Done Since 2021-01-03

[mdlbear]

It's been an... interesting... week. Roller-coaster? That.

It started Sunday with our 45th anniversary, which we celebrated with bagels and lox. I installed the new mattress on Colleen's side of the bed -- it's an Invacare Solace 80"x36" hospital bed mattress, which means that it's the right size for our bed instead of being too wide and dangling over the edge of the frame while simultaneously being too short. It also has a fluid-resistant cover. Colleen found it much more comfortable than the old one, which is now in the spare bedroom.

Monday (the Mac Mini)Whitewood's backup drive failed its fsck (which stands for File-System cheCK, in addition to being a good description of the drive's current condition). It's still readable, but I want to find a replacement before I turn the machine back on. It's over a decade old.

Tuesday the Democrats pulled off two wins in Georgia, flipping the Senate (starting the 20th, when Pence is no longer VP), but we couldn't really be certain until the vote-counting got further along on Wednesday. Only to be temporarily put on hold for Trumpster-Fire's failed insurrection.

Right. Interesting times. If I'd been reading about it in a book I'd have thrown it across the room for being stupidly unrealistic.

Friday I received email notifying me that vaccine (Moderna) was available at Island Drug (at the other end of the island, and a place I've found to be rather flaky in the past). (This morning I booked us appointments, by which time they were already filled up into February.)

In spite of having had enough excitement for three or four normal months, we still have three more weeks to go in this one. Sheesh!

Notes & links:

0103Su 45th anniversary  * litter boxen
  * up 6:30ish; S=7:12, W=194.4, BP=118/74, P=66; exercise, shower
  * posted mdlbear | Song for Sunday: Forty Five Years  because Colleen
  / major cleanup, leaking, urine looks dark pink:  not good
  / -> flush; no resistance; still leaking.  pulled; not clear if it helped
  * bagels and lox
  * 2:45 zoom call with Al, Caroline
  * installed mattress.  Bottom sheet doesn't fit all that well.  Order right size?
    -> the only available sheets the right size are, unsurprisingly, white.
  : The union bank app flaked on me; wanted password, then wouldn't let me deposit a check
  % back pain -> meloxicam 7ish.

0104Mo
  * up 5:30ish; S=5:53; 
    % rigtht shoulder hurting  -> heat
    % (later) some aches in the right leg
  * 8:30ish call urologist: tel:360-428-2500 - in person or video?
    -> it's _Feb_ 4, and in Mt. Vernon because the Oak Harbor office is closed
  / 1800ml in bag.  Slept very well with new mattress -- I win.
  * UB app wants manual login.  Again.  Call unionbank for tech support.  Reinstall
    After several failed attempts to get app from the UB site (download link is 404), got
    it from Play Store.  Still wants manual login, which still doesn't work.  Rep
    suggested a password change, which is probably a good idea. ->done
    -> pilot error:  need to click checkmark after entering amount.  Still fails, though
    -> can't process your deposit.  try later.
  % 12pm shoulder somewhat better; not completely.  -> more heat
  @ Conspiracy theorists claim this "5G chip" circuit will be in vaccine - but it's a
    BOSS guitar pedal - CDM Create Digital Music
  % 4:30 yawning
  % meloxicam 6ish
  : Whitewood's backup drive failed.  Bletch.
    -> can be read, but not written to, so can use that to back it up
  / 800ml in bag

0105Tu
  & Awake 2:30; Ty 3am, heat
  * up 5:50ish; S=5:21; exerecises
  @ Heroes' Feast The Official Dungeons & Dragons Cookbook [$A]
  * 8am zoom call with Downsizers
    *- unloading?  -> white glove delivery  -> have to make sure there's a good place
    *- #58 all-clad, cast iron -> needs to be revisited, I think
    *- #59/154 coffee and tea set  -- who? ->me
    ~  #153 roku? vase - me? needs ID - not going to worry about this one
    *- #11 two hanging owls.  ->Me Al?  I'll put myself down for it, and  * confirm
    *- #61 ceramic dish with flower impressions  ->me? Al?
    *- China 22 (fisherman) -> me?
  / 11am catheter completely blocked; almost nothing in bag overnight.  Will need a flush
  / major cleanup - liquid
  & music:  a little guitar noodling
  : My UB mobile deposit went through this time.  So there's that.
  % 8pm sleepy.  not surprising. ... cold
  : 9pm things are looking encouraging in Georgia.  Maybe we'll pull this off.
  % meloxicam 10:35
  / 800ml in bag, very cloudy.  Leaking -> flush

