Done this week (20140907 Su - 13 Sa)

[mdlbear]

Not really a terrifically good week, though Colleen's friend Bun-Bun has moved up from central CA, which brightened things considerably. And Colleen spontaneously told me how much she loves the house -- it helped a lot.

The main stressor is the fact that I'm basically broke. The San Jose house (I'm starting to not think of it as the Starport anymore -- that's a good thing) is a drain on our resources, my credit cards are mostly maxed out, and my checking account is in the red. (The bank kindly pays up to about $1500 in overdrafts, but still charge me a $33 fee for each item. It helps, but not quite enough.)

It's depressing to think about, especially knowing that it's all because of a long series of stupid financial decisions on my part. Plus a lot of letting things ride instead of making a decision. As I remarked on Facebook, this probably wasn't the best week to start trying to cut back on my SSRI in hopes of reversing the weight gain.

I got a lot of good, and encouraging, feedback from that post. Thanks, folks! It helps.

I've basically spent all weekend puttering, which at least accomplishes something. Still a lot to do, mostly paperwork-like things that I hate. Grumph.

Links, as usual, in the notes. Including Radio3, which I might be able to use to simplify logging links.

0907 Su
  * up 7:00; W=213.2; shower
  @ Getting started with Radio3 (Don Marti - Thank you for linklogging)
  : Bun-Bun is moving up to Renton!  She came over for dinner.  She's fun to have around,
    and it'll be great to have another of Colleen's friends close enough to visit.

0908 Mo
  * up 6am; W=214.2;

0909 Tu
  * up 6:30; W=214.2
  * WFH
  ! Thank you, Colleen, for telling me that you love our house.  It gives me a little
    reassurance that we didn't make a horrible mistake moving up here.
  * 1:30 Colleen - urologist
  * Set up for the Internet Slowdown tomorrow.
  % good grief!  Forgot to take my meds this morning.  :P
  * steve.savitzky.net doesn't have Tools checked in; should be a link to ../Tools.
    Tools should probably live in Web. (It's currently in users/steve)

0910 We
  * up 6:35; W=215.6
  * reasonably productive day at work.  Finally got two of my month-old CRs shipped.
  * Book room for Orycon.  2Q,accessible; Confirmation # 81231023 on Amex
  % I may end up writing "Plastic Cheeses" to the obvious tune. :P

0911 Th
  * up 6:30; ;
  & lending the Ricoh thinkpad to N, who's having trouble with her laptop.  She has named
    it "Tank", which I think is a good name for it.
  @ MediaGoblin (Media publishing and federation with MediaGoblin 0.7 [LWN.net]) 
  * noon Colleen - Dentist
  : N has declared it St. Murphy's Day.  One thing after another after another.

0912 Fr
  * up 6:30; W=214.4
  : We appear to be stuck with our present realtor until next year.  :P
  ! feeling unproductive, stupid, useless, and that this may not have been the week to
    start trying to reverse my weight gain by cutting down on my antidepressant dosage.
    -> posted that on FB; getting good feedback.
  : FB and gmail incredibly slow.  

0913 Sa
  * up 6ish; W=215.6; Shower
  @ How to Build a Linux Media Server | Linux.com 
  @ The Technium: Amish Hackers (ysabetwordsmith)
  * went out and verified that the sealing job I did on the upstairs shower worked.
  : And of course my last batch of transfers to Kat, Emmy, and Colleen on Thursday all
    bounced. 
  * Replaced the bulbs in the lamp nearest the door in the kitchen with LEDs (total 44W
    vs. 300 before).  Win.
  * Long drive up 99 to Everett; back via 5 and 405.  Pleasant.

Comments

[amaebi]

I call for cavalry on your behalf.

Hey, universe?

[jcfiala.livejournal.com]

Not much in the way of practical advice, but I'm pulling for you.