Jerzei Collie's journal

Daylight Saving Time ended on Saturday night/Sunday morning, giving everyone on the cruise an extra hour to do whatever they wanted. My cell phone was in airplane mode, so the 6:30 alarm I set actually went off at 5:30.

Since my leg was still hurting, I used a wheelchair to get off the ship, as well as wheelchairs to get through the airports. It was snowing like crazy between Denver and Colorado Springs. At home, I didn't feel like struggling with my luggage and my bad leg. I drove to the hospital where the staff took X-rays and gave me some stronger meds. One good thing is that no broken bones were found, though the doctor said more X-rays may be needed if the pain continues after a week or more. I need to contact my regular doctor to have more tests done, including an MRI on my leg muscles and joints.

I had gone several months without getting any robocalls, but they've started up again. Now I get a call every few hours. My voicemail message starts with the "disconnected" tones, which stops some of the automated systems from calling back. The voicemail system also blocks several numbers it identifies as spam.

I am typing this entry on my cell phone because my internet went out on Saturday afternoon. CenturyLink estimates that it won't be back online until Sunday morning.

I went to a meetup at the wine bar above the La Baguette bakery. The lot behind the building used to have free parking, but drivers now have to pay to park. Someone in my group ordered a pot of fondue to share. I also ordered a mozzarella salad and a slice of almond cake.

My faster internet is now installed. I now get 100 Mbps on my cell phone. My laptop only registers 30-38 Mbps, but that's more than twice the speed I had before.

I upgraded the seats on my flights to and from Pittsburgh. This basically doubled the total cost, but having a wider seat and better food options is worth it.

I got an e-mail from the airline later saying my purchase was being refunded. I was worried the First Class seats weren't available. Thankfully, the refund is for my initial upgrade to Economy Plus.

I have around 600 miles to go before my car is due for its next oil change. I'll take care of that before Furry Fiesta since the trip to Dallas is about 735 miles each way.

I'll save a lot of money the next time I have to fill up my car's gas tank. My phone's Upside app offered a 30 cents-per-gallon cash back offer for buying at least $10 worth of food at certain restaurants. I went to Jack In The Box for lunch today and got their chicken teriyaki bowl.

I plan to buy a few breakfast items on the way to TFF to both save money and make sure I'm actually eating a good-sized meal. I'll get some English muffins, Kraft Singles and pre-cooked bacon. I can pack them in my mini-cooler until I can put them in the hotel room fridge. I have some Cream of Wheat cups I can bring from home as well.

The text I got yesterday was definitely a scam, because I got the same message from another out-of-state number today.

I ordered some Panda Express to pick up later for dinner.

Since FWA is going on, I put a song from Atlanta-based R&B group 112 (One-Twelve) in the playlist for the last hour of Sunday's show.

While making deliveries this week, I discovered a second Whataburger location is about to be built near Dublin and Powers Blvd. That's much closer to my home.

I thought the Get Upside app had been removed from my phone. Its name was just shortened to Upside, making it appear later in my list of apps.

I'm slow-cooking some spaghetti and meatballs for dinner tonight and tomorrow.

Snow should begin falling overnight, so I'll be sure to leave home earlier to do a catering delivery. I wrote down the basic information about the delivery in case my app decides to stop working again.

My singles group is meeting at Chili's tomorrow for National Margarita Day.

I was unable to get into the church where my OA meeting is held on Monday night. I don't know if the combination for the key lockbox was changed or if I couldn't get the box to open. For some reason, my cell phone had trouble getting a signal to call someone for help.

"Toilet sake, toilet sake, hoy hoy hoy!"

I had a couple shots of my American Standard sake during tonight's Avian Invasion stream.

JaSonic let me know that Boomer was replaying my music show from September 19 on AM 690. I had to listen on my cell phone because a citywide internet outage from CenturyLink prevented me from using my laptop's wifi. The wifi came back on a few minutes ago.

I still can't park in my space until at least Sunday. I was able to park along the street just outside the community tonight, so I don't have to walk as far to get to it.

I'll be filling in for the Rabbit Hole again. I'll be playing many of the songs I originally planned for the last show, but had to cut due to time.