monday monologue - heat wave
Has it cooled off where you are?
Here
in the
Baked Apple
we're in for a few days
of
less steamy temps
followed by another wave of heat
Did you know
in order to be considered
an actual
heat wave
temps must be over
(mumbles to disguise forgetting a relevant piece of info)
for 3 consecutive days
(remembered that tho)
We did not go out for a walk
I went out once a day
for as brief a time as I could
ToonMan
ventured out once to go
I forget where
but
I do recall
he brought back ice cream
I did my beautifying™
I did some errands
I saw the chiropractor
for the spasm in my back
that began on Tuesday
and
by Saturday seemed okay
by Saturday seemed okay
until I woke
Sunday
with it feeling like it was starting all over again
GAH
I wonder
if the stress
of downloading
installing
and
being flummoxed
by Apple's Lion OS
could have done it?
I spoke to
4 Apple reps
about
4 different
WTF issues
which were fairly easy to resolve
ToonMan
not so much
I insisted
he upgrade
NOW
he was in the midst of editing a client reel
but he said okay
Lion
however
we discovered
no longer supports
3 major software programs
he uses to do his job
He also never backs up his hard drive
so his fix
an
an
uninstall
of
Lion
Lion
wont happen til today
first
he had to back up the entire HD
he had to back up the entire HD
then
he was to be talked through the process
he was to be talked through the process
not by an Apple rep
but an
engineer
Apple doesnt want any casualties.
So aside from stressing over OS installs uninstalls what did we do?
We freaked on Friday midmorning when the AC and half the apartment lost power
turned out to be a dead surge protector
easily fixed
We also watched two NetFlix movies
one on DVD
which I loved
really I loved it
Matt Damon
John Slattery
(of Mad Men)
Emily Blunt
its a fantasy/sci fi/romance
lots of cool special effects
was the other film
we streamed from NetFlix
off the new AppleTV
it was fun
with
Demi Moore
David Duchovny
and
a cast of recognizable TV actors
Even tho we didnt go walking
here are two photos
from last weekend's waterfall walk
this stream
leads to this small water fall