Done Since 2022-06-05

[mdlbear]

My schedule has been slightly skewed this week because I went up to Whidbey Thursday instead of Friday or Saturday because c had to be at work early Frday; I'm driving back today because I have a dentist appointment tomorrow morning. The ferries have been somewhat unpredictable. It also feels as though I've done very little, but having written five posts over the last seven days, and done my back exercises twice, makes that somewhat questionable.

Except that it isn't really -- I've done very few of the things that really have to get done soon, including finding a way to move my bed, getting a vet appointment for the cats, and getting the "lawn" (now more like a meadow) taken care of. And exercising two days out of seven isn't nearly enough; not to mention minimal guitar practice, no singing, no packing, and no walks. All of which is to say that I'm not feeling particularly good about myself right now. Nor about the future in general for that matter.

Which is part of today's mood, which is probably grossly underestimaged. Overestimated? It's a negative mood, so less bad than it really is would be an overestimate, right?

Notes & links:
0605Su  
  & up 4:30ish; S=6:08;
    % Tried to get back to sleep 5:30ish, but Desti was in the middle of the bed, so...
  * Wasted a lot of time looking at cat gates before running across a review that said
    that their cat had gotten a claw caught in the hinge of one.  So... nope.
  * pack:  * hardwired thinkpad keyboard,  * kitchen & eating utensils for lair,
  @ Revealed - The Best Pet Friendly Airlines in June 2022
    Traveling with your pet FAQ | American Veterinary Medical Association
    Pet Travel | Domestic & International Dog and Cat Transport
    Airline Pet Policies 2022 - Flying with Cats, Dogs, Service Animals, Pets
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        Alaska Airlines Pet Policies
    Cruises That Allow Pets
  * snag copy of Mom's memoir from her iMac; now in sable:Documents -- should be possible
    to convert to PDF with cloudconvert.  -> which worked (0606)

0606Mo  * litter boxen 
  & awake 3:45; cat cuddle, but failed to get back to sleep
  * up 4:40; S=6:13;
  @ CloudConvert
  @ InstaWP – Instant WordPress Sites
  * before leaving RE collect:  * drugs  * CPAP  * shut down Mom's iMac
  * 15min: collapsed all the Ökcat boxes in the LR
  * 15min: re-filled kibble dispenser
  * 15min: reorganized bookmarks to put WP in its own folder to reduce menu depth
  % 10am distinct feeling of wanting to curl up into a little ball
  % 10:22 tums.  I've been needing more than usual lately
  % 12:15 drifty.  Not enough sleep, probably
  x pack art(?)
  * Bayview recycling.  Easy.
  : down a boat and running late.  I might get to RS by 5 (2:30 now)
  * arrived at RS ~4:30
  * prepped tomorrow's GS post
  % a lot of itching, mostly on the inside of my right wrist.  WTF?
  * back to studio 9-something;
    % (2)docusate, naproxen with pm drugs
    * trying some ginger-honey to see if something warm at night will help me sleep
    % not that I'm going to need a lot of help with that tonight

0607Tu
  & awake 3ish (?)
  * up 6:25; S=6:53, W=203.2;  naproxen, (1)docusate
  @ 15 Books That Are Basically Unreadable (via andrewducker)
    -> Arsenic and Old Books
    How we discovered three poisonous books in our university library
    The Poison Book Project | International Institute for Conservation of Historic and
    Artistic Works
    Poison Book Project - Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
    The Arsenic Pigments that Poisoned the Victorian Age
  @ Posted mdlbear | Arsenic and Old Books
  @ posted Frankly, It’s a Truck - GoingSideways.blog
  * started 20th bloggiversary post.  The title, "Twenty Years Beneath the Masthead",
    inevitably led to a Wikipedia dive that started at (American)
    publishing terminology, and ending up at the Bristol Channel
    pilot cutter - Wikipedia.
    -> BBC Boats that built Britain, Tom Cunliffe - Bristol channel pilot cutters
  * E offered to come up to Whidbey in late July/early August to help me sort and pack
  * 6ish start stir-fry.  Finished a little before 7

