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annathepiperSo there I was, driving home from work, when I overshot the exit to get onto 405 from 520. "Not a problem," I think, and I get off at the next exit--the 108th street exit. I have an impulse about finding a new sekrit ninja way home, possibly by sneaking up to a more northerly exit onto 405th, or failing that, cutting through Kirkland. I drove north, and finally got into Kirkland, and I recognized the street I needed to turn onto to get into downtown Kirkland and the familiar part of ninja routes I've taken to Kenmore before.
I saw a guy crossing the street in a crosswalk, and hit my brakes to give him what I thought was adequate time to get on over to the other side of the street. Apparently I was wrong, because the next thing I knew, BOOM, there was a motorcycle cop right behind me. And he dinged me $101 for failing to let the guy get all the way over to the sidewalk. :<
So that was stressy-making, especially since my iPod cut out just as I was pulling over to let the cop make with being copperly, so I had to drive home the rest of the way in silence.
It didn't help much either that I found that the iPod battery I'd ordered had a defective connector on it. So![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
solarbird had to futz with the connector on the old battery to try to get it off to use with the new one, since I wanted to try that before I called up the store where I placed the order and complained about being sent a defective battery.
But it did help some thatspazzkat treated us to sushi.
We came home to watch the second episode of the new Doctor Who, which was fun, and we conducted iPod surgery as well. As I type this the iPod is now recharging, and I'll need to let it sit for a while and do that. Hopefully by tomorrow I'll be able to see if I've put everything back together correctly. I'm vaguely frustrated that I broke off part of one of the tabs that holds the case of the device together, but it does not appear to have been too much of a problem since everything snapped back together still.
Marf. Now to see if I can try to do at least some work on Chapter 15....
I saw a guy crossing the street in a crosswalk, and hit my brakes to give him what I thought was adequate time to get on over to the other side of the street. Apparently I was wrong, because the next thing I knew, BOOM, there was a motorcycle cop right behind me. And he dinged me $101 for failing to let the guy get all the way over to the sidewalk. :<
So that was stressy-making, especially since my iPod cut out just as I was pulling over to let the cop make with being copperly, so I had to drive home the rest of the way in silence.
It didn't help much either that I found that the iPod battery I'd ordered had a defective connector on it. So
solarbird had to futz with the connector on the old battery to try to get it off to use with the new one, since I wanted to try that before I called up the store where I placed the order and complained about being sent a defective battery. But it did help some that
spazzkat treated us to sushi. We came home to watch the second episode of the new Doctor Who, which was fun, and we conducted iPod surgery as well. As I type this the iPod is now recharging, and I'll need to let it sit for a while and do that. Hopefully by tomorrow I'll be able to see if I've put everything back together correctly. I'm vaguely frustrated that I broke off part of one of the tabs that holds the case of the device together, but it does not appear to have been too much of a problem since everything snapped back together still.
Marf. Now to see if I can try to do at least some work on Chapter 15....
