Done yesterday (20110629 We)

[mdlbear]

0629 We
  * up 6:40; W=197.4; drugs, nose, teeth, laundry, dishes, light
  @ Greta Christina's Blog: Wealthy, Handsome, Strong, and with Endless
    Hard-Ons: Is Masculinity Impossible? @kyrielle
    " "Impossible" is, in many ways, a better cultural ideal to have than
      "really, really difficult." 
  * Colleen: humira
  * want to pack CDs, optical drive, hard drive, etc. _flat_ on the bottom of
    Chami's main compartment (i.e. under the med bag, in minimal format)
    AmazonBasics Universal Travel Case for Small Electronics is a
    possibility, but smaller than the space available.  OtterBox [3000] also
    plausible.  Even smaller, but solid and can use as a footrest.
    ' Ch: I can haz pet otter?
      me: umm... I think that clinches it.  I'm doomed, aren't I?
  * walk:  it was cold when I left, so did my walking in Fry's.  It had warmed
    up by the time I got out, and they don't have Otter boxes anymore.  :P
  % long but productive day at work.  Tired
  @ commodorified | Feed the Hungry/Starve the Rich/The [Prime Minister]
    [Governor] [CEO] [All] is a Son of a Bitch... 
  @ The Wordsmith's Forge - Nerds and Geeks According to the linked
    Venn diagram I put myself solidly in the Nerd category.  Some might say I
    have hopes of eventually becoming a Geek.  Outside the diagram, however,
    most of the time I feel more affinity to "geek".
  * buy: 1ga ziploc bags
  * buy: aspirin, D
  * check to see which OtterBox I already have. -> 3250.  Hmm.  Need to check
    sizes; 3000 may not be an improvement.
  * Singing: Bears, QV, Wheelin' Plus conversation with Moira and guitar geeking
    with her brother Mark, who gave me a copy of his book on guitar tunings.
  : Colleen did *not* get a cast today; she got a new splint that immobilizes
    her wrist and elbow, rendering her left arm and hand essentially useless.
    It's also hurting her shoulder.  This is going to be a difficult month.
  % midnight.  Sleepy bear should go to bed.
  & brushed teeth before bed, a habit I really should get back into

Hmm. Not all that good, actually. Colleen didn't get her cast; instead the bone was reset and she got a new (heavy, uncomfortable) splint that immobilizes both her elbow and her wrist. Which, I suppose, is necessary -- she was seen by the sports medicine orthopedist who specializes in this kind of break, after all -- but makes her life really difficult.

The two good things about the whole trainwreck are that it prompted me to make her scooter more stable, and forced her to switch from a walker to a cane.

It was a productive but slightly frantic day at work, too. Lots of things getting done at the last minute, or slightly beyond it, with nobody in the loop whose job is making sure stuff doesn't fall through the cracks. I try, but don't always succeed. Still, I think we have a usable build in the factory; that's the important thing.

Looked unsuccessfully for Otterbox waterproof boxes at Fry's; that was also my walking for the day, because it was rather cold when I went out at noon. Of course, it had warmed up considerably by the time I got back to work, but since I had a meeting to go to I couldn't take advantage of it.

I shouldn't have started looking at otter boxes -- now my new suitcase wants a pet. I'm doomed. Came home to find that the box I have is actually larger than the one I was looking at. (This morning I ordered a second one, because it's the perfect size to serve as a footrest when playing guiter, and that way I'd have one for home and one for travel.)

I did get in some singing -- the Bears, QV and Wheelin' -- and some guitar geeking with Moira's brother Mark. He has written a book on guitar tunings, which looks quite useful (though I'm not sure how much I'll use it).

A couple of links under the cut.

Comments

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

It makes sense that they'd immobilize her elbow for a fracture to the ulna. The way the ulna and radius are hinged to the humerus (the bone of the upper arm) is rather complicated, and moving the elbow causes the ulna to twist. Even if the fracture is near the wrist, you still don't want those bones to move with relation to each other.

[ravan.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, is Mark back in the area? Last I heard of him yeeeeeears ago he moved up to Seattle.

[mdlbear]

Apparently.