Problems

[shannon_a]

Munchkin. So Munchkin last night had an episode of an hour or so in which she was trembling notably and continually. This freaked Kimberly and me out. We know she's not doing well and that her kidneys have been doing worse, but this was a new one for us. Turns out that can be caused by (1) low Potassium, which has been a problem for her; (2) the appetite stimulant she's been getting, and in fact got that evening; or (3) kidney problems generally. It was gone by this morning, and we also have a new Potassium supplement for her.

DSL. Our DSL which has been getting worse for months, maybe years, largely sucked over the weekend. Talking with the tech folks did pretty much nothing. Better today, but getting worse toward the night. I finally decided to say screw DSLextreme, who not only offer us bad service lately, but also took advantage of us for years by not offering us better DSL packages when they had started offering *considerably* better deals for new customers. So, fuck them. We've got a Sonic.net modem coming, with a changeover for our phone line, long distance, AND DSL scheduled for Monday. Hopefully it'll be more reliable. It's should be faster. Unlimited US long distance. And about $40 cheaper a month. I'm just waiting for the problems when we try the changeover though.

Bathroom. So the bathroom was supposed to be done today, but it turned out that the bathroom doors we ordered from Amazon were shattered. We ordered some locally. I was surprisingly unsurprised, but then this is the 4th or 5th problem we've had of some note. We'll have new doors in a week or so. In the meantime we have a bathroom that's more or less done, but not yet usable for showering. Sigh. So another week or two showering in the cat bathroom. In the meantime, everything looks pretty finished, though there's clearly some cleanup to do.

Bike. Biking is my biggest destrossor, so after snack, I decided to go for a ride on the hill. When I hit the big hill up to Temescal, I realized that I was leaning back on the back tire a lot more than I should be able to. Another slow leak, I think, or maybe the same one reemerging. Sigh. I'm going to pick up a new 'tube tomorrow, then make the decision to patch or replace, but oh-god I hate taking out and putting back in the rear intertube!!

So, stressful night yesterday, then an annoying somewhat stressful day today.

Sigh.