Getting ready to switch

The same pattern of disturbed sleep again. Nine and a half hours in bed, three hours awake. Inevitably I don't feel rested enough, but I feel better since the acupuncture and people say I look better. Overcast sky as usual and colder today. We went to the Eucharist at St Catherine's with about three dozen adults and ten lively children present. We heard that the costs of ministry and running a building have risen. We need to give at least fifteen quid a week each to ensure each priest gets paid. What we save on petrol by giving up the car will cover that. Next Saturday's Christmas Fayre leaflets are printed and ready for distribution. Clare has taken a pile for Severn Grove, a long street beside the Coop.

I relaxed in the armchair after lunch without dozing off, and chatted with Owain, who's coming to stay for a few days this week. Before I change broadband providers, I need to change my Microsoft account, so that security codes go to an account I use and have access to. A long time ago, perhaps fifteen years, I registered using the email address of my new broadband provider. I don't otherwise use it and will lose access to it when I switch. I'm not going to pay to retain an account for which I have no other use. I can't even remember why I set up my Microsoft account that way, it's so long ago. Microsoft cloud storage was called SkyDrive when I registered back then, in 2012. 

I've asked him to help me change the credentials of my Microsoft account to a different user identity when he comes. It looks straightforward but I'm nervous about doing it alone, in case I'm distracted and lose my way in the procedure. I also need to replace our TV digi-box as this will no longer work. A new smart TV with this facility built-in is probably the answer. Then, all I need is to change providers and buy into a broadband plus landline package. Kath is already advising me on this. Owain can only stay a few days. He has to return before Budget Day as HMRC communications staff are on stand-by to update the website in the light of tax changes revealed in the Chancellor's speech. 

I walked for an hour and a half in Llandaff Fields, after chatting with Owain, taking photos with my Olympus OMD-M1 of leaves that have turned colour without dropping and others fallen on the grass. The sky remained stubbornly clouded over and needed editing to bring out colours that sunshine would have highlighted.

I spent a couple of hours after supper backing up OneDrive folders of files to my 2TB hard drive attached to my laptop, to make sure that if I lose access to stuff I'm currently working with, I don't end up in a mess when I have a job to finish. I was certainly ready for bed by the time I completed this fiddly chore.