# (Old) The first day of school in the MMP

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Tags:** mmp\
**Created:** [August 21, 2023, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-first-day-of-school-in-the-mmp/988860 "2023-08-21T10:50:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-first-day-of-school-in-the-mmp/988860/366 "2023-08-28T03:43:34Z")

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> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> the computer says “soon, really. I promise”. Computers lie.

You know what also lies? DTE. I really don’t know exactly what this stands for other than D is Detroit and E is likely Electricity but they’re the ones who have to fix the problem when the power is out. Well apparently they have been telling the owner of the vrbo that we were supposed to go to today that the power would be back on no later than this evening. Well it’s 11:20pm and nyet. So, when the owner called me at 5:30 and said it wasn’t on at that time, I said to call me in the morning and if it’s on, we’ll come. He said he’d refund tonight’s amount.

So, just about everything is packed except the food in the refrigerator, although nothing is in the car yet.

I’m glad that I went and swam at least a 600 today. I didn’t swim farther because I was hopeful that the power would be back on and I didn’t want to waste time. **MetalMouse** you’re my role model and keep me motivated to keep up with the swimming.

**pilot** were you at least enjoying the music from the reggae party?

**sari** best wishes for the procedure going smoothly

**JtC** you are converting me to want to find a TC class nearby.

So far so good with Hubs. His cramps have abated but he is quite gunshy and is sticking to the liquidish diet. I have made 4 boxes of jello for him so far and bought a beef broth, chicken broth, split pea soup, butternut squash soup and portobello mushroom creamy soup. He’s also been drinking a lot of Boost.

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