Done Since 2021-01-31

[mdlbear]

Kind of a rough week. Broken sleep, 220 miles worth of driving, two separate off-island medical appointments, irregular sleep, somewhat more Colleen-care than usual, worries about her nutrition, and quite a lot of something that might be one or more of depression, stress, burnout, or boredom (the latter due to lack of motivation, so probably a side-effect of the aforementioned). Subject-object ambiguity caused by lack of verbs (c.f. motivation). A list pretending to be a paragraph. Blatant self-reference. ¯_(ツ)_/¯.

Notes & links:

0131Su  * litter boxen
  & Awake 4:34; ; the usual cuddling with Ticia
  * up 8:00; S=8:15;
  : Desti knocked(?) down my nightstand shelf -- I'd pulled it out a little to get the
    phone closer, but hadn't thought to allow for 11 lbs of cat.  Oops.
  @ Washington state’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout: Do you live in a multigenerational
    household? | The Seattle Times -> so S doesn't actually qualify.  Still...
  * Listening to the Conflikt Sunday concerts
  * 15min: brought in boxes -- 2 from yesterday and 1 today (plus an envelope).  The large
    box, which had been put in the shed, had to be opened and the cat litter and depends
    brought in separately.  Also, laundry
  * 15min: define M-Xshrug to insert "¯\_(ツ)_/¯"
  % tired
  / cleanup.  liquid.  % got annoyed because she almost fell getting out of the chair and
    I've been trying to get her to exercise.
    -> she's actually doing a couple of sit-to-stands

0201Mo
  * up 7:30; S=8:31, BP=122/70, P=59; exercises
  / 10am diarrhea; all in bowl so no cleanup needed; 1600ml in bag
  * */1    CPAP:  change nosepiece                               */1
  * */1    CPAP:  change paper filter, wash tub                  */{1,15}
  * follow up on missed call from WhidbeyHealth Freeland Clinic to C
    -> antibiotic scrip sent to Rite Aid based on urine culture from last week
  ~ 1:50 pm C ultrasound Skagit Valley Hospital (?)
  * 10:30ish (HH)Orlanda
  * pick up Colleen's scrip at Rite Aid -> cipro
  * 15min: checked on the dehumidifier -- appears to be working well.
  / 7pm vomiting.
  @ How America Changed During Trump’s Presidency | Pew Research Center 
  / 800ml in bag.

0202Tu Imbolc, Groundhog Day
  & Up 4am; S=4:34; shower
    % dream involving TeX line breaks around em-dashes in songs.  Really, brain???
    -> by the time I was sleepy it was 6:30ish; I had dozed a little in the recliner but
       didn't want to go back to bed.
  * guitar:  a little noodling
  @ Viral TikTok sea shanties show what is broken with copyright law
  % strung out?  headache, probably from jaw-clenching -> anxiety? stress?
  / 1800ml in bag.  yellow-grey.

0203We
  * up 8am; S=9:08; 
  * plug in Molly
  / 1400ml in bag
  / major cleanup
  % meloxicam 10pm
  : something is making random clunking sounds; I suspect either pipes or heating ducts
  % gave up trying to sleep at 11:25 (over an hour according to the CPAP)
  % my problem these days is that I'm BORED.  And it's not because there isn't anything to
    do (e.g. read), it's because there's nothing I _want_ to do.  Weird.  It's probably
    related to depression, maybe also caregiving stress.
  & try to go back to bed 1:30

0204Th
  * up 4:50ish; S=5:22; 
  ~ 8:30ish call urologist: tel:360-428-2500 -> in person (robocall reminder)
    -> it's Feb. 4, and in Mt. Vernon because the Oak Harbor office is closed
  : Rhymes With Orange appears to be totally broken.  Works in incognito tab, but not in
    an ordinary tab with PrivacyBadger disabled.  Weird cookie thing I suppose.
  / 1900ml in bag
  * 12:30 leave for...
  * 2:30 C urologist  Skagit Regional Health - urology  Dr. Amy Arisco
    1400 East Kincaid St, Mount Vernon, WA, 98274
    & several stops for direction check; gmaps directions weren't updating.  Weird.
      took longer than I expected; close to 2 hours.  (of course, it started late too)
    : parking is a nightmare.  Ended up at the right entrance purely by luck.
    / C was crying by the time we got there.
    : we both double-masked.  Ear loops kept falling off Colleen's left ear.
    -> keep the cpiro in reserve for the next time the catheter gets blocked.
    -> bring something to eat next time.
    -> back ~5:30 :P
  * plug in Molly
  / 500ml in bag.  (hopefully not more -- the clamp wasn't fastened, so some on floor)

0205Fr (my father, d. 1999)
  * up 8am; S=8:54;
  @ 2021 Prediction #4: WiFi 6 is a bust (for now) as Bufferbloat returns thanks to ISP
    greed ->  DSLreports speedtest: 14ms 20.9/3.5
  / 100ml in bag (not emptied)
  / 9:30-10 (HH)Judy
    : libby app from library
  / cleanup.  liquid.
  * river; make updraft; make post
  * 11ish leave for... (2 hr trip) left 11:05; barely missed the 11:30; arrived 1pm
  * 2pm S oral surgery 4th floor, West bldg, Harborview, 325 9th st, Seattle. -> 1:30
  # consider [div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"] instead of [pre] for "done since"
  : Arrived home ~6pm, after 99 miles of driving.
  % my left eye has been giving me trouble for weeks.  Maybe months.
  / major cleanup, liquid.  x2.  1000ml in bag, gray
  * take a bag of pads out to LR

0206Sa
  & Awake 2:13; back to bed 4am
  * up 8am; S=7:04;
    % tonight's dream included a very cuddly, sedate, well-behaved guinea pig
  @ QOTD: 
    " There are quite a lot of professions that are stereotyped as characters in
      fiction. [...] Scientists come in two types: the Mad, and the Highly Reasonable but
      unable to convince authorities that disaster is imminent. Authorities such as Mayors
      and Governors are always more interested in keeping business running than listening
      to scientists. If you put all these stock character stereotypes together... you have
      an ensemble disaster film. "  No wonder 2020 seemed so familiar!
    c.f. Contagion (2011 film) - Wikipedia (via Top 10 Movies About Plague, Pestilence, And Deadly Disease - Listverse
  / 800ml in bag, grey-green, not cloudy; minor cleanup
  % 2pm suddenly (noticed) feeling (depressed? low-energy? maybe just low blood-sugar)
    eating a peanut-butter rice cake and some chips; we'll see how that works.
  * Walk about halfway down the block between Nautilus and Middle.  Would have gone
    farther except that the wind started up.  No thanks.  Somewhat out of breath. s=2100
  * plug in Molly
  * 15min:  make ^C * move to next line if no open items remain after .
  / 5:30 major cleanup, liquid -> stayed in bed.  Stomach-ache
  / 7:15 vomiting, after eating a couple of bites of dinner (franks and beans)
  @ Programming for Cats (book coming out
    later this year) -> @ProgrammingCats