Events

A stationary front settled over the Chicago area overnight, drifting north through my area around 8am and drifting back south around 2pm. As those overlapped almost perfectly with when I walked the dogs today, I got to be incorrectly dressed twice. When I walked the girls at 8am, the temperature was drifting down from 20°C to 15°C; just now it vaulted from 15°C to 28°C (with a heat index over 30°C):

Cassie, Butters, and I took a 40-minute walk to the lake and back in a 28°C heat index an hour ago, and both of them are passed out on various surfaces. Good, especially in Butters' case. (As I typed this, Cassie came over to investigate.)

Look who's come to visit:

I went to the DMV both yesterday and today because yesterday I didn't have the exact documentation required to update the address on my REAL ID driver's license. Well, ha ha ha, today I also didn't have the exact documentation required. Because it turns out, even though "official mail from a state agency" is one of the acceptable forms, wouldn't you know that if it's from one specific part of the state government, it isn't acceptable? You'd think they would call that out.

Today I have to go to the DMV, the bank, and the barber, plus handle a few dozen other small tasks. Cassie will also get plenty of walkies as befits her caninity. This is our weather today:

I no longer own a house. This state of affairs will continue for quite a while. Since September 1998 I have owned property continuously except for 4 days in 2000 and 3 days in 2018. The flipside of this is that I no longer have a mortgage. No property, no debt; what will that do to my FICO score? I'll have to wait until mid-June to find out.

I forgot to mention, I broke down and bought a NetGear Nighthawk RS700s yesterday. Whoo boy:

With all of the move finally completed, including all the unpacking and all the little things you need to do in a vacant house before closing, I'm OK with where I wound up. The apartment is temporary, though that could wind up being a couple of years, during which time I will have to maintain more than one storage locker full of my stuff. I may miss the movie collection the most. (I can always go to the storage facility and grab a movie if I need to. The boxes are pretty well labeled.)

As of 4:30 pm, I'm completely moved in to my new place, and Cassie has gotten almost 2 hours of walkies today because of it. We had crystal-clear but cool weather all day, perfect for lots of walks.

The first bit of news I got on social media this morning was that David Walter, one of my high school music teachers died last week at the age of 89. He was without doubt the most influential teacher in my life. I last saw him at my other high school music teacher's retirement party a few years ago. Between him and Judy Moe, I learned more music performance technique and theory in high school than most music majors learn before their first year of graduate school. I am glad I got to see him recently. He...