0106We
  * up 7ish; BP=129/75, P=61;
  % misread log and made entry under 0107 (tomorrow), making me call Dr Hecker's office a
    day early.  No harm done, but it would have been better if I had a better process.
  @ The four keys that could unlock procrastination - BBC Worklife
    distill the principles of Temporal Motivation Theory to four simple prompts that ask
    people to consider:
    How would someone successful complete the goal?
    How would you feel if you don’t do the required task?
    What is the next immediate step you need to do?
    If you could do one thing to achieve the goal on time, what would it be?
    Contemplate weight loss app
  % back pain -> heat; shoulder not hurting nearly as much as yesterday
  @ How To Make Kung Pao Chicken That Tastes Better than Takeout
  @ Catapult | An Ode to the Kamenoko Tawashi, the Turtle Brush | Katie Okamoto
  / new med Hiprex 1g 2/day
    " It should not be used in the presence of chronic kidney disease. " (Wikipedia)
  & spent the afternoon doomscrolling while tRump's mob invaded the Capitol.  Sheesh!
  @ Pro-Trump mob storms US Capitol in bid to overturn election 
  : Michael S. Schmidt Washington Correspondent:  It was Vice President Mike Pence — not
    President Trump — who approved the order to deploy the National Guard, our colleague
    Helene Cooper reports from defense and other administration officials.
  @ Pro-Trump mob storms US Capitol in bid to overturn election 
  / catheter change (HH)Diane
  @ Leonora Carrington’s Transformative Surrealist Novel - The New York Times
    Leonora Carrington
  * Singing:  Bells of Norwich, The Mary Ellen Carter
  / still leaking

0107Th
  & awake 3:30; S=4.7; -> tried going back to bed 5a:30ish
  @ Who goes next: Washington releases next phase of vaccine prioritization - WA DOH
    VaccinationPhasesInfographic findyourphasewa.org
    -> I'm eligible in phase 1B1 (Jan.); Colleen and S would apparently be 1B3 (March)
       unless they qualify under "50 or older in multigenerational households" (unclear)
  * up 6am; S=5:08; exercises
    % calf and shoulder pain
  / cleanup.  liquid.  Still leaking.  not much in bag
  @ The 147 Republicans Who Voted To Overturn Election Results - NYT and this post on DW
  / 1000ml in bag at 11am
  * Colleen call  425-339-5421 option 4  to answer questions prior to video call
  * 12:50 log in for video call
  / 1pm Colleen video Dr. Hecker (gastroenterology) VSee room code everettgi
  * order gloves
  @ @Michelleobama on twitter (it's an image, fortunately news sites have text) (‘I hurt for our country’: Michelle Obama addresses U.S. Capitol riots | KRON4)
    " I watch as a gang — organized, violent, and mad they’s lost an election — laid siege
      to the United States Capitol. They set up gallows. They proudly waved the traitorous
      flag of the Confederacy through the halls. They desecrated the center of American
      government. And once authorities finally gained control of the situation, these
      rioters and gang members were led out of the building not in handcuffs, but free to
      carry on with their days. The day was a fulfillment of the wishes of an infantile
      and unpatriotic president who can’t handle the truth of his own failures,... "
  / 1000ml in bag

08Fr
  & awake 00:45;
  * Up 5am; BP=136/83, P=71;
  / 00:50 vomiting
  / 3 separate cleanups with V
  @ A Truth Reckoning: Why We’re Holding Those Who Lied For Trump Accountable (The Washington Post)
    " Let it be known to the business world: Hire any of Trump’s fellow fabulists above,
      and Forbes will assume that everything your company or firm talks about is a lie. "
      -- Randall Lane, chief content officer of Forbes Media and editor of Forbes Magazine
  : email from Island Drug -> they're my vaccination destination, have Moderna for ph. 1B1
    not clear whether they're the only one; WhidbeyHealth doesn't have a recent update
  / 1400ml in bag

0109Sa   * litter boxen
  * up 5:40; S=5:55, BP=1115/72, P=67;
    % pain in right shoulder, right thigh -> heat
  / 400ml in bag, leakage, minor cleanup
  @ (THREAD) Media has yet to do a deep dive on precisely what Trump *said* in his January
    6 speech in DC—a speech now called an "incitement to insurrection," and the basis for
    an article of impeachment coming Monday. This thread unpacks the speech.
  @ The History of Violent Attacks on the U.S. Capitol | Smithsonian Magazine
  @ The WorlDream Project by Steve Macdonald : worldream.filk.de
    All the Songs
    [YouTube] [Bandcamp]
    Lyrics: Many Hearts, One Voice – Steve Macdonald [Track plus annotated lyrics] 
    -> [s4s]
  / 1000ml in bag.  too tired to change, she says.

Comments

[alatefeline]

I am so very very glad that you and Colleen have appointments to get vaccinated.

[spiffyvoxel]

I was rattled for several days after by the events of last Wednesday, even though I'm on the other side of the Atlantic. Frankly, Trump cannot be thrown out of the White House soon enough.