mdlbear | Done Since 2023-07-16 (Reply)

This is being written at nearly 4am in Leiden, but in Seattle it's 9 hours earlier so this will not technically be late.

So it's been a busy week: taking the cats to Purrfect Cat Boarding on Thursday, getting on a plane (Delta airlines) to Amsterdam Friday, getting off the plane and into our hotel (the long way because we got on the wrong train and had to backtrack from Rotterdam) Saturday, oversleeping because jet lag, traipsing around Leiden Sunday (still "logical today") with N, G, and N's old friend J' and her husband B'.

I've been awake since 3:15am; the plan is to post this, then attempt to go back to sleep. More tomorrow hopefully.

Notes & links:0716Su Trinity nuclear tests
* up 4:50; S=5:17, BP=116/79, P=55; shower
% R eyelashes very crusty -> eyedrops seem to have helped somewhat
* 6:35 wipe, antibiotic ointment
* 13:35 lubricant eyedrops
* 8am Josh and fiancée Jaden. $600 cash needed. Confirming text 8:23
@ Trinity (nuclear test) - Wikipedia 1945-07-16
@ Musk says Twitter is losing cash because advertising is down | AP News
@ Thousands of images on Docker Hub leak auth secrets, private keys
@ The indie publishing mavericks shaking up the UK books world | Guardian
@ The show is over.. Tomorrow 150 weeks will have passed… | by Greta Thunberg 2021
" You can and will continue to pretend. But nature and physics will not fall for
it. Nature and physics are not entertained nor distracted by your theatre. /
The audience has grown weary. The show is over. "
% R eye itching mainly at the inside corner and/or upper lid
@ I Was Wrong About Mastodon [moderation] Why it actually works. Good analysis
* uploaded mm/audio with rsync. Actually did it twice because the first time I had
the destination wrong and it all ended up in /vv/mm. Will have to reconcile that.
Why wasn't it in a makefile? -> it is now. MakeStuff blows up making ALLDIRS because
of special characters in (artist)directory names.

0717Mo * litter boxen
@ World Emoji Day
& awake 4:30; S=4:26, did not get back to sleep
* up 6am; no mask; shower
* eye care: lubricant eyedrops, warm compress, wipe, ointment
@ The online safety bill: taking a sledgehammer to the internet in the UK?
@ Canada wildfires have burned over 10 mn hectares this year
@ Undue publicity for flawed fraud detector | Science
~ pack: * underwear, any shirts that fit and aren't torn, a few socks, CPAP?
* */15 CPAP: RE: change paper filter, change nosepiece, pack for travel.
& found the charger socket for the scooters: on the left side of the front edge.
% 13:00ish got stung for my trouble -> calamine lotion
-> 2:20 ibuprofen (200mg)
* 3pm plan on leaving -> left ~3:15 -> arived ~5:50
* SL: eyedrops: Systane complete PF
% 8pm listless. Maybe I should make a list? But I don't think it works that way
* 15min: dishes
% earworm: Luck is a Jade
@ Opening a Bookstore | the American Booksellers Association
Your 2023 Blueprint: Opening a Successful Bookstore
* 10:40 eye care: ointment; eyedrops

0718Tu
* up 6:30ish; S=7:02; exercises
* eye care: lubricant eyedrops, antibitotic ointment 7am? 9:15pm
-> lube: 12:30ish, 4ish, 6:15, 9:15
@ Threads has lost half of its daily active users a week after launch
* leave 10:30 for 11:15 checkin at Eyes on James
* 11:30 Jenny Truong at Eyes on James
-> lubricant eyedrops every hours?! managing maybe every 2 or 3
-> referral to an eyelid specialist
* make annual wellness appointment for sometime in August (after the 17th) -> 0830
@ Vox Media stops using Chorus, proprietary CMS, for its own websites -> WordPress
* search for the Bose travel case
@ The Climate Dice are Loaded. Now, a New Frontier?
Warmer Pacific Ocean could release millions of tons of seafloor methane | UW News
* walk: to taquria with m. Via Linden both ways for shade and quiet
* track down the kindle paperwhite (took a while). Charge. (took a while before it was
charged enough to boot)
* ask N how formally I need to dress for this gig -> my usual is fine % insecure
* 15min: empty dishwasher
* load drugs

