{"id":11998,"date":"2025-07-19T04:08:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T08:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/?p=11998"},"modified":"2025-07-19T02:31:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T06:31:31","slug":"sat-july-19-2025-saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-19th-of-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/2025\/07\/19\/sat-july-19-2025-saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-19th-of-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Sat. July 19, 2025 – Saturday, in the park, I think it was the … 19th… of July"},"content":{"rendered":"

And it’s hot again. Overcast most of yesterday,but still hot, and humid to match. Probably got more of that coming today. Now it’s really <\/em>summer.<\/p>\n

So I did some things. Drove around, met with people, put stuff in my truck. Took it out in various places. Moved some stuff around in the house. Put a thing back together for sale on ebay. Went out for dinner. We get a 25% discount because D2 isn’t here… which is one way of looking at it, I guess.<\/p>\n

Because of reasons, detailed yesterday, I don’t have a new phone yet. My old phone battery is so swollen it pushed the back off my phone… it’s about twice as thick as it should be. Since I don’t want any fires in my pants, I think I’ll find an old phone to swap my sim to today. It’s seriously scary how swollen it is and I didn’t realize because I just thought something was wrong with the case. Yikes. <\/p>\n

I did change my phone plan to a “senior” 55 plus plan. It’s $40\/month instead of $72, and has unlimited talk, text, and data- although they can throttle me if the network is congested. I typically use 2-3 GB of my current 4GB plan per month, so unlimited won’t help much. I can add one of the kids on a second line, both will drop to $35, and the kid will appreciate the unlimited data. I wouldn’t have known about the plan if T Mobile didn’t send me a flyer for their 55+ plan, which prompted me to call ATT. ATT will just let you keep paying higher rates even if they have newer, cheaper plans. There are a couple of small differences, Autopay has to draft from a bank account instead of credit card, and I can’t get paper bills anymore. Despite the payment and billing changes, saving ~$360 a year seems worth it.<\/p>\n

FWIW, if we change the ATT fiber bill to my name we’ll save another $18\/mo because of the bundle. We’re currently on the cheapest and least capable plan, 1 gig a month for $89. Speedof.me says we’re getting 750\/500 at my desk. The router test says 920\/900. If there’s no reason not to change the names, I’ll get the fiber in my name and bring the savings to ~$500 a year. That’s worth doing.<\/p>\n

Today I might have a pickup if I won anything from an estate auction. I’ll know if an invoice shows up in my email. There wasn’t anything when I went to bed. That’s good, because I’ve decided I’m spending too much time driving around picking stuff up. That’s where all my time is going and it contributes to me not getting stuff done. I can change that. I think. Dunno if I’m strong enough to resist the pull of a bargain. I’ll try to start limiting which days I do pickups.<\/p>\n

It’s tempting to buy all the things, since I stack all the things, but ultimately I need time to assimilate some of the things, and to actually stack the things. <\/p>\n

All while working to improve my situation… get to work!<\/p>\n

nick<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

And it’s hot again. Overcast most of yesterday,but still hot, and humid to match. Probably got more of that coming today. Now it’s really <\/em>summer.<\/p>\n

So I did some things. Drove around, met with people, put stuff in my truck. Took it out in various places. Moved some stuff around in the house. Put a thing back together for sale on ebay. Went out for dinner. We get a 25% discount because D2 isn’t here…<\/p>\n

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