Done this month (20130502 Su - 22 Sa)

[mdlbear]

It's been a l o o o n g month. But we're moved in! Naomi's move was today; there's still a garage full of boxes, but the main part of it's done. And we have a *tub* upstairs. A *big* tub. We won't be needing a hot tub.

We also have bookshelves. The Elfa set that I installed in the "office corner" of the Great Room, the Elfa in the MBR and the YD's bedroom, and now (at last) Naomi's bookcases. They look rather empty at the moment, but that will change. We also have boxes of books. Two households worth.

There's even a low bookcase/credenza in front of my desk, so I now have someplace to put the printers. OK, my "desk" consists of a piece of plywood on sawhorses at the moment, but it's the principle of the thing.

In other news, Colleen has been off her feet for three weeks now. It looks like she's in for another four. :( At least Park West is a hell of a lot better than White Blossom, where she stayed in San Jose.

I'm finding it a little hard to believe that Rainbow's End is home now.

I should post more often, shouldn't I?

0502 Su
  * up 8am; d, n, t
  * pick up Chaos (Ace Hardware on the way, for concrete anchor screws)
  * went to see Colleen with the girls, PCC on the way back.
  * 15min:  headboard shelves up in bedroom
  . Started trying to install shelf rail in living room.  *very* slow going.
  : can't find the electric screwdriver.  It's in a box somewhere.
  * Salmon and broccoli for dinner
  % Really exhausted.  At N's suggestion, called Colleen and went to bed around
    10pm. 

0503 Mo
  % dream:  I was getting off a bus somewhere south of Las Vegas, having made a
    wrong connection somewhere.  The driver helpfully pointed out the place on
    the other side of the river where the bus going the other way stopped.  Nice
    walk.  There was a hotel and convention center there.
      I was in a hotel room, in the bathroom.  I didn't remember checking in.  I
    saw somebody in the other room, wearing a white suit.  He looked like my
    father.  It later turned out that he _was_ my father (who's been dead for
    years). 
       There was a technology and the arts convention in the convention center
    across the street, but I had arrived at the very end and was too late to get
    a badge.  
  * up 6:00; W=201.4; d, n; shower
  * lunch with N (Laadla)
  * arrange for move on the 21st
  * Reasonably productive at work
  * Saw Colleen on the way home (getting off the bridge at Admiral Way works
    great for that) - left her scooter.  Apparently the PT people asked for it.

0604 Tu
  * up 6:30; W=202.6; d, n, t, l; dishes
  * saw Colleen.  99 to Harrison works pretty well, but it's probably almost as
    fast to park at home and take the bus.
  @ The Thaw, Evangelical Teens, and Persecution Complexes bt,dt:
    " I think to some extent what these teens are experiencing is what I’ve seen
      called “privilege distress.” They’re convinced that they’re entitled to
      privilege—entitled to seeing their religion officially endorsed and
      enforced in the public square, or the very least in the public school—and
      they’re upset because they’re losing their grasp on that privilege. But
      what they don’t see is how it feels to be in another group—a group without
      their traditional privilege. They don’t know what it felt to be a Jewish
      kid sitting through a recitation of the Lord’s Prayer in the 1950s, or an
      atheist kid sitting through official prayers at school sports events or
      graduation ceremonies today. They don’t understand that the removal of
      their privilege—the removal of things like Bible reading and official
      Christian prayers—is not about persecuting them but rather about ending
      discrimination against those who don’t share their same beliefs. 
    " 
  * PAY BILLS

0605 We
  * up 6:30; W=203.6; d, n
  & Stupid phone.  It was hanging on dialing a call; rebooted and got 7
    voicemails and a bunch of texts from yesterday.  Need to do that upgrade. 
  & Stupid VirtualBox.  It hangs when it suspends.  This is new, since the
    latest kernel upgrade on Ubuntu. 
  * 15min:  another hole drilled for the computer corner shelves;...
    standards hung;... some shelves up;... brackets mostly sorted

