gym; shopping; minor hardware problem

It's a minor hardware problem only because I solved it fairly quickly. When I got home from the gym and some errands this afternoon, the apartment door wouldn't open. I verified that I had in fact turned both keys in the appropriate directions: the problem was that the lock/doorknob assembly was too loose to unlock the door. I tried asking the superintendent for help, but he wasn't in. I went back upstairs, made a pointless attempt to use a plastic card on the door, and then thought about door and latch positioning and how to alter it. I took one key off my keyring, so I could use the deadbolt key to pull the door toward me while turning the other key in the lock. It opened, I reassured julian_tiger (who had been meowing loudly as he heard me out in the hall), got a screwdriver, and tightened the screws on the doorknob. Again. I've lost count of how often cattitude and I have had to do this in the last couple of years. It may be time to talk to the super about replacing the hardware.

Other than that, I had a nice workout. I took my partners' advice, namely "don't push yourself too hard" and "have fun at the gym," and did cardio and some weight work, but less of the latter than usual. I've definitely lost some ground in terms of how much I can lift over the last couple of months; I'll get it back, but it may take a while.

After gym and Chinese food, I tried on headphones at J&R (earbuds, and many other headphones, hurt my ears), and then went up to the Village for tea and spices. I spent a pleasant little while in Aphrodisia, talking to one of the cats, scooping out chives (which we had run out of), and then sniffing four kinds of cinnamon and deciding on the Vietnamese. Then I wandered around looking idly at other things while waiting for the shopkeeper, who had stepped outside in an apparently unsuccessful mission to warn someone that the place they wanted to park would get them ticketed. From there, I headed west to McNulty's, and restocked my supply of Assam tea.

My other stop was Varsano's Chocolate, now settled into a new location across the street from the old. I told Mark Varsano I'd missed him, because the move had taken longer than he'd expected. As I started looking at chocolate, he said he didn't have any ginger right now, but could make me some; I declined, because I have ginger ice cream in my freezer. I have an assortment of chocolates, including creams, truffles, chocolate-covered fruit, and a 72% cocoa chocolate bar that he tossed in as a free sample. Mark also asked after roadnotes; I have passed along his greetings. It's a neighborhood shop sort of interaction, except that I neither live nor work in that neighborhood.

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gym; shopping; minor hardware problem

It's a minor hardware problem only because I solved it fairly quickly. When I got home from the gym and some errands this afternoon, the apartment door wouldn't open. I verified that I had in fact turned both keys in the appropriate directions: the problem was that the lock/doorknob assembly was too loose to unlock the door. I tried asking the superintendent for help, but he wasn't in. I went back upstairs, made a pointless attempt to use a plastic card on the door, and then thought about door and latch positioning and how to alter it. I took one key off my keyring, so I could use the deadbolt key to pull the door toward me while turning the other key in the lock. It opened, I reassured julian_tiger (who had been meowing loudly as he heard me out in the hall), got a screwdriver, and tightened the screws on the doorknob. Again. I've lost count of how often cattitude and I have had to do this in the last couple of years. It may be time to talk to the super about replacing the hardware.

Other than that, I had a nice workout. I took my partners' advice, namely "don't push yourself too hard" and "have fun at the gym," and did cardio and some weight work, but less of the latter than usual. I've definitely lost some ground in terms of how much I can lift over the last couple of months; I'll get it back, but it may take a while.

After gym and Chinese food, I tried on headphones at J&R (earbuds, and many other headphones, hurt my ears), and then went up to the Village for tea and spices. I spent a pleasant little while in Aphrodisia, talking to one of the cats, scooping out chives (which we had run out of), and then sniffing four kinds of cinnamon and deciding on the Vietnamese. Then I wandered around looking idly at other things while waiting for the shopkeeper, who had stepped outside in an apparently unsuccessful mission to warn someone that the place they wanted to park would get them ticketed. From there, I headed west to McNulty's, and restocked my supply of Assam tea.

My other stop was Varsano's Chocolate, now settled into a new location across the street from the old. I told Mark Varsano I'd missed him, because the move had taken longer than he'd expected. As I started looking at chocolate, he said he didn't have any ginger right now, but could make me some; I declined, because I have ginger ice cream in my freezer. I have an assortment of chocolates, including creams, truffles, chocolate-covered fruit, and a 72% cocoa chocolate bar that he tossed in as a free sample. Mark also asked after roadnotes; I have passed along his greetings. It's a neighborhood shop sort of interaction, except that I neither live nor work in that neighborhood.

( gym numbers )

PSA: Last week's LJ outage

I have a feeling that some of my friends who have paid accounts don't read the paidmembers community. If you had a paid account when LJ was down last week, they'll give you a week's extra paid time, but you have to ask for it. No, I don't know why they don't do this automatically: maybe to encourage people to read that community?

PSA: Last week's LJ outage

I have a feeling that some of my friends who have paid accounts don't read the paidmembers community. If you had a paid account when LJ was down last week, they'll give you a week's extra paid time, but you have to ask for it. No, I don't know why they don't do this automatically: maybe to encourage people to read that community?