Today I learned that moldy oranges smell like horseradish.
Status: On Time Again
Second day in a row: my boss is on vacation, and I manage to get to work on time — today, I was even early. And she didn’t see it. Ah, well.
Dear Connor: Year Eight
Dear Connor,
I’m going to be honest with you: it’s kind of rough being your Mom lately.
Except when it’s not, of course.
I guess I’ve been putting off finishing this post because, while I want to document and remember everything, your behavior and our reactions to it have been at the forefront of my mind lately, and I don’t want to taint this entire missive with my current frustration level. Overall, it’s been a really good year — it’s just in the past couple of months that things have kind of tanked, and I think I can see a light at the end of this behavior tunnel.
Chair Massage FTW
My work brings in licensed massage therapists on occasion, to give chair massages to the hunched-over, desk-bound masses. Today was the first time I took advantage of it — and it won’t be the last!
iPod Battery Replacement Number Two
It’s been 7½ years since this happened:
A few days ago, Aaron took a look at my old iPod Classic sitting on the speaker dock in the living room and noticed that its battery had swelled up so much as to bust the plastic clips on the case.
Yikes.
Luckily, replacement batteries are still available on Amazon — at about half the cost of seven years ago. I ordered a battery on Sunday evening (entirely paid for with Rewards Points from my Amazon Visa), and it arrived in the mail today.
Even though I should be in bed trying to fall asleep right now, I decided not only to try installing it — hey, Aaron did the hard part of getting the original battery unstuck from the case years ago — but I also decided to document the process, just because.
The battery had helpfully popped the case open for me, so I barely used the prying tools that came with the battery. That old battery is poofed up like a pillow. Eww.
Just to make sure I was doing it right, I pulled up a YouTube video on ye olde laptop to refresh my memory on the innards of my iPod. The only slightly tricky part this time around was getting the tiny ribbon cable in place and then locking it there.
But, hot damn, I did it!
The clips holding the front piece to the back piece really are busted, so we’ll have to be gentle with it from now on… but it works!
I’ve been meaning to refresh the music on this bad boy for literally years, so I guess now’s as good a time as any.
–Well, I mean, not RIGHT now. Right now, I need to get my ass up to bed. But I will do so with a righteous sense of accomplishment.