Done Since 2019-06-30

[mdlbear]

It hasn't been a bad week, and my mood's been mostly okay, and Colleen's health seems to be improving slowly but continues to be worrisome. She's been out of the hospital and doing pretty well for the last two weeks, but yesterday started looking a little worse, and we know from experience just how quickly that can go south.

I have spent most of the week on a Julian of Norwich kick. The Short Text turns out to be quite difficult to find; unlike the Long Text it doesn't seem to be online at all, either in Middle English or in translation. I ended up getting the Penguin Classics edition, which has a pretty decent translation of both, and reading the Short Text. (See this "Songs for Saturday" post.

N came up for the Fourth and stayed for the weekend; we got to do a little singing this morning.

Notes & links:

0630Su
  * Up 6am; S=6:00; cat boxen
  @ Shewings of Julian of Norwich, The | Robbins Library Digital Projects
    long text, Middle English.  The short text does not appear to be online at all.  The
    Penguin edition has translations (and short extracts from the originals) of both:
    Revelations of Divine Love (Short Text and Long Text): Julian of Norwich, Elizabeth
    Spearing, A. C. Spearing; the Kindle edition appears to be totally disconnected and hard to reach by clicking.
    I found it by following the Kindle link from penguin.com, and editing the URL from
    amazon.com.au to amazon.com.  Currently reading it.
    I have the Kindle edition of Revelations of Divine Love: Julian of Norwich, Grace Warrack 
    and cancelled an order for: Julian of Norwich's 'Revelations of Divine Love': The Shorter Version ed. from B L
    Add. MS 37790 (Middle English Texts): Frances Beer
    % did I mention that I spent the entire afternoon on this?
  : Cygnus seems to be prone to overheating, especially when run with the lid closed.
    Leaving it off and upside-down for a while
  : The little white fan that points at C's chair is not working
  @ Streaming TV is about to get very expensive – here's why | The Guardian

0701Mo
  & Awake 2am; back down ~4?
  * up 7:30ish; S=7:06; shower
  / (0701) 10:30? home health.  Med list, admission and discharge dates
    / (0701) catheter change - previous was 0611, she's due for one now.
    -> follow up with PCP and Urologist
    = Meds:  {B,T,Q}ID = {2,3,4}/day; PRN = as needed
    = Dr. Rochier 360-331-5060
    -> wipe/dry/Desitin twice/day
  @ Extended Spectrum Beta-lactamase (ESBL) - Wikipedia
  * fetch small fan from garage
  * change flags: colleen-related events (ER, admission, discharge, diagnosis) get flagged
    with '/' followed by (mmdd).

0702Tu
  & awake 3ish to help C with feet
  * Up 5:30ish; ;
  @ Overview | FreedomBox - Personal Server at Home [LJ] manual
  @ The Yocto Project.
    It's not an embedded Linux Distribution, it creates a custom one for you.
  / C got a call from Dr Rochier's office. Hemoglobin up; creatinine down from 1.8 to 1.6
  * look in garage for kindle -> Found a USB-3 cable and a Lenovo power brick, but not the
    Eeee or a working kindle.  (found a dead one)
  * take up trash
  * charge other battery
  @ 'Burn-Out' Is Now a Legitimate Syndrome According to The WHO. Here Are The
    Symptoms comes a bit late
  # finish extracting C's medical history 2008-present
    Anything before 2008 is going to have to come from the blog and usenet archives
  @ Request #40270
    " All instances of an '@' character followed by alphanumerics, a convention commonly
      used for indicating twitter accounts, e.g. @foo, are now displayed as links to
      non-existent journals. " (via siderea) 

0703We
  & awake 3:30ish, 4:15 (S=4:39)
  * up 7:30ish; S=6:14;
  @ Princeton IoT Inspector
    Spy on your smart home with this open source research tool | TechCrunch 
    This Simple Tool Will Reveal the Secret Life of Your Smart Home | gizmodo
  @ Neal Stephenson: In the Beginning was the Command Line [PDF]
    In the Beginning... Was the Command Line - Wikipedia
    In the End Is the Command Line | Linux Journal
    The Command Line In 2004 interspersed with commentary; with Neal's permission,
    much of which I disagree with.    
  * Wendy trial housecleaning.  Cat turned out not to be interested.
    went and looked up "filk" and "SCA".  Partial due to a miscommunication; cf. Friday
  * cheesecake is supposed to arrive
  * SL: cat food, sliced sourdough, English; weed-whacker line; B6, digoxin refill
  $ HSX CDBaby sent me email about overstock; it turned out that they had all of two disks
    on hand and that was too many.  I told them to recycle the overstock.  Reduce
    inventory accordingly.
  x Norco is supposed to deliver the 20" wheelchair. 425-949-4552.  We'll see.
  * find place for compost heap -> NW corner of the yard

