My abysmally boring day.

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On Monday, I ordered one of these. It is the second gen version. I wasn't going to spend almost twice as much for something I might not end up liking.
Neither Lowe's nor The Home Depot had them in stock, but I was able to purchase this one online.
I immediately got an email with a tracking #, that said it should be here "by end of day on Wed, 1/6/21"   so... not wanting to become a victim of "Porch Pirates"... I spent most of the day yesterday watching the street out front and the FedEx website, tracking my package.
It said it was "In Austell (the next little town over) on the truck for delivery"
It said that all damned day.
Then just after dark, it changed to "by the end of day on 1/7/21"



A whole day of my life wasted.
So today, still waiting and watching the street (I cannot beLIEVE how my FedEx trucks go by here every day) I decided I was going to do some thing, before the afternoon rains set in.
I took boxes out to one of my outbuildings, making more room in here.
Monday, I stopped where a Thrift Store used to be, and now there is sort of a "discontinued/discount" store. Didn't find what I went in looking for, but I DID find some window blinds at about half what I'd have paid in the retail stores.
So I very precariously, and all alone on a 2 foot step ladder, installed ONE blind next to my bed

^Before

^After
It was very scary and concerning, as I now have an artificial hip, and a fall of any kind would have been disastrous.
I kept climbing down to check the website. and JUST as I did the last screw, when I checked it said the doorbell had been delivered some 20 min before.
I had signed up for text alerts, but I got nothing, and had I not checked, my damned doorbell would have been sitting on my stoop in the rain.
It took FOREVER to get the thing set up; the battery was almost dead, and charging via USB from my computer just wasn't cutting it, so I found an open phone charger.
While that was cooking, I got my printer finally set up

Pissed me off because I had to update the driver

There is a Canon Flat bed scanner buried under that clutter
I cooked a meal

^{This was actually yesterday, but I finished it tonight, and cooked some stewed tomatoes to go along with it}
And Ate It.
I got the doorbell charged and set up,

So all in all, it was a pretty rewarding and busy day, albeit cold and rainy, filled with dire chances.
I survived;

"My Abysmally Boring Day"

^by
Jerry E Smith
©1/7/2021
all images are mine

^{These .gifs were created for me by Hive account@coquiunlimited; many thanks}