Saturday, December 30, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, diced banana, golden raisins; hot water. I heard back from my webhosting provider about my DKIM problems, but based on their response I decided I would need to fix this problem on my own. So unhelpful. Continued troubleshooting DKIM problems. Did some cleaning in the bathroom. Lunch at home: Patrick had a toasted everything bagel with cream cheese and chive, I had Patrick's leftover fried rice from last night and added frozen vegetables and a baked breaded tilapia filet from frozen. Water to drink. Tried again to repair my Volt Heat Lava Boots, this time very carefully digging further in to the rubbery material with needle-nose pliers and an X-acto knife and finally found the connection point and successfully soldered the broken wire to the point and protected the exposed, newly-stripped wire with some shrink wrap tubing. Tested it, and it works! Stitched closed the opened fur lining, and it still works! So now I am back to using my first purchase of Lava Boots, and I have a backup pair and batteries when needed. Beneficiary payout paperwork and prep. Dinner at home with Patrick: chicken and sausage jambalaya, water. Patrick also had a glass of red wine. Continued troubleshooting DKIM problems. Afterwards we watched What If…? s2:e3 and s2:e4 on Disney+. Dessert for Patrick only: chocolate mini pretzels. I walked in place while we watched. Patrick went to bed. I amputagged and put into service new clothing from the boys department at Zara: ribbed socks in four colors, a fleeced knit hat, a jacquard knit infinity scarf, and a brown cashmere scarf. Prepped the new Samsung T7 SSD hard drive for service. It's so tiny! (Patrick said, "But in a few years you're going to say, 'It's so huge!'" and that's probably true.) Strangely, it would not mount on Patrick's computer, but it would on mine. So on my computer I partitioned it the way I wanted. I was then able to plug it into Patrick's computer and see it mount as expected. Began first Time Machine backup. It's extremely fast even on the USB A connection. (I ran out of USB C ports on the docking station.) Late snack: two mandarins, one Siete chocolate grain-free cookie.