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mdlbearIt's been a week and a half. Feels like a month and a half. But we finally got L moved into the Box Room. That required a couple of 3-hour sessions with L' and A' Friday and the previous Friday, plus another bit with A' on Saturday, the actual moving day. Huge stress relief after it was all done.
This all meant having people in the house. They wore masks, of course, and disinfected touched surfaces afterward. But still. Stress. It will be another two weeks of quarantine before I'll be completely comfortable, despite the low risk. It's not paranoia if the monsters are really out to get you. The fact that the monsters are invisibly microscopic doesn't really matter; they have us outnumbered.
Getting the cats into the bedroom was sometimes challenging. Last week we managed to herd Ticia successfuly, and yesterday we just took advantage of the fact that both cats sometimes decide to sleep on our bed. Friday was more difficult, and stressful. Ticia ended up cowering under a shelf in the living room. I managed to slide her out and carry her to the bedroom, and was rather surprised that she let me. Desti was easy as usual -- she likes it when I carry her around.
Every once in a while someone on 7cups comes up with something good, which is pretty much the only reason I keep reading it. This time it was "I do hope you understand that you can’t fix everything. / I hope you understand that no one thinks you can, and no one is expecting you to." It's a nice thought, and there are times when I almost believe it. But sometimes nobody else can, either, and things just stay broken. And when the broken things include my brain and Colleen's body, ...
Link of the week was MMR vaccine could protect against the worst symptoms of COVID-19, by way of siderea. A little surprising. I wonder whether that's part of the age vs severity correlation: the rubella component (the part that appears to give the most protection against COVID-19) was the last to be introduced, in 1969. That was the year I graduated from college, and by that point I'd already had it. Talk to your doctor about this.
0614Su
& awake 3:45 or so; Ticia cuddles until ~4:15
* Up 4:15; S=4.27, W=195.8; shower
* finished The Pharos Gate
@ Book Review: 'The Pharos Gate' By Nick Bantock : NPR
@ Jami (Working from Home? Consider These Privacy-Focused Tools)
Jami is a distributed, open-source, encrypted videoconferencing application
* see what state L's room and the box room are in.
@ Pass: The Standard Unix Password Manager
command line. GPG-encrypted file for each site; integration with git
@ What we can learn from 'untranslatable' illnesses - BBC Future
* (call ahead for curbside) pick up C's lomotil at RiteAid
@ You don't necessarily need to understand, you just have to be present. - 7 Cups
Every once in a while 7cups comes up with a gem.
" I do hope you understand that you can’t fix everything.
I hope you understand that no one thinks you can, and no one is expecting you to. "
0615Mo * litter boxen: LR changed, BR scooped
* pay AX, Molly -> done last week
* up 5:30ish; S=6:30; Ticia cuddle, Colleen cuddle/talk, exercise
% 6ish naproxen, heat
/ 7:45ish cleanup
* laundry (including mine) no room for the sheet anyway, so...
@ ACL Administration for Community Living (Caregiving Conversations - COVID-19 - Caregiver.com)
. change top sheet (somewhat delayed because Ticia wanted to lie on the blankets)
* set up WhidbeyTelecom SmartHub account, whatever that is. -> RE debit card
* paid $AO(L',A') from RE debit; $100 tip for A'
@ NOAA ‘Sharpiegate’ report finds agency leaders violated scientific integrity policy
% pain: left hand, palm area at the base of the first 2 fingers. diclofenac
% 19:45 meloxicam -- since I seem to be on anti-inflamatories pretty constantly now
* email to L about the current state of things (draft in PJ)
% difficult for some reason; took all day to work myself up to it.
$ $21 from CD Baby (HSX Sched C)
0516Tu
* Awake 4:30; S=5:29;
@ OVFF 36, October 23-25, 2020 cancelled
@ Supreme Court says gay, transgender workers protected by law
~ 1pm Zoom call with Mom - start mtg at 12:55
-> couldn't even log in to her computer, let alone read email to get to the zoom link
% disappointed, frustrated, and worried
@ Opinion | What Makes the Supreme Court's Gay Rights Ruling So Surprising - NYT
* labs sometime this week for Dr. Juaire - try to -schedule- for Thursday
-> Clinton lab open: M-F 7-7, Sa 9-4, Su 12-4
* ~21:30 meloxicam -- since I seem to be on anti-inflamatories pretty constantly now
% 21:45 sleepy
/ major cleanup
0617We
* up 7ish; S=6:33;
/ cleanup
* order MnO 500mg, B12 for C
* load C's drugs
: 3 months of isolation (L left 3/17) (V's last day was 0401)
@ ‘Getting sick has gotten political’: One Yakima woman’s struggle to say the
coronavirus’ hurt is real | The Seattle Times
" ... it could be that when coronavirus hit, America suffered from a preexisting
condition: the total politicization of everything. Suspect we’ll have a vaccine for
COVID before we get a cure for that. "
* 15min: puttering in garage, box room. Never did go for an actual walk.
: SS payment and tax refund both arrived.
* CPAP * change paper filter, * wash tub (0617)
* 15min: update expiration dates: $A, DH, NetSol, G2G
@ A teenager’s guide to building the world’s best pandemic and protest trackers | MIT
Technology Review Impressive
Home BLM Protests 2020
Coronavirus Dashboard
Safety BLM Protests 2020
CDC | Fact Sheet: Facts About Riot Control Agents
% I'm not walking, I'm not singing, and I'm not writing. That's been going on for at
least a year. What the hell is wrong with me?
