Huzzah! It's Saturday - Headphones, Range Extenders and LJ Idol

Huzzah! It's Saturday and we've all made it to the end of another week. Well done! I'm trying to continue cooling off from my run this morning - in our summer humidity, that can take a very long time. I've already had a cold shower, a morning munch of fresh strawberries, and made two cups of tea - both of which will be finished before I leave for the shop in less than two hours. 

I'm actually not at all sad that DH returned my bone 
induction headset to me. It allows me to have my 
backup in place once again, so that if my primary breaks 
for any reason, I won't be without my books while 
I exercise. 

DH returned the AfterShokz to me saying they were only for MP3, so he couldn't use them. He kept the HUB ear buds, though. I'm quite happy to have my AfterShokz back, it's my backup set for swimming and since I really can't swim without sound - preferably audio books - it's good to have a backup available. I've put it back into the drawer where I got it from so that it's ready when needed. 

I'm not super happy with my range extenders 
right now. I'll work on them a bit more on 
Wednesday, hopefully with their customer 
service department, but if I'm still not happy, 
I'm going to return them and get something 
else. 

I reset and moved all three of the range extenders for our WiFi yesterday, but I'm really not happy with the system in general and will possibly return them. I'll work with them again on Wednesday with their customer service department (I assume they have one), but if I can't get a consistent internet boost after that, I'll pull them, return them, and try a different system. I would need to upgrade at the end of the year in any case, when our WiFi switches from 4G to 5G so I might as well get something that can take the change. I'm worried that this one may take a bit more doing to return since I didn't buy it through Amazon, instead I purchased directly. The only reason I use Amazon is easy returns, this one may have me doing gymnastics or throwing my hands up in the air and saying curse words while moaning about the waste of money. But ... I'll get it figured out. Initially the set-up was really easy, it just didn't stay that way once I needed to shift the location of two of the units. 

It started out really well and installed easily. But 
now that I've had to change the locations of two 
of the three, it's not installing well at all. I tried 
a factory re-set and re-did all three units, but I'm 
still not happy. I'll probably end up returning them 
and getting a different system. 

I did get to spend a half-hour or so in the garden yesterday afternoon. That was delightful. And I had a hummingbird at my feeder for a good, long drink. It was actually perched on the feeder, and it seemed quite happy and as if it felt very safe. I was delighted. I would have taken a photo, but I didn't want to move and spook it, so I just have the memory, not the pic. 

This is not my feeder, although mine's almost identical, 
but this is very much like what my own hummer 
looked like yesterday. It settled down on the perch, 
and had a nice, long drink. It had to have been there 
for at least two minutes! 

Voting for my dark story of rebirth ends tomorrow evening. If you feel the story merits your vote and you haven't done so yet, I'd certainly appreciate it if you voted for it. These next 24 hours are rather crucial, and even though I'm holding up OK right now, positioning can shift quickly from being in the top tier to being in the bottom. Once again, I'll reiterate that my story could be a trigger for some people. But, if you are triggered by it, that means I wrote it well, so please consider voting for me anyway - *hugs*. Once again, the link is: https://therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/1123027.html .

As always, I appreciate your votes. I'm in the thick of 
it this week - I think a few people were surprised by how 
I approached the topic, but I saw my character in my head 
and walked the path that she showed me. 

I'm wrapping this up, moving on to my second cup of tea, and getting ready to start my day. Sharon's birthday is at the end of the month, and I need to find the PERFECT thing for my long-time best friend and sister. It probably won't arrive on time, but it'll be on it's way, so I'll count that as a win. I should probably adjust my calendar to warn me two weeks ahead, instead of just one - LOL. Have an excellent day and weekend, I'll be back on Monday. Slava Ukraini.