Done last week (20171022Su - 1029Su)

[mdlbear]

Yeah; I missed yesterday. Yesterday was a rough week. Today was, arguably, worse, but I handled it better. Or have so far; I think I'm just about out of energy now (9:30pm, roughly). Go figure. Yesterday N had to come out and order me to bed; I was becoming incoherent.

Let's see. N came back sick from OVFF, and apparently suffered a relapse yesterday. Colleen and I went out for brunch both Sundays. Our plan to make a weekly menu seems to be working pretty well, though we invariably have to go out during the week and pick up things that hadn't made it onto the shopping list. I think that's largely a matter of training people to put things on the list when we start running low.

Kittens can make me laugh. Hardly anything else does. Ticia has been exceptionally cuddly.

Colleen got fitted for hearing aids Friday. They're ferociously expensive and of course not covered by insurance. Part of the stress yesterday was due to having one of the damned things fall off. We searched frantically around the house; then (since I had to go back to finish the shopping anyway) I looked where we had parked -- sure enough, there it was on the ground next to our parking spot. A lot of my crash yesterday was probably the adrenalin aftermath.

This is, apparently, Asexual Awareness Week. So, yeah; somewhere on that spectrum. Demiromantic gray asexual alexithymic somethingorother.

In other news, tRump is basically Illiterate. That explains a lot, but knowing it doesn't really make anything better.

Bear go splat now.

Notes & links:

1022Su
  * up 6:30; W=199.4; shower (with C; cleanup)
  @ 'The Most Dangerous Man in the World’: Trump Is Violent, Immature and Insecure, Psych
    Experts Say (thnidu)
  @ How a nosy bureaucrat accidentally created the first social networking and blogging
    service - Les Earnest
    History of the Finger Protocol
  * Shopping list:  medium or large shell pasta, chuck roast, carrots, small potatoes,
    x turkey breast, mushrooms, bean sprouts, chicken breast, salad greens, veg, fruit,
    x nuts, Italian blend cheese, summer sausage, pineapple, 6pack diet coke
  * Gordon's on Blueberry Hill.  Excellent seafood (C had bouillabaisse; I had jambalaya.
    Tempura brie appetizer; s'more crème brulée desert.)  Keeper.
  ~ Sunday: leftovers -> dinner out
  % As usual, I was very reluctant to go out.  As usual, it was a good experience.
  @ 98249 Medicare Therapist - Psychology Today only 5 on the island.  Of course,
    without any idea of what I might want from a therapist, it's kind of pointless.
  * 15min:  started moving sheet sets into the linen closet, and towels on the bathroom
    shelves where they're easy to reach.
  : my.chevrolet.com is showing the correct charging status!  Or, _a_ charging status.  Of
    course, now the phone app isn't connecting at all.  And some info, like lifetime miles
    driven, is missing from the website.  (about an hour later, the phone app connected)
  : Cricket will eat wet food, but only when she thinks nobody is looking.

1018-22 N and g at OVFF; * try to get j's school assignments in before that.
  . read The Hobbit; j's language arts unit for next week.

1023Mo(le day)
  & Awake 2:30ish; back to bed ~4
  * up 6am; ;
  @ Mole Day - Wikipedia
  * 15min: put up the rainbow tree diptych in the hallway.  Somehow my calculations came
    out short, so it's 6" closer to the left wall.  I'm not going to worry about it; I can
    fix it if anyone complains, but they're not likely to.
  : N et. al. came back to find Rosie a non-starter; probably battery.  they called AAA.
  : ... and N is too sick to drive safely.  G will drop her and the kids off at the ferry.
  * leave 2:50 to pick up N and the kids at ~3:20 Sensibly took C's scooter out of the
    cargo compartment and took my purse rather than the backpack.  It has room for my
    kindle, just barely.  Would fit better without its case.  Fine for short excursions
    where I don't need my laptop, shopping bags, wind/rain shell, etc.
  @ The question that 'pro-life' zealots cannot answer is going viral 
    TL;DR given a fire in a fertility clinic, do you save a 5yo kid or 1k frozen embryos?
  @ Why Has the E.P.A. Shifted on Toxic Chemicals? An Industry Insider Helps Call the
    Shots - The New York Times (amaebi) 
  * Monday: mac and cheese; salad / cheese board if N and the kids aren't home for dinner
    Probably won't make salad, unless C requests.
  * start Tuesday's pot roast in the crock pot.

