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Done last week (20130520 Mo - 28 Tu)
It's been a long, rough month this last week. It started last Monday with Colleen's endoscopic procedure to clean out her bile duct. That was apparently successful, but left her very bloated (they pump air in to give them space to work). She couldn't burp it up, because she was hurting too much to sit up or move around. And did I mention the mobility issues?
As a result, she couldn't keep much of anything down. Friday she fell in the bathroom, having missed the scooter by inches. The EMTs arrived only 15 minutes after the movers.
Did I mention that we moved Friday? Yeah. Stressed much?
The EMTs helped her up, but her pulse was racing, and they were unable to get a good blood pressure reading. They called an ambulance and took her to Northwest, where they immediately started pumping a very dehydrated Colleen full of fluid. Oh, and did I mention the diarrhea?
In the afternoon, I got a call at work from Naomi - the movers couldn't get either of the recliners up the stairs. I called Acorn's tech support to find out how to get the seats off the stairlift, and then had to explain how to take the back off the smaller of the two recliners to get it in through the bedroom door. :P
Sometime that afternoon, Colleen was transferred from Northwest to the UW main hospital. Not clear why.
Saturday, Colleen's pain levels finally subsided to the point where she was able to notice the extra pain in her right ankle. She'd broken it in the fall.
The "holiday" weekend was spent alternately moving (we'd cleverly had the movers take only the furniture, figuring that we'd take the boxes and electronics in the van) and visiting Colleen in the hospital. There was more stuff left in the apartment that I'd realized. Growf. I was only able to manage two loads/day.
Yesterday we found out that Colleen's ankle is broken in such a way that she can't have a walking cast. So she's going to need 24-hour care until it heals enough to walk on. Great.
<whinge>
Devon went home this morning. The dishwasher appears to be broken. There are still a couple of van-loads up at the apartment; fortunately we don't have to be out until Friday. One of our sets of apartment keys is missing. My depression is back, enough that I'm walking slowly enough to notice. Did I mention that my left ankle hurts? My tax refund hasn't arrived yet, and I need it.
I miss Colleen. The compensation, such as it is, is that the house still isn't in good enough shape for her to come home anyway.
</whinge>
0520 Mo
* up 5:45; W=204.2; d, n, l; exercise, dishes,
: bedroom phone charger mystery solved -- there was an extra cable dangling
across the nightstand! :P
* 7:45 Colleen endoscopy. Forgot to bring a laptop charger :(
* made it to work about 4pm, and left at 7:20 (though the last 20 minutes were
spent answering personal email, and so don't count)
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% A very long, very rough day.
! somewhat depressed. Boggle doesn't help all that much.
0521 Tu
* up 6:25; W=201.6; d, n, l
* down to house with YD.
0522 We
* up 6am; W=202.6; d, n; shower, exercise, dishes
* bring Plink - perform Wheelin' for N's class presentation
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: Good thing the movers aren't moving boxes and electronics -- those aren't
nearly ready to go. We'll be lucky to get everything off the furniture that
*is* moving.
% One thing I'll miss about the apartment, and about the Starport, is that
they're *cozy* -- everything Colleen and I use is on the ground floor.
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0523 Th
* up 6:25; W=203.4; d, n; dishes
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* Got unit and integration tests working at work. Go me!
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* a house run and last minute packing
0524 Fr
* up 6:15; W=201.4; d, n, l
@ Flat spray-on optical lens created negative refractive index spray. Cool!
* moving day coming between 8 and 10
& Colleen fell across the door to the bathroom. She's dehydrated. Going to NW.
The EMTs arrved shortly after the movers. Totally insane morning, but
arrived at work at 10:45, just in time for the scrum.
* 1pm - I really want to comfort-eat right now.
* (boss) Marco assured me that he'll be extending my contract to 6 months.
* Movers had trouble with the stairlift; I went online, googled Acorn, called
tech support, and found out how to take the chairs off. This was enough; I
also found out how to take the base sections totally off the rails -- might
come in handy.
* Some things ended up in wrong places, but basically ok.
* Colleen is still in the hospital, and was transferred to UW Hospital.
* 10:30ish got the beds assembled.
% 11:25 home. That's... weird?
% Also, my right shoulder hurts like heck. One of the rhomboids, as usual.
Only worse.
0525 Sa Geek Pride Day
@ Geek Pride Day
* up 6am;
% the new high-count split king sheets are very nice.
* 15min: unpacking, etc. Started figuring out where things go. The bedroom
is wider on the south side, so the chair stays there. Found slippers.
Installed recycling bin in the kitchen drawer.
* Colleen's rolling walker fits through the bathroom door. A little tight,
but can be done. YAY!
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* First trip north: saw Colleen (in ICU), ran laundry, removed all of the Elfa
except the laundry closet, cleared computer desk, finished tongue for lunch,
took knives and Nova home, etc.
: Colleen has a broken ankle, on top of at least one nasty infection. Testing.
* Run to the apt with D and YD. Kind of wore both of them out. Back at 6ish.
At least two more loads left; may do a solo run tonight. Finally have all
the Elfa down.
0526 Su
* up 6:30ish; d
* Trip up to the apt with D to disassemble and pack the desk, then up to Chaos
and Rabbit's (and meeting the roomies), back to the apt to reload the van,
down to see Colleen (they just wrote orders for getting her out of ICU), and
finally home.
* 15min: moved dresser across the room (with James), installed the
coat/umbrella stand, etc.
* USPS change of address. online; slightly annoying.
* made dinner - marinated steak, elbow pasta, caprese. Not too bad.
% can't find Starport. Grump. Will probably just bring up a DHCP interface on
Nova to get it upgraded.
* Run: take James home, load the van, visit Colleen (Kat, Emmy, Devon). Back
around 10pm. No sign of Starport at the apt, so must be in a box down here.
I remember packing it, just not where.
0527 Mo Memorial Day
* up 8am; d;
* Starport was, as it turns out, at the apartment. Bottom drawer of the rollyfile.
* Dropped Devon and Chaos off at Pike Placs Market.
* 12:15ish back at home and unloaded.
* 15min: Dishes. Random puttering.
* 15min: 18:39 Nova and Starport back online
* 7pm Cousin Mark down for dessert with family
* 9ish a run to the apt and to take Chaos home. We have too damned much stuff.
0528 Tu
* up 7am; d
. cancel apt o CenturyLink and * Seattle City Light
CenturyLink wants my account number
* Colleen may be transferred to an SNF; there's apparently no way she can get
a walking cast because of where the break is. Needs 24-hour care.
! DAMN. Also depressed -- have been all day except when in hackertrance.
OTOH I can *get* into flow sometimes now. That's an improvement.
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