Done yesterday (20090419)

[mdlbear]

0413-19 E's Spring Break
0419 Su
  * up 6:30; W=190; drugs, nose; coffee, C (trying cranberry/pomegranate)
    ! still not happy about weight but it's going back down
  * 7:10-8:15 backups
  & Colleen and Mario
    Colleen was chipper; she had dinner sitting in her wheelchair yesterday.
    Mario, who just arrived last night, looked awful and sounded doped to
    the eyebrows on painkillers.  One can hope that's the reason, anyway.
    ! optimistic; grateful that Colleen is in as good shape as she is.
  * Walk: ~4mi along Los Gatos Creek
  * Puttering, decluttering the bedroom  ! productive 
  & Office Max:  file boxes, phone for 6609, 3x5-card retro-PDA. 
  * 5:40 phone by bed on 6609; 2-station radio phone
    couldn't find the old Uniden phone; new Verizon DECT6 only $45
  * Colleen (with chocolate milkshake in hand)
    ! calm; TV majorly distracting.
  * check for Emmy's prom: two tickets = $220
  * give Emmy the check for her prom
  * Puttering, decluttering the bedroom  ! productive 
  * bed ~12:20

Colleen was chipper Sunday morning: a good way to start the day. It was a pretty good walk, too, though not terribly thoughtful. Simply getting out and walking is good enough, after weeks of mostly sedentary days. Too hot, though. It can go back to being winter any time now, and we could use the rain.

Having a daughter in high school gets expensive: it's prom season. Even with a seamstress in the household who owes you favors.

Colleen called while I was out shopping and asked for a milkshake. Fortunately I sucked off my toll before I got there. We had fun fighting over the dregs, though -- right now anything I can do to make her giggle is good.

I managed to get a fair amount of work done cleaning up the bedroom. Steam cleaning might not be feasible before Colleen comes home, but I'll at least be able to get the floor vacuumed and space cleared for a pair of hospital beds. It's still overwhelming, and I procrastinated much too long.