qndec2024

Today has been a pretty good day. (Except that it's my wife's birthday and she's on the other side of the world right now, and I miss her terribly.) I was able to gift myself my Christmas / birthday present, which I try to do every year unless I'm too broke. I upgraded my Sling.TV account to include their “sports package” so I can watch all the games carried by ESPN. And I ordered Christmas and birthday presents for the wife, they'll be waiting for her when she returns home next week.

posted Tuesday, Dec 31, 2024 at ~7:30 PM #QNDEC2024

Earlier today my new blood pressure monitor device arrived and I was able to take my reading. A good reading! The 1st reading I've taken in weeks that I'm confident about. The old device was failing badly, and I'm afraid my readings have often been inaccurate. And that's not good. I feel much better about things now.

posted Sunday, Dec 29, 2024 at ~2:54 PM #QNDEC2024

I followed three games in 3 different sports today on the radio: 1 college football bowl game, 1 women's college basketball game, and 1 NFL game. But my attention was mostly focused on a horror novel I'm reading.

posted Saturday, Dec 28, 2024 at ~8:50 PM #QNDEC2024

This Friday has presented me with some exciting football. Following the College Football Bowl Season has become a favorite part of my late Decembers in recent years. And this year I've been able to follow more games more closely than ever. Sweet.

posted Friday, Dec 27, 2024 at ~8:37 PM #QNDEC2024

Today I'm going to try to follow the radio feeds from 3 College Football Bowl games: 1.) Game Above Sports Bowl: Pittsburgh Panthers at Toledo Rockets at 1 PM, 2.) Rate Bowl: Rutgers Scarlet Knights at Kansas St. Wildcats at 4:30 PM and 3.) 68 Ventures Bowl: Arkansas St. Red Wolves at Bowling Green Falcons at 8 PM.

Yesterday I tried to follow 3 NFL games, but burned out near the end of the 2nd game. So I put on some music then and read until bedtime. The college games are usually more fun to follow than NFL games. We'll see how long I last today.

posted Thursday, Dec 26, 2024 at ~11:40 AM #QNDEC2024

Merry Christmas, everyone! I hope your day is going as well as mine. My day started at 05:00 with a happy video call from my wife who is visiting her family in the Philippines.

The bathroom scales were incredibly kind to me this morning. My current weight is much lower than it has been in decades! Successful dieting!

Entertainment today will be provided by my NFL+ app which will provide live radio play-by-play coverage of the day's 3 NFL games. (No, I won't be watching the games on Netflix, we don't subscribe to that platform in this house.)

posted Wednesday, Dec 25, 2024 at ~10:25 AM #QNDEC2024

03:30 seems to have become my default wake-up time. If I put head to pillow by 20:30 or 21:00, that gives me 6.5 or 7 hours of night time sleep. Matching that with a short midday nap gives me all the sleep I need. At least, that's how things have been working for the last few days.

posted Tuesday, Dec 24, 2024 at ~3:49 PM #QNDEC2024

Up early, I suppose. Woke at ~02:30 and thought I was just up with insomnia, but here I am at ~04:30, sitting in the living room, dressed for the morning, drinking coffee, and watching OAN News on TV, so I guess I'm up now for the day. At least the early part of it. As long as I can stay awake to take the brown garbage out to the curb for the Monday pickup, then I'll welcome a comfortable nap.

posted Monday, Dec 23, 2024 at ~4:33 AM #QNDEC2024

I consider this a pretty good day. Didn't get to every one of the chores I'd planned, but I surprised myself by successfully completing one that has remained undone for years. I got our Portal TV unit set up and running again. This will make video chatting so much more pleasant.

posted Sun. Dec. 2024 ~20:15 #QNDEC2024

Yesterday's yard work took its toll on my arthritic old self, leaving me with much more soreness than normal when I woke this morning. Fingers, hands, shoulders, and back were stiff and painful. So I considered this a recovery day and mostly rested. Tomorrow I may walk down to Stanley's Icehouse for a bit of exercise. We'll see how I feel tomorrow.

posted Saturday, Dec 21, 2024 at ~7:20 PM #QNDEC2024