0608We
  & awake 3:20ish; S=4:33, W=203.2; gave up 3:50; exercises
    % (2)docusate, fiber cookies
  * walk:  usual W to end of block
  @ Deal on common charger: reducing hassle for consumers and curbing e-waste | EU 
  @ Enhertu Breast Cancer Drug Results in ‘Unheard-of’ Survival Rates - NYT
  @ Small Study on Rectal Cancer Results in Remission in Every Patient - NYT
  : GS: some of the oldest posts are missing their sidebar.  No idea why.  Caching?
    -> my-best-trip-ever, wheelin, omicron.  Also have a somewhat different header -- the
       featured image is centered.
    -> IIRC these are the pages the designer created before we went live. And fired them.
    -> caching.  On the staging site the only one still broken is omicron.
  * 15min: my purple guitar straps arrived from MF, so I did a little practicing
  @ Four Cups of Coffee Could Help Repair Your Heart, Study Finds
  * a little guitar, in small sessions throughout the day
  * start letter to kids, Al about disposition of Stuff

0609Th
  & awake 1:30ish
  * up 7am; S=8:03;
    -> running late, so finish packing and load Molly before leaving
  * go up to Whidbey in the evening with c, who has to work tomorrow
    got fish+chips for dinner at Ivar's on 99 -- c's suggestion
    
0610Fr
  & awake 4:30ish
  * Up 5:15; S=5:48; exercises; fiber
  @ Ethan Grey on
    Twitter: "This is a thread on Republican messaging. The press doesn’t want to have a
    direct conversation with you about this. So as a former Republican who is now a
    consistent Democratic voter, I will. Thread." / Twitter
  * 20-year bloggiversary - (first LJ post - first DW post was 2010-04-27)
    @ Twenty Years Beneath the Masthead
      Update sticky meta post
  * update nova -- apparently it's been a while.
  @ Five Advanced Git Concepts that Make You Look Like a Pro | by Juan Cruz Martinez
    tl;dr: bisect, cherry-pick, rebase, add -p, commit --amend
  @ Ethan Grey on
    Twitter: "This is a thread on Republican messaging...
    " Here is the Republican message on everything of importance:
      1. They can tell people what to do.
      2. You cannot tell them what to do. "
  $ Send mail to Greg, Al about tax bill for Dad's estate.  With scan.  Thought it had
    been handled but ???  Due 7/4; pay by phone or online if I don't hear by mid-week.
  * set up a banker's box for E (next to the one for R); took down garland over TV;
  @ How and why to learn command line as a front end developer | Go Make Things
  @ Nick Cave on Living with Loss and the Central Paradox of Grief as a Portal to
    Aliveness    Elizabeth Gilbert on Love, Loss, and How to Move Through Grief as
    Grief Moves Through You – The Marginalian

0611Sa   * litter boxen
  * up 5:15ish; S=6:35; shower
    % (3)docusate, fiber cookies...
  @ Charles Petzold: Announcing “Code” 2nd Edition What's _really_ going on.
    starts with bits and binary code (incl. Braile) and builds up.  Could be a good intro
  : as usual, problems trying to edit a contact on the phone.  Used the computer instead.
    My confusion was that "edit" wasn't a menu option, it's an icon to the left of the
    menu.  Icon blindness strikes again.
  @ Google engineer Blake Lemoine thinks its LaMDA AI has come to life - WaPo
  @ After mastectomy some women don’t want to replace their breasts - WaPo
  * 15min:  ordered litter box and food tray for cats.
  . looked at storage cubes -- two 3'x4' sets are probably what I need.  Some can come
    pretty quickly, so I'll take the time to make measurements
  * fold up tent  -> now in garage next to water heater
  @ Can’t Sleep Because of Anxiety? Here Are 5 Techniques to Help You Relax 
  % 10:50ish sleepy; fell asleep in chair a couple of time.  Should splat.