A Week in October

It's felt really busy at work this week. I wrestled with this guy, that had a document from the 3rd forklift line on it. I had to get the floppy reader, coax it to engage with the floppy, and then I attempted to put the files straight onto the server because I was worried I'd never get the floppy to connect again. That was not permitted by the operating system, so I had to drag it to the desktop. Could not be read by Word, so I opened it in TextEdit, from there into Docx, then tried to put it on the server. Apple, right now you are on my bad list. You know there is a bug in your software that is making my life impossible, and you won't fix it.

So I get my newly converted elderly digital file on the server and it's greyed out. I had to use some backend code that my coworker taught me in order to put a new version (and my all-important readme about the machinations that led to this file still being alive almost 30 years later) on the server without being greyed out. 

Also work -- I wonder if there is a term for something that has been on the free table on multiple occasions. I found this on the free table before the pandemic. I wore it for a while, trimmed the beads off, got tired of it and put it back on the free table. Just found it there again.

This is my beautiful handbag that I found on the free table a few months ago. I love it so much! It contains a special package -- cat poop from my baby boy, to be sent to the vet. All good, but he had a tooth cleaning this week and now he is a little wiggy and sometimes fears me.

I have been very social this week. Talked with the Rev after work on Tuesday. Went out to dinner with Precious Nephew on Thursday. Burned my tongue on Immunity Broth, which I had to get because of its name. Still hurts two days later. Yesterday I went to a luncheon for work (lots of people-ing) and then went out with a girlfriend from the restaurant for dinner (more people-ing). But it was great.

There were some gorgeous skies this week.

My Christmas cactus seems to be an October cactus. Pretty!

And my team is going to the division series for the first time since 1993. There was a lot of baseball. Vlad Guerrero Jr. is so great. I will be rooting for you, young man!

I had two hours of people-ing this morning, attending my Irish genealogy group meeting. By now I am pooped, both literally and figuratively. There's something going on with my innards that is unpleasant and makes me suspect that I should stay home this evening instead of watching a Japanese horror film with friends as I had planned.

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