Done Since 2019-09-29

[mdlbear]

It's been a long, tiring, chaotic week. Plumbers, exterminators, everything from the kitchen and my desk in and only partly back out of boxes, cleanups, etc. Mentally I seem to be holding up, and we took advantage of the chaos to re-organize the kitchen and rotate my desk 90 degrees. Getting the wiring and the printer configurations back into shape was not entirely trivial.

N came up for the weekend, so we've gotten in a little practice and pulled a Conflikt set list together.

Books: The Girls of Atomic City by Denise Kiernan/. History of Oak Ridge through the stories of the women who worked there. Recommended.

Notes & links:

0929Su
  * up 4ish; W=199.2, S=5:58;
    tried to get back to sleep around 5 after reading for an hour; cuddle, but no sleep
  @ Paramagnon drag in high thermoelectric figure of merit Li-doped MnTe (ysabetwordsmith via
    A new way to turn heat into energy  and
    A new way to
    turn heat into useful energy: Capturing heat that otherwise would have been lost)
    Magnon - Wikipedia
  : Amazon delivered a *huge*, heavy box with cat litter and kibble.  Desti was
    adorable hovering around me until I got the kibble into the bin.
  @ hrj | On Content and Creators and Consumption humans vs. click-farms
  * finished The Girls of Atomic City
    For maps, videos, documents and more, visit The Girls of Atomic City website (which turns out to be just the
    book's page on www.denisekiernan.com/,
    wrapped in a frame.

0930Mo 
  * Up 6:04; 
  @ Attachment bonds between domestic cats and humans: Current Biology (ysabetwordsmith via
    this article)
    " Evidence that cats share social traits once attributed to dogs and humans alone
      would suggest that broader non-canine-specific mechanisms may be needed to explain
      cross-species attachment and socio-cognitive abilities. "
  @ How to Make Baked Potatoes Fluffy and Crisp | Kitchn
    baked potatoes: cross-shaped cut, 400 for 2 hours, cut open, return to oven for 10min
  : 2p C labs (V)
  * 7c 3:30 (6:30PM EDT) OPEN CHAT Ages 18+
  * SL pantsu; 4 kinds of veggies -> cuke, green beans, asparagus, mushrooms, bacon,
    pretzels, tomato soup, cat food, + New Amsterdam gin (0930),
  % several times today I've thought it was Tuesday, and was a bit surprised to realize
    that, no, I don't have to take the garbage cans up, or re-load my drugs.  Long week?

1001Tu
  * up 4:40ish; S=5.34, W=198.4;
  * list of things that (can?) cause an overload or a meltdown that can't be avoided
    PJ/2019/09/30--stuff-i-cant-avoid.html
  @ NASA's Guide To Black Hole Safety (APOD)
  * order bedpads (McKesson Underpad) soon McKesson UPHV3036
  * help L' decide what goes where, find empty boxes in garage
  * set alarm for 12:40 tomorrow for Dr. appointment
  * 15min: packing in little bits
  * cleanup - pretty large.  Pain and some grumpy-making stuff, but handled it
  % plumbing disaster.  Everything backed up.
    Bob's 360-770-7547 123bobolin@gmail.com - answered the phone but not a licensed
    plumber; can only work outside the house.  Does septic tank service, though.
    CPI pumbing and heating mount vernon 360-428-5636 can be here around 1am.  $350min
    -> C says that somebody has been putting wipes down the toilet.  V?  Or maybe
       mistaking the tissues that I toss in there for wipes.
  @ 20 great uses for an old Android device | Computerworld
    Unified Remote – Remote Control App for your Computer
  : Chris from CPI plumbing Skagit County Plumbing & HVAC | Bellingham Plumbing
    -> septic tank over-full, filter clogged.  Needs pumping ASAP.

1002We
  * Up 7:15; W=197.6, S=5:45;
  * tell C not to feed Ticia kibble today - L will use it to lure her
  @ Family Rent a Car (V recommends)
  * shutdown Whitewood in preparation for moving the desk.
  : Septic guy showed up a little after noon; hadn't gotten my email.  Dumb bear.
    -> sent apologetic email asking what the service fee is so I can send a check.
  * (V) 1:40 C Dr. Rochier
  * Pay Safeco.  Create online account.  Paid by AX since that's what they had on file
  * paid WhidbeyHealth (K) and UW (me; urology) copays
  * bought Kindle version of Because Internet – Gretchen McCulloch
  * board cats -> just barely made it to Bayview Pet Resort by closing time (5pm) -- but
    as soon as I saw that I was the third car in the driveway I knew I was ok.
  # catfood to (our) bedroom closet
  * packing was, of course, much more work than expected.  Thank the gods for L'
  : AJA sent an mp3 of the song he wrote for C--"This Cup of Tea"

1003Th
  * up 7:15; S=7:44;
  * litter boxes out to box room -> emptied.
  * 9-11 am -> 10:20ish - Surety Pest Control
  * Go to Alderwood Mall with C
  * pretty much completely wiped out by the time we got home.
  * turn HVAC back on
  $ Household 400 via PP from S - contribution to debugging
  @ The mod firing squad: Stack Exchange embroiled in 'he said, she said, they said' row

1004Fr
  * up 4:30ish; S=5:09;
  * 10:15 Thel Home Health:  3-week cath change date
    2/week for wound care.  I've been trying to get their attention about it for 3 weeks
  : bayviewpetresort.com appears to have been taken over by a chinese gambling site
  * re-load litter boxen, clean cat water dish
  * pick up cats.  Desti was a darling as usual; Ticia curled up in a corner and meowed.
  @ Tropicon 8 (1989) – Julia Ecklar in Concert - YouTube
  * N came up on the 8:15 ferry -> m coming home the 25th       

1005Sa
  * up 6ish; S=5:55;
    / cleanup.  replaced dressing, so that lasted less than 24 hours.
    % back hurts.  Naproxen, heat.
  @ Green Giant's New Frozen Protein Bowls Make Healthy Lunches Easy (ysabetwordsmith)
  * Both printers plugged in and supposedly working.
  $ $38 HX PP ordered another WNDR4300 - pretty sure lp was working okay with North before
    I moved it to the other wall.
  * good practice session with N.  We're pretty close to a setlist.
  : meanwhile the laser printer only prints double-sided from usb.  It's the only one with
    the Samsung Foomatic/Postscript driver.
  / cleanup
  % back - R QL.  2 naproxen

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[spiffyvoxel]

I did some reorganising of my own this week, moved furniture around in my room, fitted a cable organiser at back of my computer desk, and lifted all of the wires off of the floor. Much cruft was lifted from the carpet where I'd not previously been able to reach.