Done yesterday (20090730)

[mdlbear]

0729 We
  * up 7:05; W=191.6; coffee; drugs, nose, teeth
  * water day
  * 9am call Ali: coming in time to take Colleen to Kaiser? -> NO
  ~ keep looking for Kat's key -- no sign of it 
    -> the key I found goes to the HSX cash box
  * post itinerary
  ~ WFH morning
  * 10am get Colleen up; should leave ~10:30
  * 11:15 Colleen: Neurology 
  * 12:00 call from AT&T re: uverse billing
  * 12:45 no, I am *not* basically OK.
  * 1:00 call from N, singing Jennifer's Rabbit to me
    ! calm(er) and happy.
  * 3:00 paid AT&T U-verse bill via CC.
  = determined that static IP block is $15/month and requires a truck roll
  * 5:00 teleconference@work
  * post link to pp.net now that N has gone public with it
  * great conversation with T, and a lovely shoulder rub.
  * bed ~11:30.

The morning disappeared into a frustrating and unsuccessful search for the spare key to the Wolfling's safe, followed by taking Colleen to an 11:15 appointment at Kaiser. While getting her into the car to go home I got a call from AT&T's billing department, and damned near lost it. No, I am not basically OK right now. I'm stressed out right to the edge of breaking.

No walk, but I got my exercise walking up and down stairs at Kaiser -- both my car and Colleen's appointment were on their respective fourth floors, and I made a couple of other trips up and down. It's exercise, but it's not as relaxing as a real walk with trees and flowers.

The fact that I'm leaving tomorrow for a "vacation" with my bereaved brother isn't helping, either in terms of time or stress.

Two things did help: pocketnaomi calling me and singing "Jennifer's Rabbit" (she figured correctly that a lullabye would help calm me down), and a shoulder rub and good conversation from T late in the evening.

I also posted the link to PocketPoems.net now that Naomi has gone public with it. (And gotten her first commission!)

The test of my software at work turned up some more bugs, but I think there's time to fix them. I need to do some writing, too, but I can probably do that over the weekend.

And I called AT&T to find that they've been sending my bills by email to a nonexistant address, at att.net. It exists now, maybe; I checked it and found no bills there. I switched to paper. I also determined that a block of 8 static IP addresses will run me $15/month and requires a truck roll. WTF? They have to roll a truck to reconfigure my router? Probably still worthwhile.

And I still need to move my email and dump the old DSL line I'm not using.

... and somehow take time for myself, to prevent caregiver burnout. Yeah, right. LJ and coffee will have to do. Oh, that reminds me -- there are still copies of Coffee, Computers and Song for sale.

Comments

[jcbemis.livejournal.com]

*virtual shoulder rub*

[mdlbear]

Thanks!

[artbeco.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

[aerowolf.livejournal.com]

It's your celphone, not AT&T's (even if AT&T provides service on it, they do so under contract to you).

This means that you have an option: you can send them to voicemail if you don't want to talk to them. (Why'd you even look at your phone if you were getting Colleen into the car? It's just a way to allow people you want to reach you to reach you -- everyone else can go hang. As soon as I get some Google Voice invites, I'll send you one... it's really nice, and lets you categorize your contacts into 'business', 'friend', 'family', and 'everyone else'. If a call comes in from someone not on that contact list, it automatically goes into 'everyone else' for processing.

And what you can do with it... you can listen to their voicemail as they're leaving it, if you want, and jump in if it sounds important. You can record conversations. You can do a *lot*.

I'll show you sometime -- I know you've still got your parties going on on Wednesdays; may I bring my demo gear (i.e., my laptop and my celphone) to next week's? :)

[mdlbear]

You can certainly bring your gear next week. Thanks. Google voice will probably not help with the cell phone.

They actually called while I was parking the car, and it only showed up as a number I vaguely recognized as one that had called before without leaving a message. Since my cell phone is mainly for friends, relatives, and emergencies, I pretty much have to answer it. I was not expecting to get a robot, and I don't handle unusual things well on the phone AT ALL.

[roaringmouse.livejournal.com]

Hang in there, Steve. Things will straighten out.

[mdlbear]

Hopefully. Thanks.

[brmj.livejournal.com]

Hang in there. Things will get better.

Also, thanks for the reminder about CC&S. I seem to have misplaced my copy and will probably buy a new one if it doesn't turn up.

[sammyd.livejournal.com]

I remember days like that, busy and frustrating... I made it through them, and I have confidence that you will too.

Been thinking about you guys, hope things get better for you.

HUGS

[mdlbear]

Thanks, and I have the same hope for you.

[chaoswolf]

On the subjects of albums, you should tell me when you'll be able to get up here for a Tempered Glass rehearsal. I want my guitar and 2 bottles of wine. One from the Pack's batch, one from my vampire box.