I continue to be excited that my fancy thermostat actually works! And the app part is kind of amazing. I had the full auto settings in play for the first time today, and it was all too hot, so I just used my phone to adjust it for tomorrow!

What kind is it, Jesse. I know Brendon got a new one but it isn't installed yet. He was saying something about motion detection and it adjusting when we weren't moving around or some such.

This is LUX, and I got it because it was no more than $20 (I forget exactly) thanks to an offer from my power company. It wanted to do an automatic thing when I'm a certain distance away, but I declined the offer to have one more company tracking my location!

We put in a programmable thermostat 10 years ago, and at the time, it felt totally cutting edge, because we could program it to turn the heat down before bedtime and down while we were at work, and then turn it back up 20 minutes before we got home. Magic! But we can't control it with an app (it predates the thermostats that work with apps), and I kind of want that. Except -- since I work from home, the thermostat stays the same all day until bedtime, so there's no point in swapping it out.

It runs with an app, but I can't really let it be too warm in here when I'm not home because of the dog.

I had the full auto settings in play for the first time today, and it was all too hot, so I just used my phone to adjust it for tomorrow!

I love this about my Nest!

Woohoo successful thermostat installation!

I am having a problem with my brain being missing today. Maybe more coffee will help.

We put in a programmable thermostat 10 years ago, and at the time, it felt totally cutting edge, because we could program it to turn the heat down before bedtime and down while we were at work, and then turn it back up 20 minutes before we got home.

Yeah, until now I've just had a dial on the wall, so who knows what I was even setting it for!

I wish I could have fancy thermostat adjusting but I have weird heating. Though actually I think my friend I'm staying with right now has a fancy thermostat...though I'm not sure the heat is actually connected to the room I'm staying in (luckily I like to sleep cold?)

I'm deep diving into some blogs and journal articles to figure out if I should still be on opioids—am I a wimp or am I trying too hard to tough it out? I have no idea!! I am down to about 4 pills a day but yesterday tried to go to theee and that felt like a mistake (ow). But that also means I will run out just before my appointment. Fortuitous timing, or will they refuse a refill? No idea.

But in reading articles, one noted that most places in the world prescribe a lot less opioids. And did a study and said part of the opioid use was associated with state of mind—people who were having panicked thoughts and catastrophic thinking were likely to use more opioids. Which...I wanted to say "well SURE the people in the Netherlands had less panic, they have universal healthcare and probably a lot more support post-op in terms of therapy and assistance. Here people are worrying about losing their job and running out of money and hospital bills!!"

I don't know anything about anything, but were you replacing the opioids with other painkillers, or trying to replace them with gritting it out? (Also, my browser doesn't know the word opioid??)