Still no sign of the kitty. The neighbor's large dogs (one of them is a pit bull) have been coming into my yard, going under the house, going into the barn, harassing my cows, and barking at stuff. My dogs bark at them from the safety of inside the house. I'm hoping there is a chance he'll come back, but realistically I know he probably won't return. There are venomous snakes, raccoons, wild boar, bobcats, & dogs out there in the woods. I keep going out and calling him in case he's still alive and can hear me.
Fatigue is hitting again today. I took my brother to get his toe surgery on Monday. The doctor said it was the hardest granuloma she'd ever seen. She cut it out and took a huge chunk of ingrown toenail as well. He'd been needing surgery for over a decade but couldn't find a place that took his insurance. The doctor only set up shop recently.
I got a really crappy printer from HP-- never buying their crap again after this. Claimed to have 6 months "free" ink. But you have to sign up for a "free trial" and then agree to a monthly "subscription" where they control how many papers you are allowed to print per month. There are limited rollovers. If you try to print more than allotted, it will stop you from printing, even if you already have the ink in the printer. In order to do wireless printing, you have to login online. The only way to bypass that is to buy a USB printer cable (which did not come with the printer) and hook it up directly to a computer to print-- which defeats the purpose of having wireless in the first place. It's also very slow.
I got Mom's state and federal taxes printed out but still need to use it to print my brother's taxes once Mom does them. But I will probably return this crappy thing. I don't want something that won't work when the internet is down. I talked to one of their CS agents and they told me that I just have to get better internet. I told them that is not possible and true to form, my internet went out during the chat. Their CS person took upwards of 5minutes to respond each time and didn't answer all of the questions. 5min for one and ignored several questions. By the time internet came back on, they were closed for the day.
My brother was initially scheduled to work this week because whoever does the schedule forgot that he told them over a month ago that he would be having toe surgery and need some days off. They re-worked the schedule though and he has the rest of the week off. He did have to swap shifts with someone on Monday and work on Sunday and then explained why he couldn't go in Tuesday. But fortunately, his boss actually cares about the well-being of employees and changed things so he could have recovery time. The company for the tech job will be losing their contract with the casino on May 6 and the company with the boss who is good to my brother will be taking over the contract. So he'll get better pay and be treated like a human being.
I'm still trying to find time when my best friend can come help work on the bathroom. I found some wooden slats for sale in Walmart clearance area. I might get more of them just in case. 75cents for a pack is not bad. I can use them as shims.
I thought my video card died last night, but apparently it needed to cool down. I hit the back of it with canned air (after shutting the computer off) and it worked again. Might need to get a new one in the future.
I'm also pondering places to put more storage in my bathroom. Thinking of putting up some shelves like in Mom's bathroom. I'm also thinking of moving the towel bar, but I'll see how things go. I started to think the towel bar would be better next to the toilet but I don't want to drip water on the toilet paper. I might raise it up a bit higher than it was and put it back in the old spot. I need to make room for the little plastic drawer thingy from Singapore and move the larger trash bin to a different location. I dump the smaller trash bin into the larger one when it gets full and then take the larger bag out when its full- which, I need to do tomorrow.
