Done the last two weeks (20140504 Su - 17 Sa)

[mdlbear]

Hmm. I see it's been two weeks since I last posted a "done" post. I've been mostly stressed and depressed, though today has been pretty good for some reason.

I've been doing quite a lot of puttering and other housework. It probably helps my mood -- at least in the short term: it's clearly a distraction from the really nasty problems. Most of which involve money, and are going to get worse until we can sell the Starport. Offer me 800K and it's yours.

Two weeks is too much to summarize. Looking back over it, I've actually done a fair amount. Just... not so much in comparison to what still needs doing. And not enough to make me feel good about myself.

{Stop it, Bear. You're not helping.}

Don't know which of my inner voices that was, but it's right.

Last night's Vixy and Tony concert was good, and Colleen has been walking more.

Links and a little commentary in the notes.

0504 Su
  * up 7:30ish; W=209.4; d, n; shower
  * bought halibut steaks for dinner.  3 big steaks for 6 people.  A bit of sticker shock,
    but it's only about $14/person.
  * 15min:  down in the garage.  Cleared a box, which contained duffle bags, backpacks,
    two guitar stands, and a floor lamp.  Put the floor lamp together.  Found Plink's
    (newer, official) case.
  * fix Colleen's teapot/cup - the pot's handle had broken in a fall.  Not a very good
    fix, but it'll work.

0505 Mo Cinco de Mayo
  * up 6:30; ; d, n
  * Pay bills - late again

0506 Tu
  * up 5:45; W=208.6; d, n
  * N and G off to Hawai'i
  * owe Liz $800 for the move.
  * bath; still got to bed before Colleen came upstairs.

0507 We
  * up 6:20; W=208.6; d, n

0508 Th
  % nightmares.  Colleen was in some sort of nursing home/prison.  Ugh.
  * up 6:20; W=209.2; d, n
  @ Yes, you should replace Windows XP with Linux (LWN)
  @ SF/F genre drama, May 2014 edition | angelahighland.com 
  * petco run for piggie and cat supplies
  * spent some time juggling finances to scrape together a mortgage payment.  Ugh.

0509 Fr
  * up 6:30; W=208.0; d, n
  @ Porn Is Dead, Long Live Sex | VICE United States (ysabetwordsmith)
    interesting.  
  % Curio very affectionate; sat on my lap for a long time

0510 Sa
  * up 7ish; W=207.6; d, n; shower
  & spent most of the day struggling with the code I wrote at work yesterday.  It was
    working when I left, but it's broken now and I can't figure out why.
  & drive with Colleen.  Down to the First St. Bridge, up 99 to the Aurora Bridge (looking
    for the troll, but I took a wrong turn), back via the Freemont Bridge, Westlake,
    Denny, and I5.
  % 7:40 I need a cat on my lap.  Not in very good shape physically, mentally, or
    financially.  
  & finally backed out my changes and started again; not clear why it was failing.
    Weird.  Still not back to where it was.

0511 Su
  % awake 1:40 - 3ish; some cat-cuddle in the dark while debating whether I wanted to get
    a book.  Which would have kept me up longer. ... Dreams involving somebody's filk
    typesetting system and thinking about whether I should switch to it.
  * up 8:09; W=207.6; d, n
  @ Your Sensitive Information Could Be at Risk: File Sync and Share Security Issue 
    " Consumer file sync and share applications are used by millions of people to quickly
      exchange information among friends, family and coworkers. Most users are under the
      false assumption that the links they share are impossible for others to uncover,
      even when they fail to set access controls properly. In addition, most are unaware
      that some free products don’t provide the capability to secure files
      adequately. Some free systems, including Dropbox, do not support privacy
      settings. We notified Dropbox about this issue when we first uncovered files, back
      in November 2013, to give them time to respond and deal with the problem. They sent
      a short response saying, “we do not believe this is a vulnerability. "
  @ technomancy/better-defaults · GitHub +ErgoEmacs
  : Colleen doing extremely well.  Used her walker inside all day for the second day in a
    row, and went out gardening (on the scooter)
  : Royal Amethyst planted.  Two more roses need to be put in.
  * Got the screening up on the deck.  Not clear that it's going to be effective enough.
    Had to go out and get another 16' -- left about 1' open.  No problem.
  * Out for dinner and drive -- Duke's Chowder House at South Center.  There via 99; back
    by very circuitous back roads with a little 99 in between.
  @ 23 Charming Illustrations Of Untranslatable Words From Other Languages 
    f(George P Burdell III via Elizabeth Barrette)

0512 Mo
  % slept badly
  * up 6:40; W=209.8; d, n

0513 Tu
  * up 6:15; W=210.4; d, n
  @ Scientists Warn of Rising Oceans From Polar Melt - NYTimes.com (siliconshaman | Uh-oh...) 
  @ Breaking: Fibromyalgia & Gluten Sensitivity
  @ Why We Took Cocaine Out of Soda - James Hamblin - The Atlantic +Kee Hinckley
  @ Oldest software rivalry: Emacs and Vi, two text editors used by programmers. 
  * 9:20am Dentist (crown replacement) - cost less than I'd expected.
  * WFH afternoon
  * The pants and compost bags I ordered on $A arrived.
  * Scraped together a mortgage payment on RE.

0514 We
  * up 6:15; W=210.4; d, n
  @ Exes and Cutoff Culture
    She Broke Up With Me, And Never Gave Me A Second Chance | Ferrett Steinmetz
    Entitlement much? | CaptainAwkward.com
  * My copies of The Laundry Dragons arrived

0515 Th
  * up 6ish; W=209.6; d, n
  @ World's Most Awesome Cat Rescues Little Boy From Dog Attack 
  * 4pm meet with architect
  @ Why ARM Servers, And Why Now?
  @ This single screenshot shows why iOS is years behind Android in usability | ZDNet 

0517 Sa
  * up 8:10; W=211; d, n; shower
  @ The Case for 'Soft Atheism' - NYTimes.com f(Nora Rivkis)
  * Shopping:  Target (small and large plastic boxes), Walgreens (supplies).  
  * 3:15 out of blogs to read -- I may have to actually _do_ something.
  * 15min:  cleared "cables and squids" box into 4 of the plastic boxes I got at Target.
  : Stupid boom box is missing its (unique) power cord.  Noplace to be found, of course.
  : Colleen and Emmy planted the last pair of roses.  And I watered them, because E
    couldn't figure out how to re-connect the hoses.
  & fired up one of the thinkpads.  Turns out that the stupid thinkpad volume and mute
    buttons override the software volume and mute controls.  Anyway, there is now a
    boombox substitute for N to use in her studio.
  % dry sobs.  Overload?  Trainwreck?  (tax; starport)
  * Vixy+Tony concert at Wayward.  Colleen *walked* to the van (with walker, but *still)! 
    Emmy came with; we ended up at the Indian place because the Greek/pizza place was
    packed.  But she likes nan, and was ok with her butter chicken.
    Betsy starting off the second half with a lovely complex thing called "Fairy Ring"
    Some problems with sound balamce -- hard to hear the lyrics -- but excellent anyway.

Comments

[amaebi]

I'm glad yesterday was good.

*useless handpat*

[tagryn]

Steve, just FYI, I know I don't comment on these posts much but I always look forward to seeing them in my LJ feed, reading what you've been up to, and exploring the links in the raw notes, so thanks for sharing.

[mdlbear]

Thanks! Good to know.