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Big news! My phone finally took a shit and was replaced. I was 27 days away from having it for two years. The longest I have kept a phone in the last 10 that I can remember. Probably even longer than that. You all know the charging port stopped working a while back and I have been having to use one of those charging pads. Those things suck ass by the way. Clunky, hard to deal with, the phone has to be just right on it. But lately it has to be just just right and has been giving me trouble. Not to mention the random battery drain issues. The buttons have been less responsive too. Yesterday B asked if we could get her a small portable hard drive for her trip because she has been doing these video diaries and they so far have eaten up 85gb of her hard drive. Sure. No problem. While on the Best Buy site, I saw they had a special on the Google Pixel XL 2. I bit the bullet and added to cart. A few hours later, I am now the proud owner of one of these bad boys. So slick, so clean. So thin. So fast. Battery drain? Ha! Thing of the past. Bloatware? Not on my phone. Everything can be deleted. No Samsung bullshit apps taking up room. Automatic new version of android for the next 3 years. Full 2 year warranty. Automatic cloud backup on photos and videos. I ordered a case from Amazon (two actually because I couldn't decide and B will get one of these phones at some point) which will be here tomorrow. I haven't fully installed everything, but I am getting there. I am installing most stuff as needed. I did the basics but I am waiting to add other stuff. I still need to figure out the interface a bit. I also got $150 gift card as a trade in for my old phone.

Taught my first of three half day sessions. MUCH better group. Smart, responsive, on time. Even though there's 15 of them, they are on the ball and were a pleasure to work with. I am not dreading today or tomorrow. Thank goodness. We finished at around 10:45 and I took a nap until noon. We went out at around 4.

While we were out B found a great tote bag for her trip at Ross for only $25. I found a scarf for $5. Score for both of us. She has needed a new under seat bag and this one is perfect. She can also use it as an overnight bag one future trips.

Made pork chops for dinner. Watched some TV. Did a facial mask together. We had a nice night. For those wondering, my body is healing finally. Thanks to the doctor on Saturday removing that tiny piece of stitch, things have been healing right up. No more pain, no redness, no blood. I should be fully healed by the weekend.

That's about it for right now. Need to talk to the kid. We haven't talked in a couple of days. She finally got her full time offer letter and a small raise this week. Really proud of her. Using her degree. Doing what she loves. She is kicking some ass. Can't ask for more.

Yeah, I am doing okay today if you can't tell. Let's see how things go from here.