Weekly Update 04/11/26 – 04/18/26 (hearing aids adjustment progress, FACTS credit card demo, rebuilding music library)

  

Weekly Update 04/11/26 – 04/18/26 (hearing aids adjustment progress, FACTS credit card demo, rebuilding music library)

This week’s update covers a mix of personal reflection, progress at work, adjustments to my hearing aids, and some ongoing cleanup of my music library. As part of my ongoing Weekly Update series, I try to document both what’s happening and how things are evolving over time.

Well, I’ve been in shock for a couple of days. This started when I realized that Thursday was the 19th anniversary of Linda’s passing. How that is possible, I have no idea. Those 19 years have flown by.

https://mrodell.blogspot.com/p/chapter-15-kitty-litter.html

Things at work are going well. I have been working on getting eBiz data to post into FACTS for payments. I have also been preparing for a demo of the current way FACTS processes credit card payments. Since I now have access to Astra ChatGPT at work, I feed it all the FACTS manuals. I laid out how I’d like to present the data: start with the normal credit card processing lifecycle and how FACTS deals with each step, then demonstrate how each step happens in FACTS.

From there, I used PowerPoint to develop slides for the demonstration, and finally worked with Astra to create a document that not only listed each of my PowerPoint slides but also indicated where in the FACTS manuals more information could be found.

Friday, I presented the information to the User Interface and User Experience team. I think it went well.

I did get word at work that I may be going to California in May to meet my team.

I think I’m doing well adjusting to my hearing aids. I’m finally starting to notice some improvement, not only in what I hear but also in how I speak. I’m just quieter now because I can hear myself better.

I’ve also been enjoying the Wi-Fi connectivity they offer. I’m listening to more music now. I was disappointed to find that much of my music was missing from my new iPhone. Fortunately, I was able to locate all of it on my laptop and resync it to my iTunes account. Then I found that my playlists were missing and I had to rebuild them. I used the post I made a few months ago about my workout playlist to rebuild that.

https://mrodell.blogspot.com/2025/11/theme-from-rocky-bill-conti.html

And I have been working to rebuild the others in my spare time. I have the “Pick Me Up” playlist rebuilt, it has 313 songs and takes 19 hours to play. I listen to it shuffled.

Next, I’ll work on the songs that give me energy.

This week I finally decided to go dark. I find that there is less eye strain if I look at a dark background, so I’ve turned as many backgrounds on my computer dark as I can.

Next week I get a root canal and meet my new PCP.

Have a great week.

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