Done Since 2022-04-10

[mdlbear]

Up and down this week; I'm okay-ish now, and got a fair amount done. The Seder last night at M and J's (m and j's other parents) was fun and made up for a lot of the rest of the week. I did most of the work for my income tax (except for deductions and credits; might or might not make a difference but since I'm getting a refund even with the standard dedduction I'm not feeling much pressure). But that and tax paperwork for Mom's estate made for a lot of stress and a minor meltdown Monday. So... mixed.

I made chicken stir-fry Wednesday -- I'm sort of the household's back-up cook. I thought it was too bland; N told me I should stop apologizing, and everyone liked it. It was almost but not quite like the Cantonese food I remember from my East Coast days -- I'll have to look up some recipes to figure out what it was missing. Everyone else in the household is a spice wimp.

I had take-out Mexican for lunch on Tuesday, from the little taqueria two blocks up Aurora, mainly because I needed to get a picture of a bottle of lime soda for Tuesday's post on GoingSideways.blog. But I'll take any excuse for fish tacos.

Notes & links:
0410Su 
  & Awake 1am; tried to get back to sleep; gave up 2am
    & spent a frustrating half-hour or so getting Raven set up in the dark.  Raven doesn't
      have a backlight.  Gave up on that too, and turned on the side light
  * up 6ish; S=5:28;   shower
  * dishes.  * laundry
  : The round-up I put on the hemlock last week seems to have worked, at least partly
  * SL:  mild kimchi, coffee, docusate, blue cheese crumble; Kind bars in the evening run
  * GS: some work on a square site logo (crab in circle), played some with block themes
    Note that Inkscape can import PDF and save in SVG
  ~ signal boost GS: St/rolling (in Done Since)
  % 9:30 sleepy
  * load drugs

0411Mo
  * up 7ish; ;
  : most recent post on LJ is from April 7th.
  * pack kimchi, string cheese; whatever else is in the fridge that needs to go down
  * call Whidbey Telecom about install  -> late summer; may cost something for the hookup
  * wire rent money to R
  ~ sort random paper stacks
    * track down 529 plan that changed identity -> Bloomwell 529 Education Savings Plan
    * pay water, pest control bills
    % 1:45: overwhelmed; tears.  Possibly triggered by unpaid medical bills plus other
      mail addressed to Colleen, plus sheer am't of stuff never done.  Plus...
  : Received tax paperwork for parents' estate.  Will need some signing and mailing
  : Ferry running behind; will probably be leaving ~6
  11ish sleepy.  Should curl up and sleeo
  $ got tax forms for Dad's trusts and Mom's 2020 income taxes from executor

0412Tu Yuri's Day
  * up 7:15ish; S=7:39; 
  * 10am Healing Center Memory Keepers support group
  * walk:  2.5 blocks to taqueria to get lime soda for GS photo.  Also, fish tacos.
  @ GS:  post Lime Soda
  * printing, "scanning" for Mom's taxes
  @ 20 Metrics Every Blogger Needs to Track for Success - DreamHost
  * 9:30ish  sleepy

0413We
  * up 7:10; S=7:16; docusate 200mg [...] fiber cookies
  @ minoanmiss | Serious Eats: Essential Kitchen Tools excellent discussion of
    kitchen gear, around this list
  * 15min: 3-dancing-rabbits icon: 6960ca528460c3e24e978169ab7b9ae194620eac in me/Images
  * 15min: dishes (with advanced Tetris)
  * sign and mail Mom's state tax return
  * chicken stir-fry.  Compliments from N (the usual "stop putting yourself down") and k
  : fun with unicode:  ᓚᘏᗢ via S(L)

0414Th
  * up 7:10; S=7:42;
  @ The next Covid-19 wave will test the CDC’s latest guidelines - Vox
  * rabbit rabbit rabbit icon - finally done after a very long time
    -> git bisect:  9ba8541a Saved on raven Sun 05 Dec 2021 10:02:54 PM PST
  % some pain in _left_ TMJ area.  Growf!  -> meloxicam this evening
  @ How Tesla and EV charging networks threaten the future of gas stations - Vox
  @ It's Release Day! | Alpennia
    HRJ: The Language of Roses is released!
  @ NFTs Are a Privacy and Security Nightmare | WIRED 
  * meloxicam, 100mg docusate with pm drugs

0415Fr
  & up 5:30ish; S=6:23
  * researching photos for today's GS post.
  % fiber cookie 8:30ish
  : LJ domain registered 23 years ago *yawn*
  @ posted Going Sideways to Go Forwards - GoingSideways.blog 
  * seder (at M+J's) will start ~5pm
  : Missed call from CP

O416Sa
  & awake 4:45ish; S=4:24 + some unknown amount
  * up 7:30; S=3ish(est);
  @ Gutenberg Block Editor Toolkit – EditorsKit – WordPress plugin
  @ Our 13 Favorite Plants (And How We Keep Them Alive) | Reviews by Wirecutter 
  % fiber cookies 9:30
  @ PREHISTORIC PLANET Trailer (2022) David Attenborough - YouTube but Apple TV+
  @ Plain Text - Dylan Beattie - NDC Oslo 2021 - YouTube fun w/ character encodings
  * */15   pay AX cards, Molly
  % fiber gummies 3ish
  * after arrival:  * water orchids  * sort mail  * make a payment or do other paperwork
  * return call from CP
  * dishes
  * check expiration dates -> most 2023; AX 2025; HX 2022
    -> change expiration date where the HSX debit card is used.  ($A, PP, etc.)
  *  */15   CPAP:  change paper filter, wash tub