2022

 

Mystery cartoons

So right now my phone is the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra, and I use a folio case. The cover has a little window that can show a clock or whatever. I typically just keep it on the clock because who cares.

Until they showed up.

I closed the case late one Friday night, about to go to sleep when a little cartoon vegetable popped up. A little carrot peeked up from the bottom, then bounced on screen. I opened and closed it again, and it was replaced by a leek wearing a headband. Then an eggplant tossing a hat on its butt. Then a tomato wearing a sombrero. Then a fuzzy blue thing that just bounced up and down.

I'd show you, but my only camera is on my phone, and I'd have to get another camera (or phone) to do this, and that's oddly more difficult that it sounds.

I've tried finding out what they are and where they came from, but I've found nothing at all. Nothing in the settings yielded any information. No internet search revealed a clue.

For now, I have a bunch of random veggies dancing on my lock screen.

Lights and computers

We've been making changes at work, which is about the only thing that stays the same. Every single light fixture has been replaced, and half of the lights look as bright as all of them before.

This works, especially in a machine shop.

Then the new computer security requirements, which called for new networking hardware. And all our computers were getting old and slow, so they all got replaced. Upgraded hardware also meant upgraded software, which means snags as not everything moved over smoothly.

This is nothing to me. But I'm also not the only one working there, so the snags grab a little harder on some.

All in all, every part of it has made my job easier, but whenever the lighting changes somewhere it takes me awhile to adjust, because I feel like I'm somewhere else.

The hidden stash

My son claims he knows where we hide the Christmas presents. 

Disclaimer: none of our kids have ever believed in Santa. They've always understood, from the beginning, that while the character had a historical origin, it's become a modern way of giving anonymously.

Anyway.

He made this claim boldly, as if it meant we had no secrets. So I told him to go find one of his and he could open it. Right there and then, no holding back. 

He hesitated, then said he didn't want to spoil it for himself or anyone else.

Sure.

(disclaimer: we don't even hide them in the house, the hiding place has been off site for years)

New hotness

A week later, we can finally use an oven again. Getting the glass replaced turned out to be more expensive than getting a new oven entirely. I suppose those silly black Friday deals can come in handy sometimes.

That's better.

Being without a functioning oven for a week was weird. The stovetop still worked, so we could still cook with pots and pans, but most of the food we make in large amounts goes in the oven. That and it's BAKING SEASON, so waiting four months for someone to repair the door at a higher price was a no-go.

We didn't like the old stove anyway.