly most of the events will be archived online for six months, so it'll be worth it in the end. Plus, the next three national conferences (2021-2023) will be in Boulder, Chicago, and Memphis, which are all pretty far from Maryland, so I probably won't be attending them. Dang, these conferences get expensive fast these days.
