Done last week (20140216 Su - 22 Sa)

[mdlbear]

Not a lot going on. I've been mildly depressed, so basically not wanting to do anything but sleep, eat, work, and read. You will observe that making phone calls, paying bills, and getting ready to do my taxes are not on that list, which adds anxiety to the depression.

All is not entirely bleak -- I did get the mac mini fired up so I can run the tax software on it, and I got a few boxes emptied in the garage. And Colleen and I went out to lunch (Mexican) on Wednesday on the way back from the dentist, and to dinner last night (Salty's, a seafood place on Alki Beach that we'd been wanting to try). Salty's was pricey, but good, and they had oysters.

On the gripping hand, I managed to destroy another of our non-stick pans, by leaving the burner on after serving myself. Unlike a gas stove, where leaving the burner on is immediately obvious, it isn't on this one. So that sucks.

Our van got a "move it or else" ticket Friday, so most of yesterday afternoon was spent jump-starting it, driving over to the dealer in Issaquah, and taking the bus home. Our usual dealer, in Lake City, doesn't have a service department that's open Saturdays. So... Anyway, I'm not going to count that as either a positive or a negative -- it was a hassle, and it's going to come out somewhere north of a grand to do all the work, but it needed doing.

The usual collection of links.

0216 Su
  * up 8ish; W=208.2, BP=120/74, P=64; d, n; shower
  % a bit of postural hypotension, but I like my blood pressure (taken more or less
    immediately afterwards) so I'm not complaining.
  @ Internet troll personality study: Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy,
    sadism. They really are horrible people.
  % I look at the snowdrifts of envelopes on and around my desk and get thoroughly
    discouraged. 
  * 15min: some mail sorting.  Nowhere near done.
  ~ still looking for the boxes of books I set aside for N and her kids.  Should be in the
    damned garage.
  * 15min:  pulled out the mac mini in prep for taxes.
  * 4 boxes cleared:  2 from the bedroom by the dressing table, one from the garage with
    cookbooks, one in the garage with misc.
  : Windy
  * Rabbit made dinner.  Chicken stew (with sour cream and raspberry jam on top) and
    broccoli slaw salad with bacon and stewed tomatoes.  Yum.
  % I seem to be sleeping more now.  It does not seem to be helping with my depression.
  @ Lean In Collection – Getty Images (44 Stock Photos That Hope To Change The Way We Look At Women)

0217 Mo
  * up 6:15; W=208.2; d, n
  @ Me, as a useful representative example | Mary Robinette Kowal 
  @ solarbird | what is being lost
  @ ysabetwordsmith | Poem: "Lyrical Gestures" (prompted and sponsored by me)
  : N's mother is visiting for the week

0218 Tu
  * up 7:10; W=210.2; d, n

0219 We
  * up 6:32; W=209; d, n
  * WFH.  Mostly a bust; outbreak connects but I can't log in to VPN; can connect via
    ethernet or 5GHz, but not 2.4GHz.  Can't connect via phone hotspot, either.  Weird.
  * 11am Colleen dentist
  * Mazatlan for lunch - crab enchiladas - yum

0220 Th
  * up 6:30; W=209; d, n
  @ Why the One Appealing Part of Creationism Is Wrong : The New Yorker 
    Well, that's assuming any of it is appealing.  But anyway.

0221 Fr
  * up 7:06; W=209; d, n
  @ 38 Wonderful Foreign Words We Could Use in English | Mental Floss 
  : van got a 72-hour move-it ticket
  * My Musician's Friend orders arrived:  a powered speaker and two SM48s.
  * Singing with Danica (QV), Queen of Night for Chaos, N and family (Bigger On the
    Inside, Lilly et. al., The Fox, I Meant To Do That...  G sang two of her settings.)
  & idiot bear forgot to start the washer after loading it.

0222 Sa
  * up 6:30ish; W=208.4; d, n
  & idiot bear forgot to turn the stove off after making an omlette.  Again.
    % I really wonder about myself sometimes.  Sheesh!
  * get battery on van replaced - Bill Pierre Ford service closed on weekends :P
    Hmm.  Evergreen Ford in Issaquah is open on Saturdays.  554 bus.
    -> it'll be somewhere north of a grand, but ok.  Done.
  ~ replace lightbulbs in downstairs LR -> looks like Tim did it
  * Dinner at Salty's - steakhouse prices, but tasty.  Would have been less if we hadn't
    ordered a dozen oysters, but what are the odds of *that* happening.
  * 15min:  tossed the sheets in the wash, put on clean ones.  Turns out we have a
    matching queen/twin set, probably from the old couch.
  * got the Mac running - needed for taxes.  Config still mostly Ricoh-like; pulled down
    a suitable assortment of git repos.

Comments

[amaebi]

I am hearing you, and I hold out my hand to you from here.

[mdlbear]

*hugs* and thanks. I'm a little better today, I think, at least allowing for being tired and sleepy.

[amaebi]

I'm so glad! And may today be a bright one, inside you. :)