1024Tu
  * up 6:40; W=199;
    % Some nice Ticia-cuddle just before I got up.  Took off my mask so I could nuzzle.
  * noonish:  pot roast:  take spent veggies out; put potatoes and carrots in.
  & a little work on vv/steve/Songs.  It hasn't been pushed; not entirely clear whether to
    do that before switching over from symlinks to server-side includes for index.html
  : email from Amex suggesting I change my password -- it's been 2 years.  Yeah, I should
    do that.  Also verify my contact info, but I've already done that as part of changing
    my billing address.
  * Tuesday: Pot roast (chuck roast, carrots, potatoes); salad
  * Walk:  just to Middle and back.
    % no pain.  A bit tired, and it felt like some unused muscles were getting stretched
  @ The unreasonable effectiveness of GitHub browsability
  @ github/markup: The code we use to render README.your_favorite_markup for preview
  @ How to write a great README for your GitHub project – dbader.org

1025We
  * up 6:40; W=199;
  @ Down the Lunar Rabbit-hole | Science Mission Directorate (APOD)
  * order meds, including Guaifenesin
    -> hmm - some of the side effects may need to be taken into account
    -> ExpressScripts order - all but the buspirone will be processed Dec 8.  buspirone
       only has a 30-day supply in the prescription.
  * shopping trip - N's prescription and a couple of food items
  @ How to Zip and Unzip Files on a Chromebook | Digital Trends
  * mailed the W4V's.  Both in the same envelope; presumably they'll notice that.
  * Schedule an appointment at the Senior Center to discuss medicare part D plans.
    Fridays now until at least the end of November. -> they'll call back sometime in the
    next few days to make an appointment.
  * Wednesday: Stir fry.  Chicken breast.  Asparagus, mushrooms, carrot -> turned out well
  @ Can we hope to understand how the Greeks saw their world? | Aeon Essays (Eric Lowe - Quora)
  & attempt to re-load ORCA card and re-set-up autoload.  Don't know what happened the
    last time.  Need to find a retailer or vending machine to get it started.
    Naturally, there are no retailers or vending machines in Island County.
  * humira

1026Th
  & awake 3:30ish;  got back to sleep around 5
  * up 6:40; W=200.4;
  @ Reaper: Calm Before the IoT Security Storm? — Krebs on Security
    A New IoT Botnet Storm is Coming - Check Point Research (Slate - Future Tense)
    Batten the hatches!
  * 15min:  W/F:  shelf standards in corner of bedroom
  * Thursday: Breakfast (?eggs and pancakes; veg. breakfast sausage)
    % stressed and depressed, which setting off the fire alarm at the end did nothing to
      alleviate.  The Morningstar vegetarian sausage patties aren't really as good as
      their link sausages.  Would probably be better in egg/muffin sandwiches
  @ Distillations | Summer 2017 | Chemical Heritage Foundation    

1027Fr
  * up 6:42; W=200.4;
  * am:  j:  Halloween costume.  If time, help with research for his history of math paper
  * 1:30 Judy - medicare part D
    Colleen hits "catastrophic" level after the second month.  The first, though, is
    something of a killer because of the deductible.
  @ 366 | depression comix Your Halloween costume.  Yeah.  This.
  * 3:30 Colleen hearing test Connect Hearing 5570 S Harbor Ave, Unit B
    -> the map on their web page shows their old location.  google has it right, of course
    -> north of $4K for the pair.  $5K if she gets the ones that are better for music.
       Naturally, Medicare doesn't cover a cent of it.
  @ thnidu | T(yrannosaurus) Rump's use of language Illiterate. 
  ~ Friday:  Biryani -> scrounge

