So today was plenty frazzling.

First, my mom's caregiver had noticed yesterday that she'd written down some alarming-sounding appointment for 10 a.m. I thus had to get up earlier than I would have otherwise to drive over there and deflect some high-pressure salesmen who were arriving with some plan to have her "save $500" on some alterations to her gutters and carport. Yeesh. Turns out these are the same guys who had installed the mysterious new door that appeared a year or so ago, which looks much less attractive than the old one but purports to offer weatherization benefits. Scammers, preying on the elderly. The guy protested, "But we drove all the way from Portland!" Umm, if my mom were competent enough to do business with them, she'd also have some clue about who was coming at 10 a.m. and why, so I could have called them to save them the trip.

Then, in the late afternoon, Norton announced it had found a virus, just as I was trying to look at something innocuous on the IMDb. It told me it couldn't quarantine it, so I tried running a full system scan, which froze up, and I had to install the newer NAV product, and needless to say, hours were wasted.

Good things: Dollhouse, hot apple cider after a walk in the dark in the "light freezing fog," cozy times with the boys and now with Lillian.