Y7 D17

I made a very smart decision yesterday. I decided to leave class at noon to beat all the traffic home. I discussed it with instructor before hand and asked what I might miss in the afternoon, etc. I was already through the material and nothing was coming back as surprising or difficult and I confirmed with her there wasn't anything extra she was going to cover. I ended up leaving class right at 12 on the dot, caught the train, and was on the road by 1:02. I made it home just a hair past 2pm. Perfect. About 6 hours ahead of plan.

I came home to a spotless house which was a wonderful thing. I was so happy when I got home. Not only was B excited I was home early, but everything was clean, smelled good, and was beautifully organized. Talk about relaxing.

After unpacking and settling in a bit, B and I went out to run errands. First we went to Target because we needed Brita filters. After we popped into Best Buy. I needed a new external to try and back up the dead machine. Which is still dead by the way. Mostly. I will explain in a minute. As I was looking at small drives (they had a 2tb for $99, portable size), B pointed out the 5tb for $149. This was the same kind I already use on my network so screw it. For $50 more I am getting 3 more terrabytes. After the drive we went to WinCo for all the groceries. I do like shopping there. For $160 we got a basketful full of food. I never feel like I am getting ripped off when I shop there. That's a nice thing.

Since it was eleventybillion degrees out, we rushed to get everything home and put away. After, B wanted to go to her favorite place - Buffalo Wild Wings. Yeah, I know. We go inside and the place is packed. I forgot it was an NBA game. And when I asked if they had anything available they all laughed. I then asked how long people stay because I don't know, it's a fucking restaurant?, they once more laughed at me. Sorry I don't fucking like sports. We ended up next door at Red Robin which was empty and the food was way better and B was still totally happy. Like super happy.

Got back home, cuddled on the couch for a while, and then we ended up in the office. I showed her some of the stuff I was learning this last week and it for once impressed her. She actually could see herself using it and understanding it which is huge. One of the reasons why we think we will be successful selling this product. It's very intuitive no matter your skills. I then started in on the arduous process of trying to recover files off my big Mac. Heh. Big Mac. I made an Ubuntu startup stick and got it to boot. I then tried to plug in the 5tb only to discover Ubuntu can't address it. Fuck sticks. I had to find some blank 16gb jumps and work from there. All in all, I got the majority of my files off and on the laptop. I still have some directories to go, but I got the ones of the most importance. I am still using the 5tb mind you. I am currently moving pics and music to it as well as prepping it as a NAS backup. I should finish that today. Then I can see about doing a recovery on the big machine. Wish me luck.

First up today is a vet appointment for the cats. Turns out those kittens we rescued had FeLV and may have spread it. Yay.