1028Sa
  * up 6:30ish; W=199.6;
  @ Asexual Awareness Week
    Asexual Awareness Week - Wikipedia (ysabetwordsmith)
    Gray asexuality
    Asexuality: The 'X' In A Sexual World | HuffPost series
    Asexual Relationships, Masturbation And Romance In The Ace Community 
    Introduction to Asexual Identities & Resource Guide
    " Gray-ace, demiromantic, as far as I can tell. I enjoy sex but don't seem to feel
      sexual attraction, and I have no idea whether what I feel in a relationship is
      romantic by anyone's definition. "
  @ Buffy Sainte-Marie & Tanya Tagaq "You Got To Run (Spirit Of The Wind)" - YouTube
    (radiantfracture | On Seeing Tanya Tagaq (In which our narrator, at a loss for words,
    somehow generates a great many) via Tanya Tagaq/Christine Duncan/Jean
    Martin: Qiksaaktuq / André de Ridder · Toronto Symphony Orchestra - YouTube)
  * 10am Skyline West Annual User Meeting - Trinity Lutheran Church (old bldg) 18341 SR525
  & logged in to Adobe account to keep it active (email).  Presumably I created it in
    order to download something, possibly a long time ago since the email was still s@t
  * 15min:  Spent about an hour in the garage; broughtup the larger percussion
    instruments, the box of reference/computer books from the shelf over my old desk, and
    half a box of CDs (in bags)
    % overwhelmed, depressed, and totally out of cope.  There's too much stuff there, and
      I'm not physically up to sorting through it, and there's noplace to put the stuff if
      I had help and did it.  Stuck.  Discouraged may be the word I was looking for.
    * 2 boxes "cleared" -- in quotes because contents not put away
  * 15min:  F/W:  added center leg to desk, making the typing surface level.  % productive
  : Bronx is in fine form tonight.  Brooklyn, too -- at one point he was using Bronx's
    tail as a dangle toy.
    % Kittens are pretty much the only thing that can make me laugh these days.

1022Su-1028Sa
  * Sunday: leftovers -> dinner out
  * Monday: mac and cheese; salad / cheese board if N and the kids aren't home for dinner
  * Tuesday: Pot roast (chuck roast, carrots, potatoes); salad
  * Wednesday: Stir fry.  Chicken breast.  Asparagus, mushrooms, carrot
  * Thursday: Breakfast (?eggs and pancakes; veg. breakfast sausage)
  ~ Friday:  Biryani -> scrounge
  * Saturday: date night/->scrounge/pizza

1029Su
  * up 6:40ish; W=199.4;
  & to Coupville to get N to urgent care.  (actually the ER, since there isn't a separate
    urgent care department open on Sunday; there aren't any clinics open either.
    Fortunately the WhidbeyHealth ER seems happy to serve both functions; we were in and
    out in 20 minutes.) -> not what she was afraid of, but worth checking out anyway.
    Picked up prescriptions at RiteAid on the way back.
  @ “Coming Out” as Face Blind - Narratively (ysabetwordsmith)
    % I'm somewhat face-blind; I can usually tell whether a face is familiar, but I can't
      easily connect it with a name. Same going the other way. "
  * brunch/lunch with Colleen.  Charmers Bistro in Freeland.  Has become our favorite
    brunch place -- they have lobster omlettes and Benedict.
  : C was missing one of her hearing aids when we got back; looked all over for it.
    -> found it on the ground next to where our car had been parked.
  * Shopping List:  rice (order bag), lemons, tortellini, cream, pesto, beef for fajitas,
    limes, flour tortillas, croissants, english muffins, corned beef or pastrami, thousand
    island dressing, gin, chili garlic sauce, onions, ginger, garlic, black bean sauce?,
    bisquick, kitten chow, spanakopita (ingredients?), breads, eggs, seasonal candy,
    pantsu,
  @ siderea | [p/a/s, atheism, Patreon] What New Atheism Says
  @ Kolmogorov Complicity And The Parable Of Lightning | Slate Star Codex
  * Sunday: brunch out; leftovers for dinner
  % I was apparently sounding sufficiently out of it when C asked for some iced tea that N
    came out and ordered me to bed.  Which was probably wise of her.  I have had some
    yogurt with granola; that helped and is probably as much as I ought to eat.	 It has
    helped my scratchy throat, as did watering my nose.  Headache and tired, still.
  % N has noticed that I seem to have a lot less stamina these days.  Need to walk more.
    Much more.  Every day that it isn't raining.  And for that we have a treadmill, if we
    can find room in the garage for it.

Comments

[kellan_the_tabby]

Kittens do make the things better. *offers hugs if help*

[mdlbear]

*hugs back gratefully*

[jesse_the_k]

Thanks for sharing Buffy & Tanya and Depression Comix. You cheered me up, so.

[mdlbear]

You're most welcome!