Done Since 2022-07-03

[mdlbear]

Actually, I don't think there was much bad about the last week except for somehow pulling a muscle in my left thigh. Between a cane, heating pad, and naproxen I've gotten it down to about a pain level 3, as long as I don't move it the wrong way. Of course, a pain level low enough for me to ignore means that I'm likely to forget to be careful.

We had a Kaleidofolk band practice yesterday, I did a little programming (bash scripting in makefiles, but that counts), wrote a draft for a GoingSideways post about traveling with a guitar, made a Songs for Saturday post, and took four (admittedly quite short) walks. So I don't think I can say that I didn't get anything done, except by comparison with what still needs to be done.

This week's heartwarming romantic link is 'Lesbian goth foxes,' the story of Esmae and Mala | MPR News.

Notes & links:
0703Su
  & awake 4ish;  % cold  -> put fuzzy bathrobe on bed; worked pretty well.
  * up 7:30ish; S=5:26; cat cuddle, shower
    % some chest pain, mostly lower right; feels muscular; blood oxygen normal
  @ 'Lesbian goth foxes,' the story of Esmae and Mala | MPR News
  @ An Oral History of ‘Contact’ the Movie
  * 2n+1/1 CPAP RE:  change nosepiece, wash tub [every other month?]
  * 6n/1   CPAP * :  replace plastic filter:                        1 mod 6 (Jan, July)
  * */1    CPAP * :  change paper filter
  & Payless had one brand of furikake; got it for RE; I should pick up some on the way out

0704Mo Independence Day
  & awake 4am
  * up 5am; S=4:58; cat cuddle
  @ A Brief Guide to Navigating Periods of Disorder
  @ Stop Giving Companies Your Phone Number. Do This Instead. 2FA or Google phone
    Authy | Two-factor Authentication (2FA) App & Guides
    Announcing General Availability of Authy Desktop for Linux - Authy
  @ Extraordinary Letters on Love, Life, Death, Courage, and Moral Purpose Without
    Religion WORDS IN PAIN : letters on life and death. (Book, 2020) [WorldCat.org]
  @ MRI finds lung abnormalities in non-hospitalized long COVID patients
    Lung Abnormalities Depicted
    with Hyperpolarized Xenon MRI in Patients with Long COVID | Radiology
    The Secrets of Covid ‘Brain Fog’ Are Starting to Lift | WIRED
  * Walk: Middle and back. (0.6mi) p~=3.5-4 right hip
  * 15min: clear off bed in music room.  Needs new bedding
  % looking at the menu for the restaurant that took over from Charmers, FARE MARKET.
    Would have loved going there with Colleen.  Vietnamese.  May never go there now.  Sad.
  * write a GS post for 7/12 in case N doesn't write one.
    -* Travels with Plink (traveling with a guitar)
  * singing:  The River
  * 15min: laundry
  & to Clinton Beach with c to watch fireworks.  We'd planned on seeing Everett, but they
    were too far away and behind the ferry pilings.  There were, however, quite a few on
    the Whidbey shore.  Took the Nada Chair, which was helpful.

0705Tu  * litter boxen
  * up 7am; S=6:24; exercises.  % Heat for back pain, as usual
  @ Scientists find causal link between vitamin D deficiency and dementia
  @ ‘How to Bake Pi,’ by Eugenia Cheng - The New York Times
  * don't forget to get laundry out of dryer
  @Where We Go From Here. How to safely support pro-choice…|caroline sinders 2022/06
    " We need to be careful with each other so we can be dangerous together. "
    Guide to Abortion Privacy — Digital Defense Fund
  * take mangoes to down to RS
  * ramp for studio.  Bring down the threshold ramp from RE?
  * SL: furikake (rice sprinkle) (Central; Pai Do World 1742 Hwy 99; Ranch 99) -> CVS
  @ posted Last Steps - GoingSideways.blog Apparently WP won't let you re-use a slug even if
    the rest of the URL is different.  
  $ rent+b'day to R
  ~ pack: 3-hole punch (if findable) -> ordered
  * SL: feliway diffuser bottle  -> ordered

