I slept until noon today, which almost never happens—probably the first time in about a year. Rainy days are made for sleeping, after all. I don’t even remember when I fell asleep last night. Around six in the morning I vaguely noticed the light was still on and my glasses were still on my face. I got up, turned off the light, took off my glasses, and went right back to sleep. The electric blanket on medium was perfect.
Following a few friend links, I added some more personal blogs about everyday life and subscribed to them. As of today, the blog circle has 105 independent personal blogs focused on everyday life indexed, and I’m subscribed to 110. I also updated Ego Reader on my phone while I was at it.
In the evening my sister cooked luosifen. I discovered that it’s actually not bad without the bamboo shoot packet—it tastes a bit like crossing-the-bridge rice noodles. With the bamboo shoot packet, though, the smell is something else. I call it the “stinky packet,” which is pretty much what it is. I can handle stinky tofu even though it smells bad, but I really can’t get luosifen past my nose. Why do girls like this kind of unusual food? I don’t get it. Jun-ge was right, though: that distinctive stink is the soul of luosifen. I just can’t accept its soul, haha.
Right before bed I had a sudden urge to deal with the router at home. It had been unusable for a while. It used to work, but at some point it just stopped connecting. First I realized I’d forgotten the password for the router’s login page, so I reset it. On the Honor Router XD21, the reset switch is in a tiny hole on the back about the size of a pen tip; you need a needle or a pen tip to press it. Then I went through the setup and tried a few different ports. After connecting, the test said no incoming network cable was detected and told me to check the cable. Finally it hit me: the Ethernet cable was bad. My god. Whatever—I’ll find a cable and swap it out tomorrow.
Also, is the XD21 router not very good? I have no idea. It came from China Telecom. I’ll look online later and maybe buy my own router. Even though it was free, it should still be better than the modem, right? Without the router, the connection feels slow. Speed tests look fast, but actual browsing is really slow.
