as for work, it wasn't too busy, but just a steady slow trickle of customers. at 4pm we closed. my father showed up again to pick up my 2nd aunt and to also learn he'd have to go pick up my sister's godmother as well since my sister wasn't going to do it. my sister continued cleaning while i was in the office calling xfinity comcast to swap out the cablemodem with a new one. it wasn't too hard, once the new modem was registered, it worked immediately.
i did find out today at that the obi200 google voice VoIP phone that controls the cafe phone came only receive calls, can't make them. actually, you can call, but you can't hear the other person even though the other person can hear you. it's a weird bug, not sure if it's worth the effort to fix, since i also learned that the obi200 will no longer be supported after this year (2023).
i left soon after i swapped out the cablemodem, biking to belmont. my father showed up with my 2nd aunt and my sister's godmother a bit later. my mother called my sister and finally managed to coax her in attending dinner.
dinner seemed to be going well, until my sister threw another tantrum, said the dumplings were way too salty, and that she couldn't bear to eat anymore so she left with her dog. her godmother was also going to leave with her, but my father insisted she stay. it made for a rather awkward chinese new year dinner.
when dinner was over, my aunt and uncle gave my 2nd aunt and sister's godmother a ride home. i left a short time later, riding my bike, even after a few guests were surprised i'd be riding in such cold weather (it was only 30 degrees). i wore my new pair of colorful temu gloves, since they were thicker than the ones that i had.
my CR1216 lithium watch battery came. i cracked open my timex weekender watch1 with a pocket knife and replaced the battery. i then used my watch press tool to press the watch back onto the watch body. i bought the watch press in august 2017, specifically to close the case on this exact same watch. missing instructions, i had to watch a few youtube videos to figure out how to use it. even then, i continued to used it wrong, but still managed to close the case anyway.
1 i bought my first timex weekender ($29) in february 2013. it was a nice watch, but i found the face too big for my thin wrist. a few years later (july 2015) i found a smaller sized weekender ($20) at the timex outlet store in the wrentham mall. i wore it everyday until i started using a fitness tracker, and had to give up the watch. i still miss wearing it though.