[RKDinOKC]

Good day group.

Slept in today since on furlough. Would rather be working. This is the first time I have not been technically employed for 40 years today.

Did my instacart shopping last night, they delivered it a couple of hours ago. It is cheaper if you turn in the order the night before and have it delivered anytime the next day. No complaints about the fruits and veggies the shopper picks for me yet.

For zoom and teams meetings I set a background of my 928. Did the same with my picture if the camera is turned off. Streams much better (lower bandwidth) if only the person talking has their camera and mic on. It is pretty easy to toggle the mic to make a comment. People tend to NOT make comments and not much interaction if there are over 5 people in the meeting. Seems to be human nature. If it were me... I would email the content of the meeting, use the meeting to discuss it not read thru it, then email the content again including any changes made in the meeting. Think that woulld make meetings much shorter and end up with thing being more of a collaborative effort.

Had to help my bro setup zoom on his laptop for some church and org board meetings. He is not real computer literate. One of those people that only closes documents but leaves the apps running, then wonders why he runs out of memory. Put an app on that shuts down apps when you close the last document, but he keeps disabling it.

Other brother is even worse at computers. Has been piggybacking on a neighbors wifi. He paid them and found he could get internet himself just as cheap. It changed his wifi network and he has be 2 weeks getting his HP printer to change networks. He pays HP to manage his printer, even send him paper. It is way cheaper to buy your own paper and ink. For someone on a limited fixed inclome he sure spends a lot. Think he is one of those people that thinks he needs to print a copy of everything on his computer. Personnally have spent less printing in 19 years, on my 2nd color laser printer/scanner and first box of paper. And I printed several mailings for the local PCA.

He tells me he wants to use his stimulus check to fix his Honda Odessy he wrecked. Both our other brother and myself have told him to have the Honda towed and sold for scrap and find something else. He does not understand that bodywork, transmission, battery, and brakes cost more than the odessy is worth and you can find working vehicles for under $1000 if you look and are patient. I got a 12K Cayenne for just 6K shipped. Then only spent 1.5K fixing the issues, and that was at dealership prices.

Oh boy, Tomorrow morning I get to go do a heart stress test to get my heart docs okay for a colonoscopy. Haven't done a stress test before. Was told it takes 3.5 hours. Get tired pretty easy since the car wreck despite doing PT stuff every other day. More disappointed that my balance isn't getting any better. Was hoping some brain plasticity would kick in and it would get better by now.

When woke up at noon had to turn on the heat instead of AC. Had gotten down to 66°F inside and felt a bit chilly. Sure was good sleeping though.