Done Since 2021-04-18

[mdlbear]

My attention during the early part of the week was taken up by the hassles involved in getting our phones properly set up -- Colleen's old phone in particular was running an old enough version (4.4.2) of Android that none of the software-based techniques for copying contacts worked. Fortunately it did have a micro-SD card. So the contacts went from phone to card to laptop to Colleen's new phone via email, where gmail recognized the .vcf file as contacts and offered to add them. Whew! Losing her contacts would have been BAD.

Turned out that my old phone had unsynced contacts too, but I was able to copy those directly to google contacts on the old phone, and sync via WiFi. None of this makes me hate phones any less.

My attention during the latter part of the week was mostly concerned with my colonoscopy on Friday. Meanwhile, the clipboard with my still-to-be-entered 1099 forms has gone missing. (If it doesn't turn up either in the room I haven't looked in or the lost-and-found at Swedish -- I'll call during business hours on Monday -- I'll need to get those online. Every once in a while procrastination really bites my arse.) And I still need to find and fix whatever loose item is making Sable randomly reboot. I'm currently using Sherman, which is older, heavier, and less capable; but reliable.

I have made approximately zero progress on any of my projects.

Notes & links:

0418Su
  & awake 3:31am; bathroom; gave up trying to sleep 5am; exercises
    % right lower back/hip is hurting.  naproxen 3:30am
    : the belt for my yukata has gone missing during the night.  Or before - could be in
      the lair.  My phone is down to 30% from being used as a flashlight
  * up 8am; ; maybe got in a little dozing btw. 6:30 and 8
  * Guitar: noodling, Wheelin'
  * arriived at Prestige ~12:10 after stopping to grab some breakfast at Safeway
  * buy stool softener because I didn't bring it-start Tu.
  * set up Colleen's phone.  Can go to store if it doesn't work.  Will call support first
    meanwhile the AT&T website doesn't know about my new phone, doesn't list R, and lists
    Molly under my name (which confuses Signal).  -> Molly
    -> tech's name was Angel, which seems appropriate.  Looks like it worked.
    -> I'll tackle any other problems later; right now Colleen has a working phone.
  % 8:40 and I'm already starting to fade out

0419Mo
  & awake 3:20ish; naproxen 3:50 for right-side back pain.  This is getting old. down 5am 
  * up 7ish; S~=2; exercises, morning page(~s)
  * buy heating pad (Walgreens on the way up)
  : colleen's contacts are still on her phone but haven't been sync'ed.  I turned sync on.
    probably going to take another call.  Android version 4.4.2
    -> (via text from the call robot) they're on the phone, not in an app.  Then I tried
       to sync them (which takes an extra setting) no dice.  Also no reliable WiFi.
       Tomorrow try the 5Ghz access point
  / she got ground food for breakfast and lunch
    -> first (nursing supervisor)Brooke, then (director)Michael came by.  The latter
    -> promised that her food problem will be fixed by dinnertime.  We'll see.
  ~ should be possible to recover Colleen's Signal account now.  If I can't, well, it's
    not like she ever looks at texts.  -> couldn't find the setting.  Can't upgrade
    because WiFi is basically non-existant.
  : Now that I've installed Nova launcher, I have to set everything up again. :P
  % naproxen 10pm

o420Tu
  & awake 3:20; down 5:20
    % thinking about the US Supreme Court and trans rights.  Which is what _usually_
      derails my sleep.
  * up 8:10 (alarm @8); ; naproxen
  @ Export, back up, or restore contacts - Computer - Contacts Help
    Back up & sync device contacts - Contacts Help
    -> the guy at the AT+T store threw up his hands, but on the way home I figured it out:
    -> remove SD card (a whole 2GB) from the phone, read it on sherman, send via email.
       on the new phone, the gmail app offered to save to contacts.  Done.
    -> the adapter came from the overpriced ($15) 32GB card I picked up at the AT+T store.
    ! finished the day feeling rather pleased with myself for figuring it out.
  & ordered Colleen's coloring books and pens, which had somehow fallen between the cracks
    had to order a set of colored pencils too, for next-day delivery to RS.  Pens 2-day
  : nice conversation with (OT)Kerri(sp?) young, short hair dyed reddish-orange, foodie;
    talked mostly about cuisines and favorite restaurants.  Fun!
  / Colleen doing quite well -- two PT sessions.  Using leg lifter to get out of bed.
  : ~6pm: m and j coming over

  ~ start stool softeners 2/day -> Tuesday
  ~ Colleen needs labs done for (nephrologist)Dr. Juaire

