Thursday brings some serious drama
May. 15th, 2025 08:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
walkitoutAt least I got to sleep in, which was greatly needed because yesterday I ate too much in an effort to not completely lose my shit, and wound up having reflux and needing to sit up late. *sigh*
I drove A. in to school today.
I walked with M.
I had a zoom meeting with C. from the architect. He wanted to go over the pool room finishes. I think he was still spooked from the siding exercise, and wanted someone to look at the visualization. Which was insane, because he’s supposed to be doing this _to help me_, and he’s basically getting me to sign off on it before _presenting it officially to me_. LOL. That firm is such a hot mess. It was actually mildly helpful. He somehow got the idea that the narrow end of the pool had the tondela blue tile, which is purely a in-pool specific tile. The wall in that area is the Forbo Onyx like the rest of the room. He also somehow got the idea that the Forbo Coral Marine for the ramp would also be used for the stairs into the pool room, and for the doors to the exercise room and the pool bathroom. I have no idea. I mean, kinda makes sense and would definitely strip off crap from people’s feet / shoes? But it can be a mat, and should not be installed because the flooring in the pool room continues to the exercise room. Whatever. And obviously, as we have at this point said and written repeatedly, the towel rack idea is on hold indefinitely. But apparently he also got the idea that the bluestone stairs have been replaced by other stairs with the Forbo Coral Marine on top, which seems good? He has it as concrete; J. from the builder was saying could be pressure treated wood. I don’t really care that much and neither does R.
It was only a ten minute meeting tho! Yay!
R. brought A. home. She felt like crap, but a glass of water and trip to the loo and she was ready to go out to dinner, so we went to Crossroads and were seated immediately! Woot! We had the Cafe burger and she go the lava cake. I had a manhattan. Good times. I had a pen so we played hangman for a bit then I sent her the link for Central Mass Safety Council.
Duolingo has added Chess, so I’m doing that now, because I haven’t played chess in a very long time. A. was doing chess.com for a while, but ran through all the free levels and then abandoned it. I suggested she try it again via Duolingo because they break it down into really nice small pieces. Such a great app.
I asked T. about the multiple charges yesterday from some “local match”, and it took a while to extract the whole story, but it looks like a cam girl operation disguised as a dating website. *sigh* I doubt I’ll get the money back, and it annoys me that this sort of thing exists, on so many levels. He canceled the subscription which was through google play. In theory, he was supposed to meet some woman for lunch on Monday; I assume she was ultimately going to have an emergency and need to repeatedly reschedule, however, I was worried she might actually show up and this might turn into an in person interaction involving money. We reviewed the chat they had, and I pointed out the things she said that indicated what was going on “I’m wet already” type of thing.
He also got a phish and downloaded a bunch of those apps that help people take over your computers / device / phone but fortunately did not give them account numbers, passwords, etc. He hung up, and then talked to me about it. They kept calling him, which suggests they did NOT get anything out of him. Fingers crossed. We discussed how to detect scams, like, if your phone tells you this is a suspicious number, don’t call a phone number the text tells you to call about some order you didn’t make.
Pinocchio really doesn’t seem like such a ridiculous story, honestly. The appeals of Pleasure Island no longer seem laughable.
The rest of the drama was H. texting asking for a catch-up call. So I called her like two minutes after getting the text, but no answer. I did my duo, and then played farmville 2 country escape and she called and went on this whole thing about someone approaching her to chat _outside_ and then saying they had a cold when she said she had to go get a mask. And I’m like, you were outside it’s fine. And she basically hung up on me. I thought about the whole thing for a minute, and she texted me, and I expressed the wish that she get some rest. When I was young, I would have thought this was my fault. Now, I just can’t care enough to pretzel myself to fit into someone else’s byzantine set of requirements and demands. She can be as mad as she needs to be, for as long as she needs to be. I’ll still be over here living my life. In theory, I’m supposed to be participating in a team meeting with her and her mother tomorrow. I really do not care how that goes one way or the other. Equally, a recliner I ordered for her mother is supposed to arrive tomorrow, and they absolutely don’t need me for that, as the order is in the name of one with the phone number for the other, so if they want a clean break, they can have it.
