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So Far So Good
Nov. 6th, 2021 04:03 amThis morning I awoke to find that my phone charger had unplugged itself from the bedside lamp outlet, so it has almost no charge. It's not a crisis, of course, just an annoyance. The lamp that was in here when I arrived was broken, and the one with which the hotel replaced it has bad outlets. I'll cope. It makes me feel better that I carry spare cords and an external battery pack with me.
Speaking of annoyances, the results of the post-arrival COVID-19 test I had to take at Montreal airport arrived overnight. I had to reboot my computer to get them because for some reason the computer could no longer recognize the hotel wi-fi (although my phone could still see it). As you've probably figured out by now because I did to lead with it, the results were negative. Apparently, if I were saying any longer than I am here in Quebec, I'd have to get another test on the eighth day I was here. However, I'll be tested again on Sunday, with the results being what I need to be allowed onto the plane on Wednesday.
Speaking of that needed-for-departure test, I find that at least some of the people here at the convention who will also be flying out on Wednesday are misreading the rules. They're seeing "three days" and assume that means that means no more than 72 hours before their flights leave on Wednesday, and thus end up concluding that the at-convention testing (not free, but easier than finding a test site) on Sunday is too late. What the rule actually says is that tests must be from no earlier than the third day before departure. It's deliberately not worded as hours. The specific example says that if you were flying out at 1 PM Friday, the test could be taken anytime on Tuesday or later. Thus my flight (about 12:30 PM Wednesday) means that a test on Sunday is fine.
I also figured out yesterday how to make the printer work in the small business center the hotel provides. I also managed to do something to make the printer start spewing out page after page with "memory error" on them until I turned the printer off and told the front desk that something needed to be fixed. I hope it's fixed by the time I need to print these test results!
Speaking of annoyances, the results of the post-arrival COVID-19 test I had to take at Montreal airport arrived overnight. I had to reboot my computer to get them because for some reason the computer could no longer recognize the hotel wi-fi (although my phone could still see it). As you've probably figured out by now because I did to lead with it, the results were negative. Apparently, if I were saying any longer than I am here in Quebec, I'd have to get another test on the eighth day I was here. However, I'll be tested again on Sunday, with the results being what I need to be allowed onto the plane on Wednesday.
Speaking of that needed-for-departure test, I find that at least some of the people here at the convention who will also be flying out on Wednesday are misreading the rules. They're seeing "three days" and assume that means that means no more than 72 hours before their flights leave on Wednesday, and thus end up concluding that the at-convention testing (not free, but easier than finding a test site) on Sunday is too late. What the rule actually says is that tests must be from no earlier than the third day before departure. It's deliberately not worded as hours. The specific example says that if you were flying out at 1 PM Friday, the test could be taken anytime on Tuesday or later. Thus my flight (about 12:30 PM Wednesday) means that a test on Sunday is fine.
I also figured out yesterday how to make the printer work in the small business center the hotel provides. I also managed to do something to make the printer start spewing out page after page with "memory error" on them until I turned the printer off and told the front desk that something needed to be fixed. I hope it's fixed by the time I need to print these test results!
