So last night I said to myself, "I bet the front steps will be slippery tomorrow morning, since it's been nearly 40 degrees today and there will be a hard freeze down into the mid-teens overnight. I should salt them."

But did I put salt on the steps? No I did not, because I was in a hurry to make some soup and get ready for the Board of Trustees ( Read more... )

Okay, I dug out the front steps, the part of the front sidewalk between the steps and the driveway, the driveway, and my car. Also a good bit of the street in a bid NOT to have the snowplows build a rampart of snow I will need to shovel through when I return home.

I have mopped myself down with a cold washcloth, taken some ibuprofen and ( Read more... )

Things done today:

1. More photo editing. I am very tired of photo editing. I have so many more photos to edit. *slumps wearily over desk*

2. Wrangled Mr. Geniality down to the Commons to shoot an intro clip for an apartment he videoed on his own (probably on a Tuesday, which is my day off) during the period his voice was lost. He didn't tell me he ( Read more... )

Things about today:

1. Got my Covid booster shot! This was annoying to schedule, but the actual shot part went very smoothly. My upper arm has been getting achey as the day wears on, but so far not too badly.

2. The local Collegetown burger place I sometimes order from has changed their order/payment processor YET AGAIN, which is frustrating and ( Read more... )

Things about today:

1. Two apartment tours. I have a good feeling about the first prospect; I think they will apply within a day or three. I think the second prospect is still in the shopping around stage, but they did seem positive about the apartment and building, so.

I have another tour scheduled for tomorrow, but my read on that prospect (from ( Read more... )

On the one hand, I knocked the minutes template into shape before tonight's Board meeting, AND filled in all the handout links, which is a point in the "Liz is prepared!" column.

On the other hand, I forgot I would need to bring my laptop, and then had to skip out of work a few minutes early in order to dash home, grab my computer, and then dash off ( Read more... )

I left later than I'd hoped, which is partially because I accidentally cursed myself to sleep poorly (I always sleep poorly the night before I travel somewhere), and partially because I wanted to get some stuff done in Ithaca before hitting the road.

But! I loaded Mom's two boxes of nice china dishes into my lovely car (along with a basket of ( Read more... )

On Tuesday night, my laptop asked to push a system update from HP (the manufacturer; I have an HP Envy). I looked it over, insofar as I was able, and it seemed reasonable. So I gave it permission to install, my computer restarted, and everything seemed fine.

On Wednesday, I unplugged my laptop and hauled it around all day so I'd have it with me at ( Read more... )

Five things make a post:

1. Covid-19 test came back negative. \o/

2. The new tenant of a unique apartment that I badly wanted to stage, photograph, and video told us in July that they would arrive on Friday, August 13. I had been putting off staging that apartment because it's a third-floor walkup and I thought I had some breathing room to get more ( Read more... )

Well, I was officially under a quarantine order for about... oh, 90 minutes? this afternoon, but obviously that did not last long.

Basically I got preventatively quarantined on account of having had contact with Ms. Random Numbers, but was very shortly thereafter exempted because the state verified that I am vaccinated. The one potential issue is ( Read more... )