Sunday, August 14, 2022
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, roasted slivered almonds, toasted shredded coconut, blueberries; water. Troubleshot more setup and config problems with Sonos: "There was a problem adding Alexa." I tried many things, including repeatedly power-cycling Sonos speakers and the router, logging out of all Amazon apps on my phone (I counted 5, but only 4 permitted logging out), disabling and reenabling the Sonos skill on the Alexa app, and I don't know how I resolved it, but I got it working again. A few hours later I decided to call it quits after more problems. We'd ask Alexa to play a playlist and she would agree to play it but no sound could be heard. The app would show the song playing—with seconds counting up—but we could not hear it from the speaker. The Sonos app on my iPhone and iPad frequently failed to connect or find the speakers even though they were successfully playing music on Spotify. Sometimes, while looking at the Sonos app, speakers would simply disappear or appear even though they could be seen in the Spotify app as Airplay speakers and even though they were audibly playing music. Submitted a request to return both Sonos speakers. Will be happy to get this extremely frustrating technology out of my life. Midmorning snack: heated slice of banana bread. Lunch: leftover quinoa-and-brown-rice spaghetti with onions, cabbage, and bacon mixed with ground turkey from the dan dan zoodles. Nap and rest due to poor sleep last night. Dinner at home with Patrick: turkey bolognese over creamy polenta, water. Patrick had a cocktail. We watched The Sandman s1:e2 on Netflix instant watch with microwave popcorn. Patrick also had a bowl of yogurt with honey and toasted shredded coconut. I washed dishes. We then watched about an hour of Dr. Jason Leong: Hashtag Blessed on Netflix instant watch. Patrick went to bed. I investigated Sonos alternatives. Updated my clothing measurements document and found that I am shrinking. Patrick made a loaf of whole wheat bread today. Recently we received our KitchenAid mixer back from the repair shop; it needed a cleaning and regreasing. Patrick has made only a few things so far since it has returned. I toasted a slice of bread then spread butter on it as a late snack. Water to drink.