I really would like to be reviewing the outlets for the new house, but my energy is at this point completely gone, and I’m just going to do laundry, and play my game and read my book.
I drove A. in to school today.
I walked with M.
I had a zoom meeting with C. from the architect. He wanted to go over the pool room finishes. I think he was still spooked from the siding exercise, and wanted someone to look at the visualization. Which was insane, because he’s supposed to be doing this _to help me_, and he’s basically getting me to sign off on it before _presenting it officially to me_. LOL. That firm is such a hot mess. It was actually mildly helpful. He somehow got the idea that the narrow end of the pool had the tondela blue tile, which is purely a in-pool specific tile. The wall in that area is the Forbo Onyx like the rest of the room. He also somehow got the idea that the Forbo Coral Marine for the ramp would also be used for the stairs into the pool room, and for the doors to the exercise room and the pool bathroom. I have no idea. I mean, kinda makes sense and would definitely strip off crap from people’s feet / shoes? But it can be a mat, and should not be installed because the flooring in the pool room continues to the exercise room. Whatever. And obviously, as we have at this point said and written repeatedly, the towel rack idea is on hold indefinitely. But apparently he also got the idea that the bluestone stairs have been replaced by other stairs with the Forbo Coral Marine on top, which seems good? He has it as concrete; J. from the builder was saying could be pressure treated wood. I don’t really care that much and neither does R.
It was only a ten minute meeting tho! Yay!
R. brought A. home. She felt like crap, but a glass of water and trip to the loo and she was ready to go out to dinner, so we went to Crossroads and were seated immediately! Woot! We had the Cafe burger and she go the lava cake. I had a manhattan. Good times. I had a pen so we played hangman for a bit then I sent her the link for Central Mass Safety Council.
Duolingo has added Chess, so I’m doing that now, because I haven’t played chess in a very long time. A. was doing chess.com for a while, but ran through all the free levels and then abandoned it. I suggested she try it again via Duolingo because they break it down into really nice small pieces. Such a great app.
I asked T. about the multiple charges yesterday from some “local match”, and it took a while to extract the whole story, but it looks like a cam girl operation disguised as a dating website. *sigh* I doubt I’ll get the money back, and it annoys me that this sort of thing exists, on so many levels. He canceled the subscription which was through google play. In theory, he was supposed to meet some woman for lunch on Monday; I assume she was ultimately going to have an emergency and need to repeatedly reschedule, however, I was worried she might actually show up and this might turn into an in person interaction involving money. We reviewed the chat they had, and I pointed out the things she said that indicated what was going on “I’m wet already” type of thing.
He also got a phish and downloaded a bunch of those apps that help people take over your computers / device / phone but fortunately did not give them account numbers, passwords, etc. He hung up, and then talked to me about it. They kept calling him, which suggests they did NOT get anything out of him. Fingers crossed. We discussed how to detect scams, like, if your phone tells you this is a suspicious number, don’t call a phone number the text tells you to call about some order you didn’t make.
Pinocchio really doesn’t seem like such a ridiculous story, honestly. The appeals of Pleasure Island no longer seem laughable.
The rest of the drama was H. texting asking for a catch-up call. So I called her like two minutes after getting the text, but no answer. I did my duo, and then played farmville 2 country escape and she called and went on this whole thing about someone approaching her to chat _outside_ and then saying they had a cold when she said she had to go get a mask. And I’m like, you were outside it’s fine. And she basically hung up on me. I thought about the whole thing for a minute, and she texted me, and I expressed the wish that she get some rest. When I was young, I would have thought this was my fault. Now, I just can’t care enough to pretzel myself to fit into someone else’s byzantine set of requirements and demands. She can be as mad as she needs to be, for as long as she needs to be. I’ll still be over here living my life. In theory, I’m supposed to be participating in a team meeting with her and her mother tomorrow. I really do not care how that goes one way or the other. Equally, a recliner I ordered for her mother is supposed to arrive tomorrow, and they absolutely don’t need me for that, as the order is in the name of one with the phone number for the other, so if they want a clean break, they can have it.
I really would like to be reviewing the outlets for the new house, but my energy is at this point completely gone, and I’m just going to do laundry, and play my game and read my book.
Oh man.
Date: 2025-05-16 11:20 pm (UTC)