Breath control, and other subjects...

It was a good thing I switched Microsoft Update to manual mode, because when I checked to see if there were any updates available, it turned out there were, and the files weighed in at almost 300 MB. As I was hooked into the coffee shop's network at the time (and the only computer user in the room that I could see), I went ahead and downloaded the updates.

Had I not made the switch, a successful attempt by Microsoft Update to download the files would have put me just about over the top of my 2-GB limit on my iPhone's Personal Hotspot.

Then came a rather stressful conversation with the outfit managing our house here in Pagosa, the one with the six-month lease that runs out at the end of April. It turns out—according to the property manager—that the tenant feels the time remaining in the lease is not sufficient to go find another place to live, and thus wants to stay on in the house.

Besides the tenant's obvious assumption of facts not in evidence, I am reminded of the phrase "poor planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part." And despite the fact that I'm calm about this now, my mellow does get somewhat lumpy if I dwell on this issue for very long, with the result being having to sit down and take deep breaths.

In other news, there is still work to do, so I better get to it.

Cheers...

Data points...

According to Verizon, bandwidth used is equal to data uploaded plus data downloaded (I was 99% sure of this, but it didn't hurt to ask).

The reason I called Verizon in the first place was to find out what, exactly, was meant by the phrase "your account cycle ends on the 22nd." Apparently, it means until 12:01 am on the 23rd. (For comparison, when AT&T says your iPad data plan "renews on the 22nd," it means at the same time of day you originally started the plan.)

The good news is that since yesterday's post, I've managed to consume just under 50 MB of bandwidth through my iPhone.

So maybe now I can stop obsessing about it, eh?

Cheers...