Though I have to say there wasn’t much space to celebrate. But hey, 66!
In a less than ideal move my husband had scheduled a check-up with his doctor that morning where he was supposed to come in with an empty stomach, so he only had breakfast afterwards. On the bright side everything looks fine and he even got another vaccination out of the way.
So I ate cake alone while reading. I did manage morning pages, yoga and meditation but not anything book-related. While I was eating cake I got a call from my husband’s aunt on my cellphone. She wanted to know when would be a good time to call him. I managed to be polite and not say, „Never. Because he hates talking on the phone.“ Instead I told her he’d call her back.
And when he tried doing just that it turned out that – our phone wasn’t working. I re-downloaded the app for the router. I checked the phone. I connected my laptop and checked the settings on the router. I checked the app from the phone company. I tried VoIP over wifi. The internet connection was working but I couldn’t make or receive phone calls. Neither from our landline phone nor through wifi on my cell.
I started a diagnostics routine through the phone company app – nothing. Restarted the router – also nothing. Tried everything again. Researched routers and got very confused because none of the newer models said anything about VoIP. Ordered a new router. Noticed that the light on the phone was blinking that said there were new messages. Saw that my cellphone showed a missed call from the landline.
So. Phone was working again.
I canceled the router that I had ordered. I wasn’t sure about the model anyway.
And then I had to get a move on to make it to the health food store before I had to order lunch. Only when I picked up my cellphone to call the restaurant did I realize that I would have a real problem if I were wrong about the phone. I used the cellphone to use the landline because I have the restaurant’s number in there. I called, it rang – victory. The server picked up, it was very loud on their end, I said hello and they didn’t hear me. Twice. I looked at the cellphone and it turned out I needed to give the phone app permission to use the microphone. Now the server could hear me but it was still so loud on their end that I had to repeat every single word and to spell my name twice. Fun! But hey, food:
I also had fried noodles with chicken:
After lunch there wasn’t much time for a break before teaching started.
I had a long break between students but couldn’t really use it because I thought it would be shorter and the student who canceled only told me they wouldn’t come when their lesson should already have started.
After teaching the boy and I did bodyweight training. When we were finished my husband was also done with teaching for the day and opened a bottle of champagne to celebrate. Then each of us reheated takeout leftovers for dinner and that was basically it.
Today will be another full day but hopefully not quite as chaotic.
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