Quiet Friday

My coughing and sneezing reached a level that caused me to slow down. I was tired, if not exhausted. The endless coughing and wheezing made it challenging to rest. However, I discovered that ibuprofen stopped the coughing and cleared my head. I was mainly suffering from irritation from coughing. Armed with a solution, I soon nodded off, watching old season 10 Classic Doctor Who in my comfy chair. I was able to sleep well Saturday night.

The day was dull. I rose at 7ish and started on the blog with liberal (Fair Trade certified) and a banana for breakfast. The coughing was endless, and soon, I contacted the Kia dealership and rescheduled my test drive. I have not heard from Volkswagen (VW) about their offer. I have found essential emails again in Junk, meaning I might have missed it. I finished (for me) a brief blog entry for Thursday. I dressed in a dress shirt and sweater vest (still thinking I was going car shopping when I dressed).

Volvo contacted me with a revised bill of $2,405.44. I will pay that off on Monday. With Volvo failing like this, I will be headed to a cheaper (Volvo wanting $75-$100K for a new car) and warrantied vehicle. With Volvo now laying the computer and wiring harness on the floor (thus, a leak now does $10K of water intrusion damage and is not covered by standard insurance), I will not be back to Volvo.

I did step out to Walgreens and got masks (I am out) and a COVID-19 test. I had tried to take a test and needed more coffee, but I put the drops in the wrong place, and so I blew the test. I redid the test, and it was negative. Yup, it’s just a regular coughing thing. I have never been positive for COVID-19 and had every f**king shot and kept all my inoculations current (there is proof from real science, opposite of the crazy ones, that inoculations actually cover more and make you healthier).

I read and completed Charles Stross’s A Conventional Boy: A Laundry Files Novel. The story is about a Dungeon Master mixed up in Lovecraftian horror (the character appears in some stories, meaning this is a retelling of the character’s start), which I enjoyed. There was also a set of short stories about the hero of the early books, Bob, and that made me happy to read more stories about Bob. I thought Mr. Stross had found his voice again, and I enjoyed this one (the previous ones were good but focused on new characters).

I ordered, Dondrea convincing me to rest for the day, local Chinese-styled food for lunch. The soup helped, and I did not realize how hungry I was. I would finish the fried pork rice for dinner (I have to be careful with rice as it becomes sugar fast). I read, rested, and watched more Doctor Who, switching to season 11 and some random starting storyline that was not bad. These shows are about twenty-five minutes long with a cliffhanger at the end to get the viewer to want to see the next one from the days when they for the days of ‘see or miss it’ TV. The hand puppets of dinosaurs were embarrassingly bad. The SciFi sliding doors were always fun as we know they are manual, and a few times, they were slower than expected. A few scenes clearly filled time with an expensive shot (The Doctor driving a Landrover, for example, with the camera on his face). Definitely an acquired taste and brain cookies.

With the coughing abating, I did some church paperwork and sent the results to Dondrea, Michael R, and Ken, who attended the meeting. This will be input for the alignment meeting on Saturday with the church members and leadership who do committees.

Soon, with less coughing, I read and fell asleep, only waking just before my 6:30 it-is-too-f**king-early-on-a-Satrurday alarm. Thanks for reading.