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We're moved. I moved the last two van-loads of stuff out of the apartment Friday (twice as much as I'd anticipated), and turned in the keys. Exhausted. I ended up working only about a half week last week.

Saturday, Colleen moved (or was moved) from the hospital to a nursing home: Park West, on California Avenue in W. Seattle. It's about 5 minutes' drive from the house.

The cost of 6 weeks in a nursing home, even with insurance, is terrifying. I am all out of spoons, and right on the edge of overload. If I sound snappish, please forgive me.

In other news, Rainbow's End is full of boxes. A pot of gold would come in handy, but I don't think we packed it.

0529 We
  * up 5am; d; Exercise, shower
  % left ankle hurting.  Applying brace, but it's not helping much
  & Got a late start - ~8:30.  Remind me not to try driving in that!
  * Saw Colleen, spoke to doctor, nurses, and social worker.  There's a lot they
    didn't know.  Got citalopram and humira restarted.  Pointed out that she
    hasn't had more than three meals in the last week.
  % Saw a build message flash by: "The jvmargs attribute is deprecated."  Read
    it as "The jvmargs attribute is depressed."  This probably means something,
    but I'm not sure I want to know what.
  ! 1ish not depressed.  Noticed it.  I think dumping a lot of stuff about
    Colleen's condition on the social worker helped.
  * Some progress at work, though probably not as much as I could have done.
  * up to the apartment after work for a load.  Lot of awkward stuff at this
    point.  And nobody had looked in the shower.
  * Saw Colleen on the way home.  
  ! the depression/slowdown/overload is back.  Ick.
  @ pdf2htmlEX by coolwanglu (Don Marti - Software development links, again)

0530 Th
  * up 6:25; d, n, l; 
    : The washer and drier in the house are *big* -- I hadn't realized just how
      big.  Can probably handle the quilts.
  * Down to hospital after work with N and the kids -- N texted while I was on
    the way to the apt after work.
  * Then a load from the apartment.  Hopefully only one left -- that's all I'll
    have time for before I hand in the keys.  Tomorrow.  Left the apt at 10pm.
    Nearly 11pm by the time I got unloaded.
  % a couple of instances of right TMJ pain.

0531 Fr
  * up 5:40; W=203; d, l
  * Got out of the house by 6:45 and took a load down from the apt.  Damned good
    thing, too; it was a pretty full van without the bikes and the ironing
    board.  Put the piggies in the great room for now.
  % noticable right TMJ twinges
  : The big news:  Colleen getting discharged (to Park West) tomorrow!
  * The problem with nova finding the network was that it has an interface on
    the motherboard that doesn't work, and a gigabit card that does work.  Guess
    which one I was plugged into.

0601 Sa
  * up 8:15; W=197.8; d, n
  @ DeadDrop and Strongbox [LWN.net]
    Strongbox and Aaron Swartz : The New Yorker 
  : Call from Colleen -- need to find clothes
    -> realized that she won't be able to use pants, so brought dresses.
  : At Park West.  CA Avenue between Holgate and Massachusetts.
    They want her off her foot for 6 weeks.  Have to check on insurance.  We may
    be totally screwed, though ISTR Medicare covers 10 weeks, so Aetna may be
    similar.  Still, even the co-pay will add up.
  @ Tails - Privacy for anyone anywhere
  @ Begin to Set Personal Boundaries - Oprah.com
    The Importance of Personal Boundaries | Psych Central (ysabetwordsmith)
    A difficult concept for me; I don't know whether the problem is linguistic
    or alexithymic.  Or whether there's a difference.
  * up to see Colleen again.  Brought her computer; couldn't find the spices and
    tea that I'd pulled out for her.
  ! generally upset.  Not clear why, or what the specifics are.  Maybe because
    C. gave me a weepy phone call a little before I left to see her.  Made me
    feel guilty for neglecting her.
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