It’s September 11 today. I commemorated it with business as usual. I’m not going to let the terrorists change my routine. I’m not going to give in to the fear. I’m not going to give in to the hate. Yes, in a quiet moment, I will commemorate the lives lost on that day. But I will also defy the terrorists. And sometimes, business as usual is the most defiant act you can do.
Live free or die.
So I’m now starting the last day of my vacation. What did I do? Absolutely nothing. I didn’t go anywhere. I was going to watch the Monday Night Football Doubleheader (which was the official reason why I took a couple of days off), but I overslept the first game, and I’m that big of a Raiders fan. I was going to watch some CPL T20 cricket (I even tried setting my DVR for the matches) but the listings on WillowTV are messed up, so I missed half the matches.
Well, I was semi-productive. A couple of weeks ago, I got PO’ed at my tower, so I wiped it and reinstalled Windows 10. And Sunday & Monday night, I finished reinstalling all of my games. BTW, that’s a real pain in the ass if you have Epic or Twitch, since the only way to reinstall them is to completely download them again. Over 300 gB’s worth… At least with Steam, Origin, Uplay, and Gog, there are ways to back everything up.
Oh, and I turned on my laptop today. First time in a couple of months. Mainly to run some updates, and to charge the battery…
I guess on my last vacation day I should do something tonight. After all, I still need to do my laundry…
Normally, may days off are Monday and Tuesday nights. But I decided I need some mental health time. In the past, I would've just called in and taken a sick day, but my boss had read me the riot act a couple of time over that, and I do value continued employment. But, I put in for a couple of days' vacation. Abs my request was approved. So I'm having a 4 day weekend. Officially I told my boss that I was taking the time off so I could watch the Monday Night Football doubleheader tomorrow. But I think I'll be watching more Caribbean Premier League T20 cricket than football. Abs then there's Battlebots. Ave there's also the Puyallup Fair, too. But I think I'll start it with a little bit of football before retiring...
So at the start of my weekend Monday morning, I realized that I was running out of insulin. Not normally that big of a deal. Ok, so yesterday morning (aka my evening), I jump on the bus and head to the Spanaway Wally World, and pick up another vial of Novolin R (type R insulin is an over-the-counter drug, but you have to go up to the pharmacy counter to get it, as it is a refrigerated item). So I make my purchase at the pharmacy, and then I decide to get a few items from grocery. I put the pharmacy bag in my shopping basket, and then get my items. Then I check out. Cashier bagged my items up, and I was off. Got on the bus, got home. And then I realized that I my insulin wasn’t bagged. After the customary string of profanity (standard procedure for situations like this). I realized that I had to have this insulin, so off to the bus stop again. I figured I would just buy another vial and just learn my lesson. Walked into the store, and walked by the checkstand that I used to checkout. And my basket was still there. Along with my bag from the pharmacy.
Lesson leaned: look twice before you leave the checkstand….
