... head. If you said, "It's an informal and dismissive way to tell someone to leave," you get 5 bonus points. If you said, "This probably has something to do with a hot tub, huh?" you get 15 bonus points.
We are coming up on two years in this house. Well, one year, 11 1/2 months to be more precise. The manufacturer of our hot tub recommends changing the water every "6 to 12 months." Time to get on it. Again.
I started at 6:45 this morning, gathering stuff (hoses, pump, filters, rags); the emptying process got underway at 7:15, using a sump pump. I was remembering that it took about an hour and a half last time, to empty the water with that pump. Apparently, I was mis-remembering: it took almost 3 hours.
No big deal, it is my time and I spent it cleaning filters and wiping down as necessary while the pump was emptying. Fortunately, I had good help in getting this part done...
At the start and towards the end...
The filling process went faster than the emptying; less than an hour to fill. And then the "hold your breath" moment: turning on the jets and hoping you don't have an air lock - it all went well. The guy who delivered the tub showed me where to put the special "filling filter" to eliminate the air lock issue. And, I remembered.
So, now, it just has to heat up before I can use it. And after all the bending and stretching to clean it, I could use a therapeutic soak right about now. ;-)
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I think we're all aware of the "glitch" with Amazon Web Services overnight Sunday to Monday. They said everything was "back to normal" by the time we heard of it here on West Coast time (Mountain Standard Time to be more accurate, since Arizona doesn't change). That turned out to be incorrect (you expected me to say "Bullshit," didn't ya?).
Joan had an Amazon Fresh order in. Amazon cancelled it. She reordered it on Monday evening. No acknowledgement of order from Amazon. Nothing in process as of noon today. They didn't cancel the order, but Joan rescheduled the delivery time. We have gotten used to ordering Amazon Fresh and receiving the order the same day. Yes, I know this wasn't a "hack," and there are a lot of businesses that use AWS to host their sites, and they have all been in limbo.
I was pissed when Congress couldn't get their act together to pass funding to keep the country running. While that is a shit show, and something I will remember when it comes time to vote for any incumbent, I feel the Government and anything they get involved with is generally a mess... but don't screw around with my Amazon!
You've probably heard me say that we moved to Arizona to be close to Steph and Dan. I've also jokingly said that we moved here because this state stays on Mountain Standard Time year 'round - none of that "springing forward and falling back." But, the real reason is because of Amazon: we can get almost anything the next day; frequently, same-day delivery is available. Unlike on our island in Texas, where Amazon's 2-day delivery would generally take 4 to 5 days. At first, it was almost always 3 days, and then Amazon put a fulfillment center in McAllen, TX... and decided to use the Post Office for deliveries to the island, which took even longer.
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