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mdlbearI'm slightly surprised -- some things actually got done this week. (Note the passive voice -- any sense of accomplishment I might have had [pause for brief side-trip down a grammatical rabbit-hole -- it appears to be conditional past perfect] after having done them is mostly overshadowed by dismay at the number of things that haven't been done over the last several years and still need doing.) (See also, this post.)
Anyway, some of the week's activities included making plane, hotel, and shuttle reservations for Consonance, putting up some shelves in the garage, taking books out of the top few of the 20-odd boxes and putting them in no particular order on the shelves, and taking some of them up to the house. (I think I have most of the Tolkien and tiny house books up now.) I did a little singing, because I'm trying to do that more often, but still haven't come up with anything for FAWM. I've been reading actual dead-tree books.
I went over to Island Drug to pick up the CPAP supplies I'd ordered, and was not surprised to find that they weren't there. As usual. I first put the order in a month ago; I've been buying filters and tubing out-of-pocket from Amazon since the previous order took a similar amount of time. Yelp reviewers are complaining about the need to give at least one star.
I also worked on cleaning up my home directory on Cygnus, which I sold to S a week or so ago. (Not the best machine in the house by a long shot, but the smallest and lightest one that's actually usable.) Spent some time looking at cloud storage services (again). Keybase looks particularly interesting -- the association with cryptocurrency makes it a little sketchy in my mind, but 250Gb of free, client-side-encrypted storage makes it interesting.
My back is mostly better, or at least not hurting so much that I can't ignore it most of the time. That's good, because my first PT appointment isn't for another week and a half. (Yes, I should have called immediately after getting the referral.) (Okay, I shouldn't "should" myself. It would have been better if I had called, etc.)
0209Su
* up 6:15; S=6.1; slept better last night. possibly because no tizanidine
stupid CPAP (or is that CRAP) phone app can't connect to its server. Second or third
day. Tried force quit/restart/login
-> app and website both seem to be totally broken 844-669-9935 -> server issue
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* consolidated Tolkien. There was quite a bit on the fiction shelf.
& apple pancakes. Two sit-down breaks: after chopping the apple and after mixing.
The new, non-stick frying pan has a plastic handle :(
* Installed OSCAR (Open Source CPAP Analysis Reporter). Nice.
Can safely forget about DreamMapper, though I may well continue using it occasionally,
e.g. for total sleep time. Assuming it ever works again, and remembers my account.
* Got the shelf standards up -- turns out that the studs are on 32" centers, and the
rightmost one is about 3" from the end of the workbench. So a 6' board will overhang
~3" on the right and 5" on the left. Win.
% somehow got a tiny splinter of something in my left thumb. Took a while to find the
good (Tweezerman) tweezers. That was on top of the cleanup.
-> what it apparently took after that was scraping it with a knife. We'll see.
/ 5ish major cleanup; shower not liquid, at least, but I was not in good shape by end
$ paid bills - Whidbey Vision Care (refraction not covered), Surety Pest Control.
. I have been reading Morgoth's Ring -- early versions of the Silmarillion
0210Mo
* up 5ish; S=6:37, p=3.5?;
: L off-island until Thursday
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~ call respironics re: server issues - call 800-345-6443 if not fixed -> fixed
* plane TL7YTW (SW) Hotel has a free shuttle
several flights on Sunday were sold out, so clearly 6 weeks isn't long enough
-> changed to Monday; taking the same flight (noon) gave me a $20 credit
% C crying; can't fix.
* garage - found a couple of 10' 1x8's in the red shed; put up 2 6' shelves and one 4'
: V had to leave early - family emergency
* 5pm N' singing lesson -> The River, The Cap and Bells, Eyes Like the Morning
/ minor cleanup.
% for some reason I am really stressed or anxious (can't tell which). Can't relax
abdominal muscles (if that's what they are, anyway) unless I sit down.
% I also have some form of eczema; put hydrocortisone cream on it. -> apparently worked
* 10:30ish meloxicam
0211Tu
* Up 5:30; S=5.9, W=201.4, p=2?;
@ 15 Pain Scales (And How To Find The Best Pain Scale For You)
* cygnus: deluser --remove-all-files ss (* git fetch first for safety);
* cut the remaining 4' 1x8 into two 22" shelves for the bedroom.
Cleared three or four boxes onto the new shelves and the house; may have shifted a
couple of boxes that I shouldn't have but my back seems to be handling it okay
: E has a job! $15/h, 20-30h/wk in customer service. So not great, but a huge help.
