After my late evening napping session yesterday, into the midnight hour I was again up and soon at work here at my computer. In the main I was supplying content into the post I have under development at one of my two hosted websites, but I could have added more than I did if only I could manage not to allow myself to get distracted.
I believe that it was shortly after 2:30 a.m. when my wife arrived home. Her eldest son was still up, so she had the 26-year-old to discourse with awhile. But even after she came upstairs, she and I never said aught to one another.
I tend to take my cue from her. If she cares not to venture discourse with me, then I usually withdraw from her. Such is our sorry marriage.
I don't exactly recall now, but I think that I may have finally returned to bed toward 5 a.m. Yet my morning began shortly after 8:30 a.m. when I came here to my computer in the small room next to my bedroom. My younger brother was already downstairs with the T.V., but he was involved with his usual Friday morning laundry.
I remained upstairs until nearly 10 a.m. before going downstairs to boil water for a black instant coffee; and then with that unsweetened drink in hand, I joined my brother with the intention of watching a movie via our Android TV Box.
Alas, the movie I selected turned out to be one that he had already seen, and I didn't have a backup in mind. Consequently, we were to watch some other fare, most of which was of negligible value. This was to take us to almost 1:10 p.m. at which point my brother went upstairs to his bedroom ─ I thought he meant to rest ere readying himself to head away for the afternoon to end up drinking somewhere.
I was wrong, though. Instead of resting, he apparently began readying straightaway and soon bade me a goodbye.
That was about all that I had gotten from my wife earlier when she left for work just after 11 a.m. Normally that is her start time at the Thai restaurant where she works part-time (Fridays are usually her regular full day), so I can only suspect that she was going to be late.
She had come downstairs around 10:30 a.m. or a little later, issuing a general good morning to my brother and I as we sat watching T.V.; but I was alone in the living room when she left, so I expect that she felt obliged to say a quiet goodbye as she headed for the front door.
Yes, it affected me; but the sensitivity wore off fast enough as T.V. offered its distractions.
In the mid-afternoon I suffered a different setback of my own making that I shall not deign to speak of, but it delayed me from a much needed nap until just after 5 p.m. This was far too late, and I knew that it was going to result in a loss of the scheduled exercise session that I had planned to tackle. After all, I was not to rise from my nap until after 6 p.m. feeling far from refreshed.
I have just finished the hot caffeinated beverage that I felt to be necessary, but it is not yet an hour since I rose from that nap, and I still feel stuffed from my day's first meal in the mid-afternoon. As a result, my supper is only going to be comprised of some extra old cheddar cheese, and maybe a whole large organic orange ─ along with a quantity of nutritional supplements, of course.
I feel too uncomfortably full to exercise, so I will not. What I do feel like is having a couple or so cans of strong (8% alcohol) beer while I watch a Christmas movie here at my computer. I had tried to watch the same movie a couple of days ago on T.V. using our Android TV Box, but the only sources for it that I located were not yielding the movie.
So I searched for an online source for it just prior to starting this post, and I seem to have found one.
And with that said, I want to get this post finished so that I can watch the feature and have at those beers to help remove my distaste for my earlier misconduct.
As for supper, I will first get the cheese and the orange to have here at my computer, for I want to eat ahead of 8 p.m. and it is already 7 p.m. as I type these words. I intermittently fast, so I won't be taking in any further calories (apart from the beer) until early tomorrow afternoon.
I have very early morning plans for tomorrow ─ I want to visit the Walmart about a mile from here as soon after its 7 a.m. opening as I possibly can. I do not drive, so I will be walking. For several weeks I have been considering ordering some heavy duty Wrangler jeans online, for I know of nowhere anywhere near me where I can purchase any.
Unfortunately, the reviews I see in Amazon.ca for any of the jeans invariably include negative ones disparaging the quality of the jeans as being substandard, or else the sizes are completely wrong.
Since it seems that I am unlikely to find the true quality Wrangler brand online ─ it would be chancy ─ I might as well just go and shop for jeans at Walmart and hope that I can find a few of any brand that are not expensive and that are the '34 waist - 34 leg' size that I will be seeking.
The last thing I want to mention is my disappointment with a Canadian website purporting to issue money relating to a class action lawsuit against Microsoft. Two key statements concerning the Microsoft products that would qualify a Canadian for any money are as follows:
Proof of purchase or additional verification is not required if your total claim under this Part is for $250.00 CAD or less (required if more than $250.00 CAD).
Complete the form below for each of the eligible Microsoft products listed below that you purchased between December 23, 1998 and March 11, 2010 (inclusive). Include any software pre-loaded on a PC that you purchased during this time period.
Well, in my case, I bought my first computer in January 2000, and I believe that it was loaded with Windows 98. My next computer ─ whose date of purchase now escapes me ─ was loaded with Windows XP. Both products qualify.
But then things got complicated as I progressed along with the online claim form.
I still have both computers stored away, but one of them no longer has its memory ─ I removed that memory stick or whatever one would call it ─ 64M SDRAM.
Mind, I still do have that piece of memory, but I would hate to have to try and reinstall it into the computer just to fire it up in order to access its basics or specifics (specs).
Other complications are that I now have no idea where it was that I bought the January 2000 computer, nor even the second machine.
I made a weak bid to at least claim the first computer, but after struggling through the questions, I discovered that all its Windows 98 would be worth to me as a reimbursement would be a measly $13 ─ and that would be only if I responded adequately to all of the required questions.
So the Windows XP would likely only be worth another $13, but I just didn't have the heart to bother to find out ─ I had wasted enough time trying to figure out what to say concerning the first computer.
The reimbursements are simply too complicated for this 71-year-old. Heck, I don't even remember what other Microsoft products either computer might have come supplied with.
Might you be in a better position to lay a claim for your share of the class action lawsuit?
Your Old Software Owes You Money
Did you buy PC versions of Microsoft MS-DOS, Windows, Office, Word, Works, and/or Excel between 1998 and 2010 for use in Canada? If so, you might be eligible for compensation.
Make a claim to get up to $250 cash for individual licenses or get up to $650 in vouchers for Volume Licenses without proof of purchase.
If you think so, then go here: ThatSuiteMoney.ca.
I gave up.
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