0421We
  * up 6:10; ; exercises
  : had to clean fluff out of the phone's charge socket.  Foo.  Fortunately the Luna
    travel guitar had a broken string...  -> scraped a lot of fluff out of shirt pocket
  & copied firefox profile from sable to sherman, mainly for bookmarks and passwords.
    -> worked.  see firefox-important-files.txt
  * Colleen would like some tejava
  / walked to end of hall and back; the PT and Colleen agreed on an estimate of 2 weeks
    (i.e. one week from today or tomorrow) -> two weeks -> see below
  / 2pm care conference and discharge planning: (social services coordinator)Alexia Juarez
    Banu from business office. 425-670-4182 Direct # on last piece of paper from them
    PT walking 65ft.  OT work on transfers  goal discharge 2 weeks from now.
    Dessie (one of three in social services; Alexia is another)E - discharge planning
    -> Colleen fell apart _after_ the conference when V and I made it clear that they had
       been talking about _another_ two weeks, not two weeks total.  It blindsided me as
       well (see above; I clearly mis-heard it the same way C did, but I caught it and
       verified; it apparently didn't register with C until later despite thinking it had
    -> I blame her breakdown in part on my failure to realize that she hadn't understood
    -> Damned if I know what can be done about that kind of thing -- it's really difficult
       to know what _she_ understands about something that she appears to be agreeing with
  : Sherman is swapping; 4GB is obviously a lot for it.  -> Keep tab count down.
  @ Here’s how to turn an old Samsung Galaxy phone into a smart home sensor
    8 new uses for your old smartphone - The Verge (more useful than ^)
    How to use your Android or iOS device as a webcam - The Verge
  % 9:45pm headache, sleepy


0422Th  Earth Day
  & awake 5:30ish; back to bed but didn't sleep
    % still constipated.
  * up 6:30; ; 
  * meds to blue duffle for reloading.  Tax stuff?  Can't find it; must be home
  * pack blue duffle (laundry, Sable) red bag (C's art supplies),
  ~ pick up some yogurt (with fruit) for breakfast -> rice pudding at RS
  @ Earth Day - Wikipedia
  : Signal has been crashing in odd ways on Sherman.  memory problems?
  & allergy visine for C (Walgreens); black coffee for me (Safeway/Starbucks)
  * drop off C's art supplies and reload black duffle bag with her laundry
   x  check around closet for possible clipboard with tax stuff.
  / (PT)Greta
  : foo.  My appointment is 11:30 tomorrow.  Also, numbers stored on the old phone didn't
    get backed up.  Fortunately that one has an SD card slot.
    -> and the instructions are for after 11am, not noon.  So 8am.3
  * leave Prestige ~2pm
  : n.b. honey ginger crystals should count as a clear liquid
  * get home by 5pm for colonoscopy prep
  : FSCK!  I appear to have lost track of the clipboard with the tax info.  Unless it's in
    the lair, I'm probably screwed.  Can call Swedish, though.
  & 15min: copied contacts from backup on my LG G5 phone.  Merged.
  * leave card for groceries
  % 6:45pm back pain -> heat
  * 8pm first bottle of SUPREP -> mostly tapered off by ~10pm, though I expect more later.

0423Fr
  * Up 4:30am; S=4:47, BP=134/79, P=66;
  * 15min:  pair phone with CPAP.  Took several tries because the "instructions" on the
    device are just images, and incomplete:  turn wheel to select "yes", then _press it_
  * 15min:  pair phone with Molly
  * 8am -> 7:30 second bottle of SUPREP
  * 10:30 pickup by V.  Good conversations in the car.  (I drove up, V drove back)
  * 11:30. colonoscopy.  need driver (=V)
    -> one polyp; prep insufficient to see polyps < 5mm; 
    -> pathology report in 5-7 working days
    -> repeat in 1 year with 2-day prep
    % the people on the surgical team were all friendly and I had some light conversation,
      which I'm pleased about because that's unusual for me.  (I expect that putting
      patients at ease is a significant part of their job, but still.)

0424Sa
  * up 8ish; S=8:22; 
  * for Colleen: pepper shaker (from table), pencil sharpener
  * water bottle, micro-SDs, USB drive, USB-C/micro adapters
  : Putting Sable into my backpack I noticed that it was waking itself up.  Really need
    to take it apart and see if I can find the loose thing.
  * scooter in car
  @ The girl in the Kent State photo and the lifelong burden of being a national symbol 
  : damnit - thought I'd pushed from Sable before I left home.  Apparently not.
    -> not too much of a problem because I brought Sable with me.
  % I probably ought to make an appointment with my urologist
  / mulitple cleanups last night and 2pm today.  Ongoing problem
  % ... and sometime last night or yesterday I managed to bite the side of my tongue :P
  % 4:30 sleepy.  Have been all afternoon, actually
  % having a lot of trouble getting back into $writing-project