My small little personal world is starting to feel normal again – whatever normal is. My territory is mine all mine again LOL.
It was so wonderful to have our Godson Anthony home here in the states. Lots of giggles and fun. I do worry about him going over to Kosovo but it is the job he wanted because it got him closer to Germany – one of the countries he has not visited yet and really wishes to do so. He is a traveler that is for sure.
To many humans in this small condo made for an interesting if not stressful few weeks. Everytime I turned around there was someone somewhere – generally in my way. I felt like the Outer Limits intro – we control the verticle, we control the horizontal . …
With the rainy and cold weather I have not ridden my bike for a few weeks but have been using the stationary bike in PE. The week with no class made me aware of how just the having somewhere to go everyday and peeps to converse with helps.
The most exciting (well to me anyways) thing that occurred was the gift that Anthony left for me.
I managed to get it onto my Grandmother’s old trunk and hooked up. I have a whole bunch of catching up to do on what a television does now days – other than be – a television. My old school AMP does not have any HDMI ports so it took my poor brain a bit to figure out how to get the xbox and surround sound all to play nice. Oh yeah KRP bought me a Blue Ray DVD player to go along with the new TV – sweet! I watched 2012 last night. The welcome screen kept asking me to hook up the dvd to the computer so I could listen to the radio and oh who knows what else.
So I make sure the power adapter worked etc and then I hit the WALL. Since the TV was purchase in Qatar I knew about the power plug and I checked the specs out. I missed the big one – the wall – the freaking plugin for the antenna – err umm this looks odd LOL. So, the television did everything but talk to me – except being able to Auh be a television!
KRP picked up an adapter that I found RadioShack carried so yeah I am all excited – hook up the antenna and no joy. I tried everything. Ever try to read a manual written in some sort of Arabic I think. Online Google again I started to notice that all the info that discussed digital TV mentioned the HDMI hookups. But no info really on the antenna plug. Then I started thinking that maybe just maybe the antenna input only did analog and the HDMI plugs the digital? So I got out the box we got that is for converting the digital so that analog TV’s could still work and low and behold I can now watch TV. I am going to break down and run a coaxial cable from downstairs with a splitter and get another cable box for upstairs.
Now what to do about way too many remotes!
So, let’s see, you’ve got TV, antenna, surround sound, DVD player, Xbox… How about the microwave, to make popcorn? But that would need another remote 🙂
Microwave! LOL I think I am running out of power plug-ins. Catfish does have some scooby snacks hidden in a dresser drawer though.
I do have another remote really I do!
I love the juxtaposition of this technoland on top of Grandma’s old trunk.
It is odd seeing people who haven’t seen you for a while. One gets brief glimpses of how other’s see you in their eyes and expectations. I’m not looking forward to the first time I see my sis again as I was functioning way better at Christmas compared to now.
It’s also amazing, at least for me, to realize how much my ability to function is based on not deviating from my little routines and pacing throughout the day. I understand my grandmother better every day. GRR.
Oh, yeah, is there such a thing as a universal remote for that mess?
Although, I bought a universal once but never could successfully program it even though I only have two remotes. :0
Or you could keep them all and consider it neurocognitive therapy by successfully using them every day!
It thought of how old the trunk was when I decided to put the tele on it. Gosh I know she used it in the late 20’s maybe earlier as she moved from Oregon (where trunk was made) during WW1 to work as a telegraph operator in Washington. Heck she lived to a good age of 104 so lots of history there.
Yeah, seeing someone after a time is kind of a in my face reminder of what has changed with me – usually for the worse 🙂 I so need my routines and my space!! Neurocognitive therapy now that is one big word!