Thursday, May 15, 2025
Cleaned in the primary bathroom. Breakfast: I prepared for myself one small TJ's belgian waffle from frozen with salted butter and whipped cream from a can and blueberries; side of yogurt with golden raisins; hot water. Listed new items for sale. Tweaked configurations of automations and shortcuts on my iPhone 16 Pro. Because of early retirement, it's a lot harder for me to remember what day of the week it is, so I created automations and shortcuts so that my iPhone speaks the date each morning. Home maintenance: in the office (aka secondary bedroom) I cleaned sticky residue from all the door hinges then applied WD-40 to them to remove any remaining squeaks. In the secondary bath I applied more silicone sealant to seal three escutcheons. On the balcony I applied silicone sealant to small holes at the lower left corners of the sliding glass doors. I began using the new Savior Heat heated slippers. So far they work well, but there is a lot less structure and firmness. I thought at first that they might be slightly too small, but they seem to be okay. Spent about two hours with support for a service I am supposed to continue having after retiring from UCSF to resolve a problem in which logging in to their website resulted in an error message saying my account was suspended. However, today I can log in with no problem using the same login and password. Troubleshot problems with permissions problems for a network drive. Many of my Finder shortcuts disappeared in the process. Lunch with Patrick on the balcony: avocado tartine for Patrick, black forest ham and cheddar sandwich for me. Lots of trash management. Shopped online for drawer pulls. Later Sam came over for dinner: crispy turkey tacos with cotija, pickled red onions, and avocado. Afterwards Sam gave Patrick a ride to The Academy so that Patrick could attend a Sip and Draw session. After the session ended, I met him at Hi Tops but it was more crowded than we had wanted, so we left went home. Patrick went to bed. Late snack for me: one navel orange, hot water.