So, it only took FIVE DAYS, but it's all set up and ready to go now! The great thing is it looks like
exactly what I wanted--super easy to use (as in "press button to start"), easy to pour water into, reusable basket, etc. The only downside is that despite its 15 ounce (not 14 as stated on Amazon) capacity, it's not tall enough for my latte mugs. Oh well, I'll get over it.
BTW, today I also set up my new [landline] phone system! I bought it.....back in February!
Its unopened box sat here by my bed all this time because I was too lazy to do the prep I needed to do first, i.e., listen to all my saved messages on the old one, and write down anything important from them. I finally did that Friday and today was the day! This is an AT&T phone system that claims to have outstanding spam-filtering abilities. We'll see! Right now I've only gotten everything plugged in (the base and its handset, plus two free-standing handsets) so their batteries--which have been sitting since at least February--could get charged. I verified it works as soon as one handset had enough juice to test a call. I'll get to the fancy settings later.
Something really weird happened while I was reviewing the old messages. I'm sure I've posted before about listening to the messages--like two years after coming home from the hospital--from the 24 hours I was on the floor. It was really sad, I mean gut-wrenching, as each relative's voice showed increasing concern and then panic. I remember when I listened to them that one time, there were a bunch of them, easily 14 or 15, and I distinctly remember the last one being my aunt ending with 'we're calling the police.' What's weird? All but two of those had disappeared! The only two that remained were both from my daughter, one on the night I collapsed and one the next morning. Then, where there should've been another dozen or so....nothing....it just skipped to some random other message.And you know what? I'm glad. That was THE main reason I kept procrastinating; I didn't want to live that again. Now I don't have to!