Monday

Yay, we've got the dumpster. And it's in the right spot.

I'm down to a size 16 from a 16W. This causes a problem for the Kauai trip because all my shorts and most of my jeans are 16W. (It's a good problem to have though.) I'm looking at relatively cheap used jeans and shorts. Bought some, although I don't want to get a lot because I'm planning to lose more weight.

The management company for the Urbana house sent me a letter asking if I was going to renew my lease. The deadline had passed, but I just got it forwarded to me, so I emailed them. I also got my SkyMiles bank account password fixed.

I asked Dad if hiking boots would help on the Hawaii mud that's as slippery as soap. He said that he didn't think that they would help, but an online site pointed out that you probably don't want to get mud on your nice gym shoes (good point!), so I bought some hiking boots. They also suggested hiking poles for stability, so I'm looking for some that contract small. Okay, bought some.

Took a nap and slept through until morning. Oh crud, I didn't get the garbage out (done).

Refurbished iPhone?

Bought a few more pairs of 16P jeans. Paid my Comcast bill (in Urbana). Got laundry going. Requested that my CVS prescriptions be sent to me.

I seem to be losing weight around my middle, which is good because it's the "bad" fat, but I haven't lost much weight off of my boobs. Size XL jackets are still not fitting well. Oh well.

My second monitor for work wasn't working. I unplugged and replugged in the cable, nothing. Finally, I turned the docking station off and on--and it came up. It's going to be a weird day.

I added a flight to my Italy trip, but the debit card wouldn't let me pay the whole amount remaining for the trip. So I'm doing $2000 at a time. Kind of a pain, but whatever.

I've got two TaskRabbit guys coming on Friday to get the table, move the stepper downstairs, and put garbage in the dumpster.

I started looking at a trip to Colorado. Damn, hotels in Denver are expensive. Found a couple that might work. Now I'm trying to figure out what to do in Denver. I found a hotel in Glenwood Springs, the town that I liked.

The bad dumpster company is offering me one-half what I paid back. I think that it's the best that I'm going to get from them, but I'm not going to say that to them.

I looked into Comcast as a mobile provider, but someone said that they use Verizon towers and that Verizon throttles data access. Hmm. As I recall, though, AT&T didn't have great coverage here. Comcast does have a good price and international access for $10/day. I might give them a shot. I talked to them, and they would have to ship the phone to Illinois. Bah. Hmm. I can get a refurbished unlocked iPhone 14 for a good price on eBay. I need to think about this. I sent an email to Erik to get his take.

I started going through books in the plant room, which is the fun part of my homework. I got quite a stack because Mom had a bunch of picture books about Italy and Provence.

Headache. Need to lie down for a while. Couldn't sleep.

Hmm. If I want to write my app (my independent study project for next summer) for the iPhone instead of Android, I'd need a MacBook. The fun never stops. It might make more sense to get a cheap Android phone to test the app.

I think that I'm going to put laundry in the dryer and go to bed.