So, the Facetime test worked perfectly and Edna and Louise have agreed to the plan of me taking them out to dinner on Tuesday, then back to my house for the interview. Etta was kind of amazed that they went along with it and wanted to know my secret. I don’t really have one, per say, other than trying to be a pleasant and agreeable person. Sometimes that takes people by surprise.

Hopefully everything goes smoothly on Tuesday and things work out for them.

I also had some success with an apple laptop recently. Jim is in a photography class and part of the printing process involves color correcting the photos based on the printer he’ll be using. It can be a tedious process and he wanted to be able to do that at home – but still reference the printers at school. He called on his favorite geek and we spent part of last Saturday in the lab getting things set up. He powered up the printers and I found them on the network, but they were using generic drivers and wouldn’t have behaved properly. Jim was worried, but I hit the internet and found the right drivers. With those installed we re-set-up the printers and he was in business.

Am I morphing into some kind of Apple guy? I do have a hipster stocking cap, a tendency to grow a beard, and odd taste in music. Hmmm… maybe there’s pill for that?

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Prior to the photo printing lab success, I spent last Saturday morning making ornaments with the students for a Make A Difference day project. The ornaments will be donated to a local tree farm to be sent to troops stationed overseas for the holidays.

And on Monday, I had some special hand-made ornaments to give to the staff that had helped out as well. So, good deeds all around.

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I did the early voting thing this year since – like many folks – I just want the election season to be over. It went pretty smoothly and didn’t take long – and I once again amazed people by actually following directions and completing the entire request form. The final step involved putting the completed ballot in a sealed envelope and turning that in.

One of my friends raised the specter of voter tampering with that method since I’m relying on someone else to insert it in the machine later on, but I countered with a concern about tampering with the machine. At the end of the day, though, you have to let some things go and rely on the systems and processes.

You can’t worry about everything – especially since so much is out of our control.

I’m happy with my selections and no amount of media barrage can change things for me now. Still kinda tough to ignore, though. Ugh.

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This would normally be time of year when I would be full-on Halloween. Last year, though, was a little depressing to walk around on campus looking for my friends and finding they had been let go by the University.

Kinda put a damper on the Halloween spirit.

I do have a simple costume that I’ll wear on Monday to the office and if I have to go to any meetings on campus, but I’m not doing the tour this time. Just… not really into it.

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I’ve been tidying up the house today and doing some laundry. And spending a little time outside because it’s pretty amazing. Time to get back to it.