Done last week (20090520-27)

[mdlbear]

0520 We
  * up 6:20; W=189.6; drugs, nose; coffee, C; teeth
    ! pleased about the weight
  * Water day! (every two weeks now)
  * 10:45 Colleen gets stitches out
  & Target with Colleen for mostly nighties, bras, T-shirts.
    No suitable shirts for me, but that's not unusual.
  & Made chicken salad for lunch.
  & Much less worried about $couple, at least for now.
  * pick up cleaned bedding   x(may be a good idea to re-dry at home)
  & Trader Joe's
  * Wed May 20  	0763  	Depart SEATTLE TACOMA WA (SEA) at 2:15 PM
    Arrive in SAN JOSE CA (SJC) at 4:25 PM
  & Good friends, good conversations, a little noodling
  * Bed ~12:15ish
  *- mention OSCon to Callie: http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon

0521 Th
  * up 6:27; W=190.6; drugs, nose, teeth; 
  * make sure C&N are up by 10ish
  * 3pm YD has a dentist appointment.  She can take the bus home
  * 3:30pm TGl concert at White Blossom
  * 8ish TGq rehearsal

0522 Fr
  * 10:00 take Colleen, Tessara over to con
  * BANK: make deposits (on the way back)
  * 0427 reserve Baycon rooms Fri 5/22 - Mon 5/25 (3 nights) 1-800-233-1234
    See http://baycon.org/2009/hotel.html#code  Hyatt Regency Santa Clara
    2 rooms: wheelchair acc; 2 beds.  both no down, no feathers.
  * firm up setlist for TGl enough to print
  & walk with G
  & to con; Callie solo in the Honda; me, N, and G in the van.
  ~ 3:30ish TGq rehearsal.
  * Baycon starts
  & rehearsal after dinner
  * 8pm TGq concert.  Got an additional 40min because the next act was stuck
    in traffic.  Kicked serious ass.

0523 Sa
  * home for laundry
  * print TG* songbook, set lyrics.  Incorporate notes
  * 8pm TGl concert
    Callie's voice gave out in mid-song; N pulled Landscapes from the set
    Recovered well with only one audience-audible trainwreck.

0534 Su
  * home for laundry
  * a couple of hours with G.  5-year-olds are very entertaining, but don't
    leave much time for thought.  In some cases this is a Good Thing.

0525 Mo
  * arrange for late checkout (2pm)
  * home for laundry, with most of my luggage
  * Talk with Jeff Bohnhoff about recording the Tempered Glass album.
    He can start this fall; we'll check back around the end of summer.
    => practice recording against a click track.
    => N. should practice recording against a scratch track or guitar.
  & two trips: most luggage (with Callie), swap cars, back for RollyCat


0526 Tu
  * up 6:20; W=190.6; drugs, nose; coffee, C
  * mail to Susan about mindfulness group (no bot, so probably not anyway)
  * pay PG&E bill, 
  * Check on Colleen's jury summons: group 145 (check back at noon)
  * Kat needs her DH account
  * set up dh accounts for callie, naomi 
  * set up custom dh groups
  & walk around Rose Garden with G, C, N
  * Talk to N about learning optimism.
    -> read Polyanna (the actual book, which is different from what you'd
       expect from the current meaning of the word: "glad game")
       http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/world/readfile?fk_files=907846
  * N uncomfortable with JB for recording; let's [explore alternatives]
    (JB has an air of superiority/condescension that makes her uncomfortable;
     afraid he'll make it more like a rock album and less like folk.)
  x 5pm mindfulness group.  Will probably have to skip it.
  * paid Callie for April's TGl travel.  * Make sure it's covered (barely)
  * 5:30ish Tue May 26 	0455 	Depart SAN JOSE CA (SJC) at 7:20 PM
    Arrive in SEATTLE TACOMA WA (SEA) at 9:25 PM
  * 7ish Ash to airport for 8:30 flight
  . FLEX ACCOUNT!!!
    * 0526 locate and sort all statements

0527 We
  * up 6:25; W=189.6; drugs, nose, teeth; coffee, C
  * BANK: $200 cash from savings
  & putting the foot of Colleen's bed up helped her leg swelling a LOT
  * 11ish check http://www.sccsuperiorcourt.org/jury/juryinfo.html (145)
  * buy coffee, 0-odor spray (later found the missing spray bottle, of course)

It seems that during the last week I've been too busy or too wiped out or both to have posted any of my "done yesterday" posts. In some cases, like during Baycon, too busy even to make entries in the to.do file. Too busy to think, which can be a good thing at times.

If I ever schedule three concerts in one week again, somebody please beat me unconscious with a clue-bat and tell them I'm indisposed. They went pretty well, but between rehearsals and taking care of Colleen there was essentially no time for socializing. Let alone work.

Colleen continues to need a lot of care; this was complicated by the fact that the hotel's "wheelchair-accessible" room wasn't particularly. I am very glad that we had gotten another room for the kids, though.

Remind me to stay out of Hyatt hotels whenever possible. Remind me that out-of-the-area travel is simply out of the question until Colleen's condition improves.

Only two walks, neither fast enough or long enough to provide any exercise to speak of.

It doesn't feel like I've had a vacation at all. The time I've spent working from home doesn't feel as though it's been particularly productive, either. Procrastination hasn't helped; now I have the May 31st deadline for my (2008) "flexible" health-care spending account looming, with a huge pile of receipts still to be processed. Motivation? What's that?

There have been a few bright spots: time with a 5-year-old girl, one fantastic concert and two pretty damned good ones, a little quiet time with my friends. Seeing Colleen back in her element: presiding over Wednesday Open House at the Starport, in her usual place in the lobby at Baycon.

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[mdlbear]

Probably; no idea how widespread the fail is.