0706We R's birthday
  & awake 3ish;
  * up 7am; S=7:22;
    * a little guitar, plus pictures of Plink for GS
    * walk: to park
  @ Emotional responses in Papua New Guinea show negligible evidence for a universal
    effect of major versus minor music | PLOS ONE
  * expect link via SMS for video sleep clinic appointment with Caren Ellington, NP
  ~ call (email; maybe text later) Chaos for birthday
  * email Jerad to set up Zoom meeting next week or the week after
  * Discord call to R
  : found the missing blue-blocker glasses in the bedside trash

0707Th
  * up 6am; S=6:13, W=203; exercises
    * singing: Lord of the Buffalo (2 verses and chorus; off-book so a little rough)
    * walk: to park
  @ Using A Computer/Smartphone/Tablet From Bed - NOT DONE LIVING
    What Do You Do All Day? - NOT DONE LIVING
  @ The Secrets of My Emacs Presentation Style - System Crafters
  @ OutHorse Your Email Disconnect from work and let the horses of Iceland reply to
    your emails while you are on vacation. (Seriously)
  @ COVID omicron variants: How often can you get reinfected?
  @ The Joy Workout - The New York Times
  * 15min: dishes
  * take some Tums out to the Studio to re-fill the bottle next to the bed.
    -> in red Payless bag with feliway and trash bags.
  % left hip hurting p=4.5; -> heat, naproxen (should hit faster than meloxicam), sleepy
    time + valerian tea.  Going to sit for a while with heating pad before attempting
    teeth, nose, and load drugs.

0708Fr
  * Up 5am; S=5:47; exercises
    % still some hip pain -> heat; naproxen with am drugs
    * walk: end of block
  & some hacking on the GS makefiles to have `make draft` make a `.d` directory.  Some of
    that ought to be generic enough to move to `MakeStuff/blogging/entry.make`
  : Apparently none of the subdirectories of vv/users/steve/Albums are cloneable, and some
    (e.g. amethyst, bleeding, coffee, hackers, etc) aren't even under git control.
    -> the ones under git control are clonable now: bare repos created and remote set up.
    -> would have gone a lot faster if I'd written a script to start with.  existing tools
       like init-deployment assume that you have a _local_ working tree, not one on DH
  % left leg hurting p~=4 - outer thigh, just above the knee.  no idea, but given the weird
    ways I usually sit it's probably something to do with that.  Or sciatica, or a disk.
    there are some bursts of pain elsewhere with some movements; not characterized yet.
    -> naproxen 7:20
    -> Fortunately it's my _left_ leg, so I can probably still drive if I have to
  * guitar:  Eyes Like the Morning (off-book), For Amy

0708Sa
  & awake 5am; S=6:46, BP=128/76, P=61, p=3.5;
    % pain mainly in left hip this morning -> heat, naproxen, docusate
    % 5:45 still feeling a bit sleepy -> surprisingly, got back to sleep rather quickly
  * up 7am; S=8:49;
    % having taken the naproxen two hours ago probably helped
  @ Talis Kimberley - YouTube
  : last full day before N and j leave
  ... stay down at RS until Tuesday; go up to RE Wednesday
  % discovered that my left thigh hurts more if I sway my hips to the left.  WTF?
    -> so it's probably a pulled muscle.  And now I know which movements make it worse.
       Probably pulled getting in or out of bed a couple of days ago.  The way I sit
       cross-legged wouldn't have helped, either.
    -> 4:30ish confident enough to walk without the cane for short distances.
  * KF band practice -- Bells of Norwich and (with N) Lock Keeper
  % naproxen with pm drugs

Comments

[ellenmillion]

I am so charmed by the lesbian goth foxes!

[mdlbear]

Aren't they great? High point of the week.