Alex took Bella to another FastCAT today. :) Today was much cooler, only around 60°, though it was relatively humid.


She did great, but Alex said she was very tired after.


Her times were very good!

I think these are the best combined times she's ever had; the 10+ second one isn't her fastest, but most of the time if she has one run in that range, the other one is more like 13 or 14 seconds, so having the second one be 11+ is very good for her! (I still hope that someday she breaks 10 seconds, ha. Though I remember when I wasn't sure if she'd ever be faster than about a 15, lol.)


Immediate nap in the car.

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AC still not fixed, but yesterday they did come by and were able to acknowledge that yes, it's not working, actually! They were supposed to come fix it today, but came by while Alex was gone. They left a note asking us to clean up the stuff stored along the same wall as the AC, and then they'll come replace the unit on Monday, so I'm guessing they were unable to fix the current one.

That "third party" maintenance triage company we have to use is 100% AI. Alex looked the company up, and they're based in India, providing solely "AI-powered" responses. Hence it being utterly useless, I suppose.

I was wrong about the name of the AI bot that's supposed to be "helping" us with rent reminders. It's "Westley," not "Ryan," but the point remains. "Westley" sent Alex yet another, different amount for the rent owed this month. When Alex again asked for clarification, "Westley" confirmed the lowest, new amount. We joked that maybe if we just keep delaying, it'll drop down to nothing.

The bot eventually said that we were given a $100 discount for a single month because we just signed a new 12-month lease, but they never mentioned that to us before or during or after the lease signing, and the physical bill was the old amount. And anyway, the newest number "Westley" gave us is close, but still about $20 off from the previous "discounted" amount "he" quoted us. Like, I wouldn't turn down a discount for a month, I'd love a free $100, but... wtf.

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I've been fighting off some kind of crud for a couple days now. Woke up with a sore throat yesterday and started feeling worse (though still mildly) throughout the day. Today felt about the same as yesterday, so at least it's not getting steeply worse! Unfortunately I've got at least one coworker with covid, and multiple coworkers with allegedly non-covid crud. Trying my best to avoid it and lysol everything at every chance I get.

Slept a bit extra yesterday, and while I'm going to try and get some more stuff done tonight, it's possible I'll lose this evening to a nap again, ha.