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-> could be a good place to back up the private stuff. (Secret <400Mb currently;
mm/books 18G). Not clear that you can mount it like a filesystem, though, and not
S3-compatible either. But there's a command-line client, so...
@ Keybase 250Gb free; can work with git
% evening - some back trouble on the left this time.
% 9:58 I've been sleepy for about the last hour
/ C wanted to sleep on her recliner; came to bed ~00:45 and needed me to empty her bag
0212We
* up 6:40ish; S=8:01;
& V's grandson d is here; C wanted him to plant some nasturtiums; started a cascade of
yak-shaving: dig up the grass that had encroached on the garden, start a compost pile,
find a _place_ for the compost pile....
! depressed, discouraged; inadequate; wtf have I been doing for the last 3 years, etc.
% either anxiety, depression, or stress. I can't tell them apart. Inclusive or?
% having to make a decision about the yardwork increased the stress.
* SL: garden cart, fork; tortilla chips, crystalized ginger (bulk), fresh ginger,
cranberry juice, cottage cheese, cream cheese, cat food, dishwashing liquid
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: Desti quite cuddly; asked for pickup 2 or 3 times
0213Th
% woke briefly I think twice; the first time C was gone, the second she was back. Slept
or at least dozed for about the last hour with Ticia draped over my arm. Dreams
involved a small town (not Freeland), a building vaguely like Norwalk High, a pregnant
woman who I hardly knew but who kept turning up, and who I hugged when she said that
she was afraid she'd lost her baby. --,--`--<@
* up 4:35; S=5:16;
& tried to go back to bed 5:30ish -> / minor cleanup 6ish
& looked into amber reading lights -- will probably get a few. also set default
terminal profile to amber on Sherman. Bionic Beaver bg is basically amber as well.
* pay AX, car AX partial -- add more after SSA deposit
& apparently I still have a sliver of metal in my thumb - hurts next to a magnet. :(
* book * shuttle, and * hotel 888-233-9527 0319Th-24Mo Consonance
: 0319 TL7YTW FLIGHT# 1107 DEPARTS SEA 05:05PM 2h 15m ARRIVES SJC 07:20PM
: 0323 TL7YTW FLIGHT# 1535 DEPARTS SJC 12:00PM 2h 10m ARRIVES SEA 02:10PM
* hotel: conf#26517126 priority club #916083304 update and add online access
* shuttle: want to arrive by 3pm 0319->12:55->2:45, pickup ~3pm->4:45->6:35 0323
conf#20-0213-27E Mar. 19, 2020 (Thu) Depart Freeland 12:55 pm Arr Seatac 2:45pm
conf#20-0213-27E Mar. 23, 2020 (Mon) Depart Sea-Tac 4:45 pm Arr Freeland 6:35pm
! 11:54 noticed that all of the things I reminded myself about doing today are done
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I'd call it a rabbit hole!
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0214Fr Valentine's Day
% broken sleep. C up (at least) once; the rest fending off Ticia
* up 7:30; S=8:33; hard getting up
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* SL: pantsu; bagels, cream cheese; lox, ginger ale, pilot crackers, barbecue sauce
* bagels and lox for breakfast (and lunch)
* Singing: Daddy's World, The River
* Singing: Eyes Like the Morning, The Mary Ellen Carter, ? Riverheart
* SL: pot stickers, Chinese food from Payless (General Tso's, kung pao beef if they
have it -> sweet/sour meatballs -> which weren't particularly good)
* reading: still working on Morgoth's Ring, started The End of Eternity
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more things, including antioxidants, get extracted by hot water. No difference in pH
* cygnus: rm non-mirrored, mm/audio
& fascinating IM conversation with E about her new business. (!!)
/
0215Sa
* up 5:12; S=6:00;
@ The Science – Ted's Brain Science Peer Reviewed Research
A neuroscientist and some grape skins vs. the pharmaceutical industry.
* change disp. CPAP filter, wash tank (last time both changed 1101; every 6m)
* change CPAP mask, nosepiece -- last 0909; been 5 months, should be 3; next 0515
* more sorting in the garage. Brought in Tufte, etc. Found E's birth announcement.
~ check for CPAP supplies at Island Drug -> not there, of course. And the pet store was
out of cat scratchers -- they'll have them Tuesday
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* singing: Daddy's World, Riverheart
* cygnus: vv/users/record -> nova. also to sable? maybe not. Should be only stuff
that needs work