Left work early to get stuff done. Got stuff done. I'm going to have to figure out Tu/Th swims, cause we might be losing a lane for lessons. Might be a crapshoot.
Got my annual jury summons, which is for when I am in B'ham with the boys. Can't really change that. Gonna have a fun time calling up the courts to figure out how to get it deferred. I have no idea how this'll go.
Man, P-C, can I bribe you with foodstuffs to negotiate with a Comcast robot on our behalf? We just keep getting hosed, and every time I try to get the bill down a little I'm told there's nothing they can do, that we won't be eligible for a lower bill until we've established a 12-month solid record of paying the higher bill without a single late payment. I asked the person, "So you'll bill me at a lower rate as soon as I can prove it's no hardship for me to pay the higher rate, but as long as it's a struggle it will continue to stay high?" and he said, "Yup."
Possibly my mistake was in dealing with a human instead of a robot.
Suzi, I take Abilify. What would you be taking it for, if you don't mind me asking?
(I get samples from my doctor, thus circumventing the paying-for-it issue for now.)
These?
Those. But fresh.
My boss started to ding me for something, telling me I need to get on his every email about this project right away, why hadn't I, and I checked my email and he'd never sent me anything. Turns out he was thinking of a different employee on a different project. Yet, he'd been thinking I messed up all day. I want a refund on the residual bad thoughts.
Possibly my mistake was in dealing with a human instead of a robot.
The robots always have better deals. Comcast told me to call them proactively about getting a new promotion after my current one ends, and the first thing the guy did was try to upsell me on a phone line and a bigger cable package. And when I said I didn't want to add anything, he offered to lower my cable by $20 and my Internet by $10 for a year. The robot gave me $25 off cable and $15 off cable for six months, which actually isn't that much more fantastic, but there may be better offers available in six months that make it worth it.
Indian grocery store?
I might give that a try, thanks.
Buying an el cheapo rice cooker has saved me from many pots of burned rice.
Wallybee's parents stayed with us for a month before Ryan was born, during which time they got to know our rice cooker. When they came back for Ryan's first year, they brought back a Chinese "THIS R SRS BIZNESS" rice cooker for us. I regard myself as well-served in the rice department.
I boil pasta the way I make rice (put the pasta in with whatever water and then boil it down until the pasta is done). With brown rice, I just use an excess of water and I boil it for ~20ish minutes then I drain the rice. Perfect.
However, I also use a rice cooker. In fact, I just got a new one. I wanted a zojirushi but got a similar model from Oster for a fraction of the price.
I use a steamer like this [link] for rice. It always comes out well and it doesn't matter if I forget about it. Plus it can be used for lots of other things, and I don't have the space or inclination for single use appliances.