0618Th
* up 5am; S=6.0;
* re-key front and back doors
: L' coming 11ish for shopping trip
* tell A' (and L' if possible) to be here Saturday about 1pm
* order cat claw clipper
@ Syncthing [LWN]
@ Home Assistant, (the Python IoT Hub [LWN.net])
* 1pm leave for Coupeville
* 2pm C MAC catheter change
* -> Clinton lab open: M-F 7-7, Sa 9-4, Su 12-4
labs for Drs Juaire and Hecker (stool sample kit)
@ Privacy threats in intimate relationships [LWN]
" This article provides an overview ofintimate threats: a class of privacy threats
that can arise withinour families, romantic partnerships, close friendships, and
caregiving relationships. Many commonassumptions about privacy are upended in the
context of these relationships, and many otherwiseeffective protective measures fail
when applied to intimate threats. Those closest to us know theanswers to our secret
questions, have access to our devices, and can exercise coercive power overus. We
survey a range of intimate relationships and describe their common features. Based
onthese features, we explore implications for both technical privacy design and
policy, and offer de-sign recommendations for ameliorating intimate privacy risks. "
: sable seems to have become flaky. First no USB, then (after reboot) USB but no
external monitor. :P ... and now everything is fine, only with VGA, not DP. ?!
% 5:50 I appear to have been in a blood-sugar crash for at least the last half hour
@ Blood type and genes linked by European study with risk of severe coronavirus
infection - CNN A 45% > non-A, O 65% < non-O
0619Fr Juneteenth
& Up 3:52; S=4:55;
* replace/move L's showerhead -- needs wrench
* install towel rack in box room bathroom -- needs drill, level
@ The City that Really Did Abolish the Police - POLITICO
* 12:30 video call with Rest Stop via google hangouts
: DP/hdmi video on sable is flaky. Stopped working with the black adapter, but works
with the white one. :P Confirmed: white one works on both cables, black on neither
* 3pm L' and A' for the next load (got started late, but okay because it took me that
long to wrangle Ticia. But I actually _carried_ her from SW far corner of the living
roomm where she was cowering under the bottom shelf. Poor thing.
: 6pm. I don't think they're done yet. :(
-> 7pm - they moved a lot more than they were "supposed" to. L will probably throw a
fit, but they couldn't have gotten everything into the room otherwise.
@ Jeremy #Masks4All Howard on Twitter: "So do these non-medical masks we're all meant
to be wearing actually do anything? Well yes, yes they almost certainly do. Here's a
thread about the current science. Let's start by explaining this striking picture of a
researcher speaking in a laser scattering chamber. 1/n https://t.co/pm6kA8k0cw" /
Twitter
@ Reduction of secondary transmission
of SARS-CoV-2 in households by face mask use, disinfection and social distancing: a
cohort study in Beijing, China | BMJ Global Health
" The overall secondary attack rate in households was 23.0%. Face masks were 79%
effective and disinfection was 77% effective in preventing transmission, while close
frequent contact in the household increased the risk of transmission 18 times, and
diarrhoea in the index patient increased the risk by four times. The results
demonstrate the importance of the pre-symptomatic infectiousness of COVID-19
patients and shows that wearing masks after illness onset does not protect. "
" The findings inform universal face mask use and social distancing, not just in
public spaces, but inside the household with members at risk of getting
infected. This further supports universal face mask use, and also provides guidance
on risk reduction for families living with someone in quarantine or isolation, and
families of health workers, who may face ongoing risk. "
@ Why Clojure?
0620Sa Summer Solstice * litter boxen changed
& awake 2am; awakened by C; freaked out. stool sample; ibuprofen
* up 7ish; S=7:07; % heat for back pain
@ It doesn’t look like the George Floyd protests are causing a COVID-19 spike.
* take samples to lab open 9-4 (Clinton lab open: M-F 7-7, Sa 9-4, Su 12-4)
-> they had no record of the orders. none. Maybe Drs Rochier and Juaire had
standing orders on file for the bloodwork -> yes.
No record of orders from Hecker (GI).
The information C gave me at 2am was inaccurate -- she never answers "I don't
know" or "they didn't say" to a question, but that's usually the answer I need.
" QOTD: kanef: These days you can bring a Baby Grand into a filk circle. "
o 10am Here’s some more info on the 24 Hour Filk Circle! a) We start at 7pm CEST on the
Saturday (June 20) (that being 6pm UK, 1pm Eastern, 10am West Coast, etc), because
that gives almost everyone a chance to be there for the start and finish, if they so
desire. 24-hour-filkcircle – Bleib auf der Couch! 'Events'
* change lock; leave L a key. Maybe set up easy-up.
* before noon: pack up L's freezer shelf.
* 1ish L moving into box room
aiming for as early in the afternoon as we can. [...] recommend finishing lunch by 1pm
-> A' was here by 1pm; L didn't arrive until 3:20. A' will leave 4:30ish
% as soon as they were out of the house (about 3:45) my stress level dropped enormously.
% gin before dinner and whisky afterward; think I earned it. Or at least needed it.
* joined the 24-hour filk circle sometime around 7:30. Wimped out and didn't sing
(unless I change my mind before I go to bed)
% 8:30 meloxicam (after changing the litter)
@ MMR vaccine could protect against the worst symptoms of COVID-19 (siderea)
" The researchers propose a clinical trial to test whether the MMR vaccine can protect
against COVID-19, but in the meantime, they suggest that all adults, especially
health care workers and individuals in nursing homes get the MMR vaccine. "
/ 10:40 major cleanup
/ ~midnight major+ cleanup. Very liquid. Augmented sample.
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