Our power went out for a little while yesterday afternoon, and it apparently got a good distance around us, because my dental office was also hit. Had an 'every-six-months' appointment this morning, and they were still having problems getting into the computers. Thankfully all I needed or wanted was a cleaning, and that didn't require a computer. All good on that front, and I'll call them next week to schedule the next appointment and deal with billing.

I was a little worried I was going to have to go into the office today, because the power cord on my work laptop didn't seem to be charging it after the power outage. I was all set to try a couple different things and then make the drive in, but after sitting powered down all night it was drawing power just fine this morning, post-dentist. Thank heavens. The Metro is current closed down at the office, so it would've meant a drive one way or another.

In the meantime, it's Apple systems update day, so I've been updating all of my devices, and getting the husband's computers for good measure while he's at work. Much easier to do during the day at home than waiting until everyone is trying to do it when they get home from work.

I don't think the previous owners of this townhouse knew the meaning of the words "preventative maintenance". At least not based on all the hair and gunk we've cleaned out of the various sink and shower traps (ewww), and the water staining I've scrubbed off the nozzle of the kitchen faucet. And now, on the amount of lint in the dryer vent. The dryer has always run slow, and we've said we were going to replace it once the cult co-op sold (which it still hasn't done *sigh*), but after cleaning as much of the inside of the vent next to the dryer as well as we could and seeing how much lint was in there, we finally called a company to have them come do the whole vent to the outside (which vents outside near the top of the third story), which they're scheduled to do tomorrow. Am betting the dryer will magically work properly, or closer to properly, once it can vent like it's supposed to. Because there's probably 11 years of lint in the line that's blocking the exhaust from getting out. Just like the hair clogged the sinks.

Kids, maintain your shit. It'll work better if you do.

Other than that, we got new sliding blinds for the upstairs loft room off the husband's office. The cleaning person killed the slider on the vertical blinds that the husband hated, so we used that as an excuse to get something he'd prefer. Those got installed today and they look much, much better. Tomorrow will be the acid test when the morning sun is hitting them, but since we already had window film put on those sliding glass doors, I think it'll be fine.

In the meantime I got a robo call from the power company that tomorrow is a peak savings day; if we reduce our electricity use we get credits on the bill for helping them manage demand. So we may take off early tomorrow, close up all the shades, unplug a bunch of electronics, set the thermostats to "away", and wander out into the world. And see if that gets us any credits with the power company. If nothing else it's a good excuse to get out of the house.

Got to play some Animal Crossing tonight with the nieces on both sides of the family. There was a shooting star event on my island, so I invited all the girls over to wish on the stars and get DIY recipes from the giant space chicken Celeste. They seemed to have fun with it, as they usually do when I open up for online play. And I certainly enjoyed "seeing" them in the game.