0606 Th
  * up 6:30; W=202.4; d, n; shower, Exercise
  % The office corner has a very different feel with shelves up.
  ~ Lynnwood DOL for placards
    -* Bill Pierre on the way back?
  * 11am dentist appointments - teeth cleaning; both.
  @ OpenRelativity released, plus a new beta of A Slower Speed of Light! (LWN)
  * 15min:  a couple more shelves hung in the office corner.
  : Speed test:  67.170.7.209 23ms ping, 25.86/4.36 down/up

0607 Fr
  * up 6:40; W=201.8; d, n;
  ! insecure -- dredged up the word while driving to work.  Nice to know
    what it's called.  I guess.
  * Heard from Laurel at Chipman.  Go for 0621 Fr, 0624 Mo
  : Contacted via LinkedIn by a recruiter from Splunk.  Cool!
  @ 21 Frugal Ways to Reward Yourself Right Now | Wise Bread (ysabetwordsmith) 
  : More problems between E and N.  Don't know what to do about it.  Ouch.  I
    feel that the whole situation is, ultimately, my fault.
  ! upset.  Depressed.

0608 Sa
  * up 6:30ish; d, n, t
  : YD made pancakes for breakfast.  Yum.
  * Up to see Colleen (and retrieve my phone, which I'd left on the charger)
    with the YD
  * shelf rails in my bedroom, with the YD's invaluable assistance.  Standards up.
    injured myself slightly when the drill slipped off a screw.  :(
  % blood sugar crash.  What I get for not eating protein for breakfast.
  * Up to Shoreline to fetch van, buy lawnmower on the way home.  Bring down
    some 4' shelving and a sheet of plywood ~2'x4' for a desk.  Sawhorses.
    Saw a nice tablesaw at Sears for $600.
  * Dinner at the dining table like civilized people.  E and N worked out a problem.
  * Took Plink and the YD when I went to see Colleen.  Mostly noodling, some
    singing:  Bigger on the Inside, The Fox, something else?
  : The sawhorses seem too high to work for a desk.  :(  Might start there anyway.

0609 Su
  * up 7am; W=197.6; d, n; Exercise, shower
  * clear off card table, replace with desk
  : Apparently my refund is being held up until my return can be "verified".  No
    idea how long that will take.
  * To Safeway with Chaos.  Found "Wicked Wolf" coffee.  Also "Bruin's Brew".
  * 15min:  mower assembled.  Need a longer extension cord (and can't find my
    orange one, of course).
  : Medi-pendent not working.  Phone (AT&T  seems to have gone into a weird state.
    Going to give up on AT&T for that one.  Dumb bear.
  % overload.   
  * Over an hour on the phone with AT+T tech support.  He thinks a software
    update will fix it.  I don't, but I seem to be stuck with the device.
    Stupid thing uses a USB A-to-A cable!  IDIOTS!
    zteusa.com/wirelesshomephoneupdate
  * get at least one printer up

0610 Mo
  * up 6am; W=201.4; d, n; dishes
  @ How and why to teach your kids to code - NBC News.com 

0611 Tu
  * up 5:10; W=198; d, n, l; dishes, Exercise, shower
  : The 55 bus goes from Colleen's nursing home to downtown.  Didn't do that
    today, but will tomorrow.
  * Lunchtime with N.  (Actually got a salmon melt at Nolly's on the way back)
  * Long explore after visiting Colleen in the evening, ending at Home Depot for
    hose guides, extension cord, LED bulb for the kitchen, and a 1" Forstner bit.

0612 We
  * up 6:30; W=202; d, n; 
  : Turns out the 55 bus runs only very limited hours.  No go.
  * Finally mowed the lawn.  Maybe I'll do the trimming tomorrow.  The 100' cord
    is just exactly long enough.
  * 15min:  put away some things in the bedroom

0613 Th
  * up 6:15; W=204.2; d, n
  * cut $2245.75 check for Dennis. -> paid out of LGF projects fund

0614 Fr
  * up 5:45ish; W=202.4; d, n, l
  . 15min:  drill hole for hose.  Need an extension.
  x 6pm meet N in the lobby for ride home
  * water lawn
  * clean piggie cage
  * Attempt to update the AT+T "wireless home phone".  Which, needless to say,
    is not recognized by the software as being connected.  :P
  @ Say Hello to the 100 Trillion Bacteria That Make Up Your Microbiome - NYTimes.com 
  @ The Diminished Thing | Book View Cafe Blog 
    (firecat | Ursula K. Le Guin writes about old age)

