Travel
I wasted a lot of time today - first of all I spent over 28 minutes on hold trying to reach Office of Personnel Mgmt to make a change in my tax withholding. I finally got tired of holding on and hung up, going to their website to make the change. Since I don't do things on websites if I can talk to a human on the phone, I hadn't used my web account in so long the password had expired. I emailed asking them to issue me a new password and got a prompt automated reply informing me that they had to check and verify my information after which they would mail a new password to me. Estimated time was over 15 days.
This afternoon I decided to try again. This time I got an automated message telling me that the wait time was about 32 minutes, so I decided to just hold on. I made my lunch and ate it while waiting, wondering what I would do if someone answered while I was chewing a mouthful of sandwich. But I finished lunch and I think I waited a total of less than 30 minutes to speak with someone. The person was extremely pleasant and took care of my request very quickly. I'm so glad I called back and got that taken care of. I can't complain about waiting 30 minutes (twice) when I think about the patients waiting months at some VA hospitals. (Not all VA hospitals are like that - my brother in Cincinnati can't say good enough about the VA he goes to, and I think my brother in Milwaukee also gets good and prompt service.)
This morning I sat down with my computer on my lap and a big big mug of coffee in my hand, when I dropped the full mug of coffee. It went everywhere except on my computer, and I spent a lot of time moving furniture around trying to mop up all the coffee, I probably still didn't get it all. That was another time waster.
The library sent me a notice that a book I had requested at least 6 months ago had finally arrived. It is "What Makes Olga Run", the story of a woman in her 90's who started training in her 80's, and is still setting a lot records in many events. She holds more than 23 World Records in Track and Field events. She has no women in her age category to compete against, so she has to enter events with much younger women or with men in their 90's. I didn't realize there were so many older folks , men and women, who could probably put most seniors to shame. I have never liked running and won't start it now, but I will do my workouts at the gym with renewed energy and vigor as I read Olga's story. I believe Olga is from Canada - maybe there is something in the water up there?
- Weather Woes!
Poor Ara, went to the airport last night and was told the flight had been delayed until this morning. Today's flight left, but there was a delay of several hours in Houston; I haven't heard if it finally departed, but I hope she is home...
- Not Feeling Well
I have done very little today except go to the post office and mail a package. I woke up early feeling very queasy. I sipped a bit of water and was in and out of bed - standing in the hallway by the bathroom, taking deep breaths, and trying...
- Odds And Ends
I had to get up so early yesterday morning for my 7:40 appt. with the dentist, that I'm being super lazy this morning to make up for it. Actually I'm trying to finalize things for travel next week, and I've spent the entire morning doing...
- Lazy!
I have really been lazy today - reading most of the time. The library has a reading program each summer and you get something if you complete the reading and activity requirements. I'm not sure what the the prize is this year, but one...
- Waiting
The AT&T installer was scheduled to be here between 11 and 1:00, and it's now 1pm. I just got a call from him saying he'd be here in about 20 minutes. But I didn't have anything else to do today, did I. So now he has been here...
Travel
Wasting Time
I wasted a lot of time today - first of all I spent over 28 minutes on hold trying to reach Office of Personnel Mgmt to make a change in my tax withholding. I finally got tired of holding on and hung up, going to their website to make the change. Since I don't do things on websites if I can talk to a human on the phone, I hadn't used my web account in so long the password had expired. I emailed asking them to issue me a new password and got a prompt automated reply informing me that they had to check and verify my information after which they would mail a new password to me. Estimated time was over 15 days.
This afternoon I decided to try again. This time I got an automated message telling me that the wait time was about 32 minutes, so I decided to just hold on. I made my lunch and ate it while waiting, wondering what I would do if someone answered while I was chewing a mouthful of sandwich. But I finished lunch and I think I waited a total of less than 30 minutes to speak with someone. The person was extremely pleasant and took care of my request very quickly. I'm so glad I called back and got that taken care of. I can't complain about waiting 30 minutes (twice) when I think about the patients waiting months at some VA hospitals. (Not all VA hospitals are like that - my brother in Cincinnati can't say good enough about the VA he goes to, and I think my brother in Milwaukee also gets good and prompt service.)
This morning I sat down with my computer on my lap and a big big mug of coffee in my hand, when I dropped the full mug of coffee. It went everywhere except on my computer, and I spent a lot of time moving furniture around trying to mop up all the coffee, I probably still didn't get it all. That was another time waster.
The library sent me a notice that a book I had requested at least 6 months ago had finally arrived. It is "What Makes Olga Run", the story of a woman in her 90's who started training in her 80's, and is still setting a lot records in many events. She holds more than 23 World Records in Track and Field events. She has no women in her age category to compete against, so she has to enter events with much younger women or with men in their 90's. I didn't realize there were so many older folks , men and women, who could probably put most seniors to shame. I have never liked running and won't start it now, but I will do my workouts at the gym with renewed energy and vigor as I read Olga's story. I believe Olga is from Canada - maybe there is something in the water up there?
- Weather Woes!
Poor Ara, went to the airport last night and was told the flight had been delayed until this morning. Today's flight left, but there was a delay of several hours in Houston; I haven't heard if it finally departed, but I hope she is home...
- Not Feeling Well
I have done very little today except go to the post office and mail a package. I woke up early feeling very queasy. I sipped a bit of water and was in and out of bed - standing in the hallway by the bathroom, taking deep breaths, and trying...
- Odds And Ends
I had to get up so early yesterday morning for my 7:40 appt. with the dentist, that I'm being super lazy this morning to make up for it. Actually I'm trying to finalize things for travel next week, and I've spent the entire morning doing...
- Lazy!
I have really been lazy today - reading most of the time. The library has a reading program each summer and you get something if you complete the reading and activity requirements. I'm not sure what the the prize is this year, but one...
- Waiting
The AT&T installer was scheduled to be here between 11 and 1:00, and it's now 1pm. I just got a call from him saying he'd be here in about 20 minutes. But I didn't have anything else to do today, did I. So now he has been here...