Day 2945

 Tony woke me up at 7:15.  He was all excited about his phone not working the way it should.  According to him "he'd logged onto the internet and someone had hacked his phone and removed the buttons he uses".  Apparently he had called me because he'd called Yo who had refused to take the day off work to buy him a new phone.

I listened to him rant for 10 minutes and then told him to call back when he wanted to listen to me.  I figured it was operator error, but couldn't get a word in edgewise.  A little later I called him back and told him I'd hang up unless he shut up and listened.  He agreed.

After a while I determined that he had an Android phone and had somehow moved the buttons that he usually uses.  At this point I handed him to Ellen.  I know that you can move the buttons, but I don't know how.  I never do that.  It took some some time, but managed to get his buttons back where he wanted them.

A little later he called me back because Yo wouldn't answer his phone.  I promised to try it.  That was a real mistake.  When I called Yo he said he needed to wait until his break and would call me back.  His return call was 43 minutes long.  It was sort of a replay of a call from several years ago.  Tony s a real pain in the ass to live with and Yo is thinking of throwing him out.  I tried to calm him down and give him some advice on how to handle Tony.  I don't know how serious he was or if he was just venting.

Ellen was listening.  We both think Yo would benefit from a support group.  Ellen found a Seattle based support group for queers with bi-polar partners.  This doesn't surprise me.

Between and during the phone calls I was working on the Jeep and the FMS.  I put brass suspension links on both.  The task weren't really hard, but the lack of instructions led to me having to redo a couple of steps.  The results are nice.  The suspensions look nice and there's a good weight addition down low.  The last part for the FMS is due late tonight.

When the work was done it was after 3 and I hadn't had lunch.  I got a sandwich and then surfed.  I also set up an appointment with Grant over the web.  It will be Jan 4.

The surfing turned into videos, which turned into football.  Somewhere in that time Ellen fixed salmon and rice for dinner.  It was really good.