The quotidian (and gym numbers)

I should probably note explicitly that this journal isn't only a means of communicating with you the readers; it's also a record for my future self. This is one of the reasons for the quotidian entries; another is that some of you are in fact interested in those details, or a subset thereof.

Last night, I called my bank and got the verification sorted out so I could use the online banking again. At the agent's suggestion, I picked a slightly shorter secondary password (the one that has to be entered on the damned virtual keyboard). He said that people often get locked out by clicking things twice, or missing one, and advised me to count the asterisks before clicking the "enter" button. Given the time and his accent, I guessed he was in India (where it was a weekday afternoon, not Sunday evening). I didn't actually ask, but when I had to read him a long verification code ending in Z, I said "zed" at the end and he just told me "That's right." (It's easier than "zee as in zebra," and if I just say "zee" it's often heard as "cee." "Zed," where understood at all, is unambiguous.)

I made the planned call to the proofreading temp agency this afternoon, to remind them that I'm available. We shall see whether anything comes of it.

Also, I lifted weights this morning, as I often do on Mondays. ( numbers )

The quotidian (and gym numbers)

I should probably note explicitly that this journal isn't only a means of communicating with you the readers; it's also a record for my future self. This is one of the reasons for the quotidian entries; another is that some of you are in fact interested in those details, or a subset thereof.

Last night, I called my bank and got the verification sorted out so I could use the online banking again. At the agent's suggestion, I picked a slightly shorter secondary password (the one that has to be entered on the damned virtual keyboard). He said that people often get locked out by clicking things twice, or missing one, and advised me to count the asterisks before clicking the "enter" button. Given the time and his accent, I guessed he was in India (where it was a weekday afternoon, not Sunday evening). I didn't actually ask, but when I had to read him a long verification code ending in Z, I said "zed" at the end and he just told me "That's right." (It's easier than "zee as in zebra," and if I just say "zee" it's often heard as "cee." "Zed," where understood at all, is unambiguous.)

I made the planned call to the proofreading temp agency this afternoon, to remind them that I'm available. We shall see whether anything comes of it.

Also, I lifted weights this morning, as I often do on Mondays. ( numbers )