0704Th Independence Day
  * up 6ish; S=5:37; shower, cat boxen
  * found a black (long-sleeved) shirt to wear in protest.
  @ Cat Faber - As long as we have concentration camps within our borders...
  @ The Impact of Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in Practice
  @ Fake News and Pandemics - Schneier on Security [LWN]
  @ postmarketOS // real Linux distribution for phones [LWN]
    postmarketOS // Two years of postmarketOS tl;dr: alpha, calls don't work.
    boots on Samsung S5 and (to a lesser extent)S5mini
  * N and G coming up for the Fourth
  / C came out to the living room without help, meaning she's confident enough to do that
  * cat boxen
  * express scripts: me: fluticasone; C: potassium citrate, NaHCO2
    Ordered several things -- probably a mistake.  Cancel if possible.
  * Finished Julian of Norwich: Short Text.  Bogged down last time I tried to read the
    Long Text, so not clear where to go from here.
  % bored and restless.
    -> my base problem is that I'm simply not working on anything right now.
  % right QL giving some trouble -> naproxen
  * housekeeper interview - Libby
  
0705Fr
  & Awake 3am; % too warm under the weighted blanket.
  * up 6:30; S=4:58; 
  * call express scripts and cancel C's order until Dr. R can review.
    Cardia -> diltiazem (cardizem) -> both Cardia and diltiazem were on the order
    Potassium citrate was not; the digoxin also wasn't.
  * Wendy here to finish the cleaning she started Wed.
  ~ call Norco about the wheelchair - 425-949-4552.
    -> they want us to call ahead - piggyback on an appointment in Everett.  Try an 18"
    -> N said I should have just said "what are _you_ going to do about it?"  Next time?
  * start leaving 11:45.  Noon if no bathroom break needed
    / C as usual stubbornly refusing to accept help adjusting the wheelchair
    -> the dammed lab has moved to Clinton
  / 1pm C Dr. Rochier 0718Th 1:40
  / labs.  The lab has moved to Clinton (and the clinic has moved out)
    They still have the ACH order related to warfarin, which she isn't taking ATM.
  = me: bupropion 2016, buspirone 2015, sertraline possibly 2014, citalopram 2009
  * back 3:40 after stop at Pickles for lunch.  Total trip 3:45
  ~ 3pm 7cups 50+ open chat -> came in around 4pm; it closed ~4:45
  - R hit me up for another $500 rent money.
  $ paid W for 10 hours -- 7 today, and she said 3 last time.  It was probably more like 4
    or 5, and it was over 8 today, but I wasn't about to argue.
  % hands itch.  Some cleaning product?  Possibly from the men's room at (behind) Pickles
    -> Washed them thoroughly.    
  * make follow-up appointment with * Dr. Rochier (see above),  * urologist (0719)

0706Sa
  * up 6:15; W=202, S=6:21;
  % hands no longer itch.
  & cleaned vacuum cleaner.  C had offered to work on it, but after getting quite a lot of
    hair out of the carpet brush turned it over to me to remove the base-plate.  Which
    revealed more hair.  Then I emptied the dust-bin, which was over-full.
  & hardware store run with N, followed by some improvements in her box -- stair tread
    tape, hook-and-eye latch for the fold-down desk, and magnetic latch for the door.
    I'll do the small box sometime later.
  & a little diving into "The Pearl" (the Middle-English poem).  The language is just
    freaking gorgeous.
  / 7:50 C:  cleanup.  she needs to get up more often.
  @ Confirmed: 2 Billion Records Exposed In Massive Smart Home Device Breach
  % 10pm sleepy - I've been sleeping at my desk.

Comments

[rainydaysandmondays]

I hope Colleen gets better. :)

[mdlbear]

Thanks!

[rainydaysandmondays]

My own Colleen is doing well. :)

[jesse_the_k]

You're juggling a LOT of things, so you *are* working on a lot right now, it's just not stuff you've chosen.

I'm glad a 600-year old mystic's words still have such power for you.

[mdlbear]

Thanks! Yeah; I'm just starting to work out just how many stressful things have happened in the last decade...