0719We
* up 5:50; S=7:06;
* eye care: ointment 6:30ish, 10pm
eyedrops: 6ish, 9am, 7pm, 10:30ish
: Desti rejected _both_ of her treats -- crunchy and pill-pocket. Worried.
-> she did eat them when I presented them this (late) afternoon
* drugs -> dopp kit. -> should put that in suitcase with the OTC stuff and move the
prescription drugs into something smaller for carry-on.
@ SAG actors', writers' strikes bring revolution to Hollywood - Los Angeles Times
@ Fear, loathing, and excitement as Threads adopts open standard used by Mastodon
@ Take a Minute to Celebrate the Forgotten Greats of Science Fiction | Tor.com
% L arm tingling probably thoracic outlet syndrome (again) according to N.
If changing position changes the feeling, it's not cardiac.
-> arm-over-shoulder seems particularly effective.
* prepare electronics kit * Zeus charger * 2 IEC cords; Pack one with CPAP
USB-C cords for laptop, phone; micro for Kindle etc. Zeus battery
* print med list off mychart. May have to replace drugs in orig. containers for trip
-> skip the ones in big bottles. -> prepare med kit
* pack kibble bin. Empty the old dispemser into it.
* 15min: made the usual user with an encrypted home on Sable; moved tree.
: I put my big dufflebag on the bed to look for the missing pill splitter; Ticia
immediately jumped in and seems disinclined to get out. Silly cat.

0720Th o litter boxen (after cats leave)
* up 6am; S=6;43; exercises;
* eye care: eyedrops 6:10ish, 8:30ish?, 11:15, 4:15
ointment 6:5ish, 8:45pm * last day for erythromycin ointment
: Desti still refusing treats. tiny half-pills too small for pill popper
: the other pill splitter turned up, of course, on the spare meds shelf in the closet
* DON'T FORGET TO PACK PILL SPLITTER, kibble bin
* 9am take cats to purrfectcatboarding
% had to pull my lower eyelid down a few times. Helps, but annoying.
* pack suitcase -> as it turned out I had another pair of pants and several shirts
hidden away in drawers. Win.
* 15min: do laundry
* SL: sort of: take returned hearing aids to UPS store
% tweaked my right QL(?) getting out of the car. OUCH!
walking helped a little; now applying heat
* 15min: re-organize wallet, cards, etc. A minor scare when I couldn't find several of
the debit cards, which had slipped off the guitar case (don't ask) onto the floor.
* 15min: pack headphones
* 15min: dishes
& there ensued lots of fumbling around re-arranging stuff.
* last day for erythromycin ointment
% 9:25 headache on R temple area, probably sinus -> naproxen (no ibuprofen in lair)

0721Fr
* up 6:15; S=7:51; exercises
* eyedrops 7ish; 5:30pm CEST
* pack drug sorters in CPAP bag
@ Bill Laubenheimer died July 19 - via FB and #filkhaven; no details yet.
* 15min: kitchen cleanup: dishes, fridge...
* pack masks
* ~3ish leave via limo for 6:10pm flight to Netherlands. Starting in Leiden. 12 days
N ordered wheelchairs for all three of us, which was brilliant. a little delay
getting them but we arrived at the gate in plenty of time.
* took pm drugs in the airport.

0722Sa
: Arrived in Amsterdam somewhere around noon CEST.
* am drugs for Sa at 4-something.
* 5:38pm naproxen, eyedrops; 9:15 eyedrops
% left arm hurting through most of the flight. Injured R arm falling on the train
: 5:24CEST: in hotel room -- the Golden Tulip in Leiden. Sable is having trouble
charging from the ChargeASAP charger -- WTF? I may be screwed. It does seem to
charge, slowly (44W), when sleeping....
-> and now it's charging just fine on the 65W charger that didn't work before.
-> and now it isn't.
: ... and I brought an Anywhere mouse, but forgot to bring the dongle. Screwed again.
& G and I ordered room service for dinner. the rock cod was excellent - crispy skin
% 9:10 sleepy 12:10pm Seattle time
% the bathroom has a concave mirror which gave me a good view of my eye. must get one.
: The elevator buttons are zero-origin -- ground floor is 0