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==Plans==
==Plans==
* Guess we need to do a Costco run today? Eggs seem to be the main thing...
* Guess we need to do a Costco run today? Eggs seem to be the main thing...
* Hopefully I will feel motivated again at some point to resume trying to use the big snake. Probably shouldn't do it before we've done the dishes, though... but then I don't know if I'd want to do it while the dishwasher is running, because that might randomly dump a bunch of water out which I'd have to catch in a bucket or something. Maybe just wait until that's done.
* Hopefully I will feel motivated again at some point to resume trying to use the big snake. Probably shouldn't do it before we've done the dishes, though... but then I don't know if I'd want to do it while the dishwasher is running, because that might randomly dump a bunch of water out which I'd have to catch in a bucket or something. Maybe just wait until that's done.
** Turns out Harena wasn't running the dishwasher today, so I just needed to wait until everyone was done making breakfast.
* (Kestracel postponed.)
* (Kestracel postponed.)
* The check actually did deposit, finally -- so need to pay taxes.
* The check actually did deposit, finally -- so need to pay taxes.
** The Liberapay donations for TootCat also came in -- a lot less than December, but still a good increase from pre-Twitterfall. Between that and Patreon, my Digital Ocean bill is covered and then a bit more. (Still, scaling back DigOc operations in some way would probably be good.)
* Need to arrange to pick up regular monthly check which normally would have happened on the 1st, because I'll need to start paying regular bills on the 5th.
* Need to arrange to pick up regular monthly check which normally would have happened on the 1st, because I'll need to start paying regular bills on the 5th.
==Actuality==
* Paid taxes. Yay.
* Replaced Costco run with an emergency Food Lion run (mainly eggs, but I also got peanuts).
* Got H's new-used Win10 PC (dropped off by Reddawg99 2 nights ago in a surprise visit) set up.
* And then there was the plumbing.
===The PC===
For {{l/inv|RD9901|eventual inventorying}}:
<gallery>
File:20230103_121145.Windows key.crop.jpg
File:20230103_121226.jpg
File:20230103_121235.jpg
File:20230103_131838.win10pc front.crop.jpg
</gallery>
===The Plumbing===
<gallery mode=packed>
File:20230103_135811.jpg | about to snake the kitchen drain
File:20230103_140708.jpg | U-joint thingy removed; dunno why the white L-shaped pipe can't be removed too, but I didn't want to break anything
File:20230103_150734.jpg | Unfortunately, the snake just went up the standpipe. This is what happened last time.
File:20230103_152213.jpg | ...and got tangled up in vines, so I had to climb up to untangle it.
File:20230103_152223.jpg | [https://toot.cat/@woozle/109627238274003473 It's a long way down.]
File:20230103_152519.jpg | Right next to the power mains, too. So convenient. I only accidentally touched it ''once''!
File:20230103_152523.jpg | At least the base of the ladder is on a firm surface, for a change.
File:20230103_152628.jpg | This is fine. (I climbed down and moved it... closer to the power line, of course.)
File:20230103_152914.jpg | christmas cactus blooming in the window -- clearly we need a ChristmasCactusCam to keep an eye on it
</gallery>
....and then I tried [https://toot.cat/@woozle/109627713309910180 going in through the laundry room drain], but apparently the snake has some kind of tangle inside the barrel, so I couldn't use the full length. I can't decide if it's worth trying the shorter, manual snake there... may do it anyway, just to be thorough, but only if I have the energy. This took most of the day, and required multiple pauses to rest. I was afraid for a bit that I'd overdone it and was going to get a headache; it feels a bit less like that now, but overnight will be the real test.

Latest revision as of 21:56, 4 January 2023

Tuesday, January 3, 2023 (#3)
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this evening's moon: slightly foggy, with occluding branches

Plans

  • Guess we need to do a Costco run today? Eggs seem to be the main thing...
  • Hopefully I will feel motivated again at some point to resume trying to use the big snake. Probably shouldn't do it before we've done the dishes, though... but then I don't know if I'd want to do it while the dishwasher is running, because that might randomly dump a bunch of water out which I'd have to catch in a bucket or something. Maybe just wait until that's done.
    • Turns out Harena wasn't running the dishwasher today, so I just needed to wait until everyone was done making breakfast.
  • (Kestracel postponed.)
  • The check actually did deposit, finally -- so need to pay taxes.
    • The Liberapay donations for TootCat also came in -- a lot less than December, but still a good increase from pre-Twitterfall. Between that and Patreon, my Digital Ocean bill is covered and then a bit more. (Still, scaling back DigOc operations in some way would probably be good.)
  • Need to arrange to pick up regular monthly check which normally would have happened on the 1st, because I'll need to start paying regular bills on the 5th.

Actuality

  • Paid taxes. Yay.
  • Replaced Costco run with an emergency Food Lion run (mainly eggs, but I also got peanuts).
  • Got H's new-used Win10 PC (dropped off by Reddawg99 2 nights ago in a surprise visit) set up.
  • And then there was the plumbing.

The PC

For eventual inventorying:

The Plumbing

....and then I tried going in through the laundry room drain, but apparently the snake has some kind of tangle inside the barrel, so I couldn't use the full length. I can't decide if it's worth trying the shorter, manual snake there... may do it anyway, just to be thorough, but only if I have the energy. This took most of the day, and required multiple pauses to rest. I was afraid for a bit that I'd overdone it and was going to get a headache; it feels a bit less like that now, but overnight will be the real test.