Done yesterday (20090509)

[mdlbear]

0509 Sa
  & awake at 1:30ish, 3:30ish, ?
  * up 6:25; W=190.2; drugs, nose; coffee, C; teeth
  * Southern Lumber: 1x6 and 1x8 for headboard; PT2x4, concrete for fence
  ~ Spring Clean-up Day!! -- either it isn't, or it ended at noon :(
  * put up Elfa shelves in place of headboard
  * ABC: chucks, maybe a larger pad for bed.  Look at scooters
    She fell in love with the Pride Go-Go Elite Traveller 3-wheel
  & Lovely drive with the Cat.  Fruit stand for strawberries etc.
  & ordered scooter online
    
    http://www.1800wheelchair.com/asp/view-product.asp?product_id=1620 
    price is $600 less than ABC had it.  We'd rather buy locally, but...
  ~ walk with Colleen to Rose Garden
  * Walk around the Rose Garden
  & Colleen needed a clean-up and Desitin.  Added hugs; went fine.
    She was embarrassed and apologizing; I hugged her.  It worked!
    Strong contrast to 0507, when we both lost it in a feedback loop.
  = cannonical clean-up technique: run warm water into washbasin, 
    use that to dampen paper towels.  Very fast.
  & declutter: went through box of s/w CDs and discarded old distros, 
    useless drivers (e.g. Win 98 USB stick drivers)
  * 9:30ish drugs, nose
  * Colleen to bed at ~10pm after commode run.
  * 10:15ish load drugs for the week; teeth
  & 10:50-11:43 bath.  Quite possibly a mistake -- fell asleep again.

I've already posted about yesterday's big event: ordering a scooter for the Cat. Or the Electric Rollycat, which will be quite a step up from the Turbocharged Snail.

We also had a nice drive and some good snuggle. I feel particularly good about how I settled her down with a couple of hugs and sympathy when she started to go all embarrassed and apologetic at me. I'm learning, slowly.

I got in a walk; I'd originally wanted to go with Colleen, but she was tired enough after our outing that neither of us thought it would be a good idea.