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Thursday, 23 March 2023

Yesterday

I got a call from Connie, asking for a ride to pick up her car. The body shop got it finished earlier than they'd promised. So I took her there, and got home in time for the ISM planning meeting. After that, since the sun finally came out and there was enough daylight left, I took a ride on my trike around the neighborhood, about 4 miles. It was good to get some exercise and fresh air!

At ISM, I promised to host Tea & Rockets this week, with the topic "NASA Spinoffs", to include miniaturization and from that, microcontrollers.

After the ISM meeting, my laptop overheated (I suspect the latest Windows update, since why not?), so I've switched over to the RPi 400. I need to move my PC Wiki to one of my websites, and make it private, rather than keeping just on the laptop. I just need to decide which one, then install MediaWiki and research how to move a wiki. First, though, of course I need to back up the one on the laptop.

Today

This morning, after not quite enough sleep (but more than I've been getting lately), I got up about 10:00 a.m., and after making my hot cocoa, I called TruHearing to set up an appointment to get hearing aids. My appointment is at Brown Hearing Center, next to H.E.B. in Bulverde on April 20th. I was hoping that going to an audiologist rather than an ENT specialist I'd be able to get right in, but I suppose all medical offices are pretty busy these days. Anyway, that's done. This company (TruHearing) does offer the behind-the-ear, slimline hearing aids I'm interested in. I think it will be worthwhile to invest in the "premium" version since I can afford them. So, that's done, and I'm free until time for Tea & Rockets at 5 o'clock. It's sunny out again, although partly cloudy, so maybe I should get the trike out again before it starts raining? Or maybe not. I don't want to risk getting caught in a shower since getting the battery wet could be a disaster.

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