Done yesterday (20090713)

[mdlbear]

0713 Mo
  * awake 6:30, up 7:30; W=190.4; drugs, nose, teeth; coffee, C
  * laundry, dishes done.
  * wash glasses before driving to work
  * call Marc before noon
  * Walk: ~an hour
  * Colleen can get in and out of the van
  * pretty good progress, though things will still be down to the wire.
  * HSX: Check from Juanita
  * first apple of the season from our back-yard tree.  Yum.
  ! Knowing that one of my friends had a very good day makes me happy
  & started reading Full Catastrophe Living
    can overlap reading with sitting in the bedroom with Colleen
  * bed ~10:30?

The high point of the day came in the evening as Colleen and I shared the season's first gravenstein apple from our back-yard tree. WOW!

The Gravenstein was introduced to western North America in the early 19th century, perhaps by Russian fur traders, who are said to have planted a tree at Fort Ross in 1811.

The fact that I was also on IM with a friend who was having a wonderful day helped, too.

I got to work fairly early and managed to get in a walk after the morning meeting, plus a full afternoon of testing, debugging, and code exploration. Whether that will be enough to give me something testable by tomorrow afternoon's teleconference is still a very open question, but I'm pretty confident that there will be something working by next week, which is when I really need it.

I forgot to mention that I finished reading The Caregiver Helpbook over the weekend; yesterday I started on Full Catastrophe Living, which cflute recommended. Reading is one of the few things I can do almost anywhere, because it can block out almost any kind of distraction. I'm finally re-learning how useful it can be to combine it with other things, like sitting with Colleen and waiting until she needs help with something.

ETA: Also forgot to mention that Colleen got in and out of the van to go shopping with Marty. It's higher and harder than the Honda, but it means a lot -- that's her car. She's hoping to be able to drive herself in a month or two.

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[thnidu.livejournal.com]

Ah, Full Catastrophe Living. I saw that in the bookstore last summer and said "That's what I need!" Started reading, doing some practice, and then saw an announcement for a program based on it (±), the Penn Program in Stress Management. It's helping me quite a lot. Yes, meditate.

"Don't just do something. Sit there."