0615 Sa
  * up 7:15; W=203.4; d, n, ; Exercise, shower
  * fasting:  go to UW Shoreline for bloodwork
  * need a drill extension
  * Cheese, lox, bagels at Costco.  Also bought a Little Giant folding ladder.
    Pricey, but what the house really needs.  Impressive system.
  * 15min:  finish drilling the hole for the hose, so I don't have to keep
    opening the garage back door when I want to water something.
  @ Schrodinger’s Catnip: A Review of the NSA Phone Surveillance Program 
  * 15min:  unpack a box of books, mostly from the Readme shelf.
  * bagels and lox for dinner.  Feeling lazy.
  * 15min:  yet another box of readme... and a box of (mostly English) reference
  * 15min:  and another, evenly split between readme and "useful"
  * Brought Plink when I went to see Colleen.  Sang Rambling Silver Rose; only
    missed two lines. ("They'll drink her health...)

0616 Su Father's Day
  * up 10am; W=205.2; d
  * check in on N when getting up - different sleep med
  : The readme shelf really belongs in the MBR, to leave room for the computer books.
  * 15min:  put away booze, extend top shelf in office corner, start unpacking
    fizzbutter (requires standing/bending, so only start)
  x go up to Shoreline, fetch N's sheets -> not needed
  * install hose extension.  Water plants.
  : Chaos called to wish me a happy Father's Day
  * Made dinner:  pasta with tomato sauce from scratch.  Yum.
  * relocate Nova -and the router- to the office corner
  * put Algol and Whitewood on shelf next to desk.  (not connected yet)
  * Visit Colleen, with Plink and a songbook.  Sang Wheelin', October Country,
    Lord of the Buffalo, and The Bears.

0617 Mo
  * up 5:30; W=203; d, n, l; shower
  % something painful going on on my left foot.  Weird.  nothing visible.
  % nice having N along visiting Colleen.
  * Up to N's after work to deliver empty boxes.  Quite a few of them.

0618 Tu
  * up 6:00; W=200; d, n; some dishes
  @ jeshyr | Hack Your Brain - Alternatives To Remembering
  @ What Is Asexuality? A Community's Coming Of Age (ysabetwordsmith) 
  * take stairlift off rails so tub, and later movers, can get through
  : Call from AT+T; successfully got them to drop the early termination penalty
    because the device apparently doesn't work with medical alerts at all.  :P
  * Finally got in touch with J.  The hiring manager wants a code sample.
  @ The death of the PC has been exaggerated: Get ready for the era of
    ubiquitous computing | ZDNet 
  @ I am particularly amused by the name of this power wheelchair:  Golden Compass 
  * 15min: net: reset DHCP range on router to match old Starport range (129-190)
    put nova back to being static at *.*.1.2

0619 We
  * up 6:35; W=200.6; d, 
  @ The Suicide of MySpace | Eduhacker 
  : fire drill at work
  & left work at 7:30 with one major blockage cleared up

0620 Th
  * up 6:35; d, n
  * leave check for electrician
  @ RSS feed reading in Firefox [LWN.net]
  * test medi-pendant
    -> works.  Couldn't find the paperwork 
  & rescheduled the Friday half-move to Saturday.

0621 Fr
  % woke up 3:30; back to sleep 5ish
  * up 7:30; W=204.2; d, n, ~l
  @ Extra Spoon spell 
  * Put PIA up on Github:  ssavitzky/pia-server 
    (steve 532) git remote add origin git@github.com:ssavitzky/pia-server.git
    (steve 533) git push -u origin master

0622 Sa
  * awake 6ish, up 7; d, n; shower
  @ How we used Microsoft SkyDrive to write a book | CITEworld 
  * Up to N's to supervise load-in.  Came back with a van-load of odds and ends,
    but ok.  We're Moved!  (Except for the garage, which is Monday)
  * out with N.  Sold jewelry at West SEattle Coin; bought a large king salmon
    fillet as a moving-in extravagance.
  * L o o n g day.  Very sore by bedtime; took methocarbamol