June 1--June 1st!

[zyzyly]

First day of June and it is hot! 95 degrees today. Malida was off and we went out walking early, then went shopping for a bit. After shopping we were hungry, so we had breakfast at our favorite breakfast place. This made us torporous, so we took an early nap, which was kind of strange, but very refreshing.

After the nap we had coffee and I called both the satellite radio company and the internet/cable company and got both of them to significantly reduce the rates I am paying for their services. I loved the guy I talked to at the satellite radio company. He said (in a very interesting accent), "Are you telling me you would like to pay less for this service?"

"That is what I am asking," I replied.

"Well, sir, It is fortunate that you called today, and, by chance, were connected to me, because I am going to do that for you."

And he did. He dropped my rate to a very favorable level. Similar situation with the cable/internet provider, who simply dropped my rate to about $5 below last years promotional rate. I can't complain.

I made some shrimp and asparagus pasta for an early dinner. It was delicious. I tried making it a while back, but I think this time I nailed it.



After we ate, we hung out until it was cool enough to go walk again, and we walked again in the evening as it was starting to cool off. After our walk, I took Malida to get some shaved ice, then dropped her off so I could play ingress for a while. I ended up with 20,000+ steps today. Not bad for a hot day.



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Comments

[zyzyly.livejournal.com]

You should be able to aftermarket some sort of jack that will allow you to hook up your phone to your truck stereo system. It would probably cost less than a 1-year subscription to SiriusXM.

I really only listen to one channel, but it is worth the subscription cost. If it went away, I would probably drop the service in a minute.

[wantedonvoyage.livejournal.com]

They did install something for me at the dealership but it's terrible. It's the old kind of iPhone/iPod jack and it does not charge the phone while using it, so of course because it's an iPhone the battery then is dead in an hour.

I have my old 3Gs with no SIM card in it; what I should do is load that up with offline music from Spotify and then just play music on there.