Introduction
Well, howdy, y’all! “Hit’s” been “ary a while” since I “done writ” here. “Hit’s done been” five weeks since my article from Sunday, 9/20/2020. How have y’all “been a gittin’” along? Okay, I hope.
Well, let’s see here. I’ve been working on two articles today. Since 10/11/2020, I have worked on four draft articles from time to time. This is the first of two articles that are being published today. This entry about “life, such as it was,” is a chronological record of recent events.
Life, Such As It Was
Monday, 9/21/2020: Mrs. Appalachian Irishman still drives bravely to and from her vice principal/teacher job every workday. Her sister, the “coward” that she is, still teaches from home. They used to carpool.
Also on 9/21/2020, I worked from home from 8 to 10:30 AM. Then, a trip to the dentist set up a temporary crown (i.e., corona by word etymology). Historical note: On Monday, 8/10/2020, while working from home, I chipped a tooth. My dentist patched it on Thursday, 8/13/2020, after I worked from home. My dentist doesn't set a crown the same day. I paid the full price for the forthcoming permanent crown. Finally, on Monday, 10/19/2020, the permanent crown was in place.
After the temporary crown was in place, I shopped for a few items at a nearby Food City, with all the mask-wearing fun. After that, my chiropractor adjusted me once again. It was an extra adjustment after the usual monthly adjustment on Monday, 9/14/2020. I think that he set me back into proper alignment finally. The work to recover muscle and soft tissue continues. I’m getting tired of this type of “fun.”
Tuesday-Wednesday, 9/22-23/2020: Our recent deck replacement contractor called on Tuesday. I understood, to some degree, why he took so long to reply to me. His father, at age 80, is not doing very well. My contractor had gone to care for his father in Pennsylvania. His subcontractor came the next day, on Wednesday. He was leaving just as I was returning home from working at the office. We met and talked. He promised. He lied. We still have a few minor details that must be done!
Monday, 9/28/2020: In contrast to the previously mentioned mediocre service, our fine heating and air conditioning serviceman and his son-in-law inspected our HVAC units, as I had arranged. Jerry Roberts (owner of Robert’s Heat & Air) knows how to do business! Our units are fine, but it was good to have them checked.
Saturday, 10/3/2020: “Microcrap,” as I call Microsoft, wanted to update “Winders” (Windows) to the latest version. I let it update. After fighting the desktop computer monitor for days, on Saturday, 10/17/2020, I ordered a new monitor. It arrived two days later. The “Microcrap” technician, by phone, confirmed what I had already concluded. The “Winders” update had not been the problem. Interestingly, the monitor started to go bad after the update.
Monday-Tuesday, 10/5-6/2020: Our deck replacement contractor called on Monday. I have no problems with him. He had a major problem with one of his subcontractors. His now-fired subcontractor arrived unannounced on Tuesday. He saw that he had not done the work that he had promised to do on 9/23/2020. I assume that he surprised himself by seeing that he had not done his promised work. I did not talk with him. He is done. If he comes around here again, he does not represent my contractor, and I will get him off our property. I hope that he takes up the Good Lord’s free gift offer. I have tried to help him toward that end. It’s his choice now.
Thursday, 10/8/2020: Mrs. Appalachian Irishman was exposed to a teaching assistant, who was exposed to his daughter, who has the COVID-19 virus (i.e., a new cold virus). The daughter of the teaching assistant had a minor case of the snots. What shall we do? We do nothing, of course. How many times have I been exposed to someone, who had been exposed to someone, who had a cold? It’s been more times than I could ever count. I have moved on from this Corona Myopia Obsession, as I call it! I wish that this once-great nation could do so. By the way, my wife is completely healthy! Neither one of us has been nor will be tested for this new cold virus.
Friday through Sunday, 10/9-11/2020: I hope that the Rogersville Heritage Days weekend in the rainy weather was enjoyable to whoever attended. I hear that Heritage Days isn’t what it used to be. I remember when the occasion was enjoyable. The rain, the “Corona Myopia,” and the festival’s decline did not inspire us to make the trip this year. Will we next year? We shall see.
Saturday, 10/10/2020: I have to toss this one in for fun! In late September, Nielsen, the radio listening survey folks, “hammered” our landline by calling and never leaving messages. I grew tired of it. I made the mistake of calling Nielsen to see what they wanted. Well, I agreed that my wife and I would fill out their survey forms and return them, postage paid. We received the survey forms by mail. For one week, we filled out their survey forms about radio stations, to which we were listening. Nielsen, in two postal letters, sent us a total of three crisp and new dollar bills! That’s the way to get rich! On 10/10/2020, I mailed, postage paid, our improved and computerized survey forms, along with a pithy letter to their “he ain’t from around here” executive. I don’t think Nielsen will ever bother us again.
Monday through Friday, 10/12-16/2020: I was supposed to work from home on Monday and Tuesday and then at the office on Wednesday through Friday. On Monday, my colleague, with whom I share the same insane home-office rotation, became ill (a cold, not the “new cold virus”). I, therefore, “enjoyed” working from home on Monday, but I had to work at the office on Tuesday through Friday. This insanity needs to stop! I can always find a work-from-home job before I retire from this state job.
Mrs. Appalachian Irishman, still driving alone bravely to and from work daily, had a long weekend. It was her fall break. She was off on Friday and Monday. The time off from work “inspired” her to take up hammer, chisel, and blowtorch to clean out the kitchen oven. Recently, I had opened the oven door to hear it growl at me.
My workweek from Monday through Friday, 10/19-23/2020: To make up for last week, I worked from home on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday and at the office on Wednesday. The rationale for doing the same job at home or at the office exists only in the minds of the state bureaucrats! I would rather not drive the 16.4-mile, one-way route to the office and back. I have to drive through the crossroad where I almost died on Tuesday, 3/29/2016.
On 10/19/2020, as I stated previously, my dentist installed my new crown with no extra charge. I told him that, apparently, I need a crown about every 40 years. He knows, if he’s still doing dental work, that I’ll be back at age 100 for my next crown. Afterward, Mrs. Appalachian Irishman and I visited our chiropractor. The appointment had been set for 10/5/2020, but our chiropractor's daughter had come down with the “new cold virus.” She recovered quickly. Out of “an abundance of caution,” as the media folks turn the phrase, our chiropractor had closed his office for two weeks. Neither his wife nor he was sick. At least my adjustment was the usual “tune-up.” My bones are holding alignment well. I’ve about had it with the Corona Myopia Obsession, as I call it, in this once-great nation. Almost everyone with whom I discuss this agrees. Why can’t the politicians understand?
Today, Saturday, 10/24/2020: I should have been born 200 years before I was. I understand modern technology. I don’t like it much. I had wanted a VGA computer-to-monitor cable. Our desktop computer needed to connect to the new monitor that I had received. My father-in-law bailed me out! Yesterday, I ordered online a VGA male-to-male cable. Afterward, I called my father-in-law, since my wife had forgotten to ask him, to see if he had an extra cable. He and I had a fine 45-minute conversation. (My wife needs to create her own website journal for her side of family history.) Well, today, my father-in-law called to say that he had an extra cable that I needed! I canceled my online order. The cable works! Once again, with help from my father-in-law, I defeated modern technology! Eventually, the desktop and laptop computers will need upgrades, but not today!
Conclusion
Well, that’s the latest “life, such as it was,” update, from Monday, 9/21/2020, to today, Saturday, 10/24/2020. Please read on, dear reader!
I have a few more articles to publish. I’m getting there! I’ll also publish today the article about my 171st hike on House Mountain on 10/4/2020. I plan to publish two others later, as the Good Lord wills.
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