Thursday, while I was at work, workmen came to my apartment to replace the old-fashioned lock with an electronic lock, requiring me to remember another six digit number, and also installed other stuff, turning my apartment into a SmartHome. When I got back after working late, I found the new installations; fortunately, I was able to access my WiFi and download my emails from outside the apartment, so I was able to learn the code, and use it let myself in.

The dishwasher seems to have been replaced, and the plates, bowls, flatware, and so on I had left therein had been rearranged haphazardly. I wanted the stuff clean, so I ran the dishwasher again, and meanwhile reheated the last of the black bean chili with guacamole, which I ate out of the one bowl which had not been in the dishwasher. I made a small salad without leaves, and ate it off of a small plate.

The dishwasher has finished, so I was able to take out some clean dishes, and put the things from dinner in the washer. I have slept, and now I’ll take a shower and sleep some more. I have an appointment with the optometrist for Friday morning.

I made do without a cellphone after many people had them; I remember some salesman calling me at my landline phone to try to get me to sign up; he said that in today’s world, a cellphone is a necessity, to which I replied that I didn’t find one necessary, and hung up. I finally did buy a cellphone, and have had it for many years, still the old flip phone which I bought in Walmart.

3G phones are no longer going to be supported, so I finally broke down, talked with someone at Boost Mobile, and then ordered a new smartphone online. Once it arrives, I’ll have to configure it, and pay a monthly fee, another drain on the budget, but I will have a more advanced device.

My elderly iPadAir has basically died on me, so I bought a replacement at Best Buy yesterday. I have not fully figured out how to use it, and don’t yet have email, so please be patient if I am late in responding to something, or otherwise not behaving as usual.