There are no pics this week. Friday we are leaving to visit the Reeds, so look for some pics from that. The day after we get back, I am flying down to Florida to visit Mom. We’ll see when all this stuff gets posted.
Today is Pi Day. π = 3.14159265359 (approximately). Since today is 3/14/15, the date matches Pi when truncated to 5 digits. Or you can wait until 9:26:53 AM and match Pi to 10 digits. We decided to match just the 5 digits. We went to the Double T diner for breakfast and had pie for dessert. But we had a moment of silence at 9:26:53. At least, I’m pretty sure we did. It’s pretty quiet around here without kids. Some people say this good of a match for Pi only happens once a century. But to my way of thinking, 3/14/16 matches Pi when *rounded* to 5 digits, and it’s a lot closer to the actual value of Pi. So I’m sure we’ll be doing something extra special for Pi day next year.
Danita and I had our Hepatitis A shots in preparation for our China trip. I took to mine without trouble. Danita’s arm was sore for a couple of days. She took her shot in the left arm. That was unfortunate because she usually sleeps on her left side. I’m still waiting for my float switch to come in so I can set the sump alarm. Aparently it’s being shipped direct from China. We’ve had a lot of snow melt and quite a bit of rain starting late last night to boot. The ground is saturated, and our sump pump is kicking off every 2 minutes. I was able to determine the exact height I want the float switch. So things should move along quickly once the part comes in.
We had a SOCA party last night. It was such good fun, we’re having another one tomorrow. Tomorrow’s party is our St. Patrick’s Day dinner.
The weather’s improving and I’m getting some good rides in. I have some training to do, but I’m pleased with what I’ve done this week.
The ladies in the office decided to rearrange their office furniture. They don’t tend to think of the networking equipment as being very important, so they laid it on the floor. Unfortunately, that disturbed some of the connections and their network stopped working. They sent me Email, text, and phone call. For some reason, I didn’t hear my phone ring. I didn’t answer them for over an hour, when I reached my ride destination of Glenwood. It’s two more hours to get back home, and I wasn’t skipping lunch. Fixing the network wasn’t hard, but the equipment was still on the floor. I told them they had to do something to get it off the floor, and they ordered a file cabinet. It’s supposed to be in this week. We’ll see if it gets in before I start my grand travels.
Mom’s computer problems might be on-going, but mine are done. Lappy arrived about 9:30 Monday morning, and this time everything was working fine. It took me little time to get everything set up on Lappy; and to get the new HP Stream computer hooked up to use with the TV. I was pretty happy. I didn’t want to pay for an Microsoft Office license for the Stream, so I was using LibreOffice. It’s supposed to be a great package and compatible with Microsoft Office files. I found it was full of bugs. While it could read and write Office formats, there were plenty of differences. When I got Lappy back, I completely re-started one Word document because it was too hard to fix all the formatting problems.
Besides all the travel that starts next week, we’re looking forward to a presentation at the National Aquarium. An underwater wildlife photographer will be making a presentation. It should be fun.
That’s the news for this week. I hope this finds everybody doing well.