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Things that go bump in the night
Nov. 3rd, 2014 10:00 amI have been slacking a bit on my updates. Last weekend I met some friends up in Richmond to go shopping for fall plants. I picked up a lime tree, a flowering quince, and a carnation. They drove me back home with all the purchases and stayed for a few board games.
During the week, I had some more appliance trouble. This one was definitely my fault. My dishwasher soap was running out, so I went to get the backup bottle, which I thought was the same kind. I started the machine and went to bed. When I got up in the morning, there were suds spilling out all over the floor. Turns out, the new bottle was meant for washing by hand, not by machine.
The dishwasher has a failsafe mechanism by which it shuts itself off if it detects any leakage. I had to call a repair guy to come and reset the machine so that it would run again. That was an expensive mistake. I'm just glad the wood floor wasn't damaged.
On Wednesday, we had a Halloween party at work and dressed the beagles in costumes during training. Benny was quite a spectacle as the Flash.
Speaking of work, there's going to be a new incoming flight starting in a few weeks that arrives very early in the morning, and they are authorizing overtime to bring in people to work it. I volunteered to cover it while I'm on the morning shift, which will mean leaving the house before 5am to get there in time. We'll see if management takes me up on that.
This weekend I went down to Palo Alto for a few more hours of gaming. It's a shame that the highway bus doesn't go there anymore; I always have to waste some time waiting for a transfer, making the trip even longer than it already is. I end up spending nearly as much time traveling as I do playing.
Sunday I went out shopping to stock up on groceries in preparation for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
megory coming to visit in a little over a week. Excitement for our pending excursion to Tokyo is building.
During the week, I had some more appliance trouble. This one was definitely my fault. My dishwasher soap was running out, so I went to get the backup bottle, which I thought was the same kind. I started the machine and went to bed. When I got up in the morning, there were suds spilling out all over the floor. Turns out, the new bottle was meant for washing by hand, not by machine.
The dishwasher has a failsafe mechanism by which it shuts itself off if it detects any leakage. I had to call a repair guy to come and reset the machine so that it would run again. That was an expensive mistake. I'm just glad the wood floor wasn't damaged.
On Wednesday, we had a Halloween party at work and dressed the beagles in costumes during training. Benny was quite a spectacle as the Flash.
Speaking of work, there's going to be a new incoming flight starting in a few weeks that arrives very early in the morning, and they are authorizing overtime to bring in people to work it. I volunteered to cover it while I'm on the morning shift, which will mean leaving the house before 5am to get there in time. We'll see if management takes me up on that.
This weekend I went down to Palo Alto for a few more hours of gaming. It's a shame that the highway bus doesn't go there anymore; I always have to waste some time waiting for a transfer, making the trip even longer than it already is. I end up spending nearly as much time traveling as I do playing.
Sunday I went out shopping to stock up on groceries in preparation for
megory coming to visit in a little over a week. Excitement for our pending excursion to Tokyo is building.
