Done Since 2024-02-18

[mdlbear]

Well, last week was Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week, and I... didn't write anything about it. Combination of lack of planning, lazy, busy, and distracted, I think. I think maybe if I'd made a to-do entry I would have; apparently a to-do file only works if you use it. Duh. Never too late to write something, though. Maybe this week.

I may need to start putting dates on "when I get around to it" to-do items when I create them. It would make me feel bad to look at them, though, so maybe I'd be less likely to work on them. That's what happened the last time.

I did get a few items set in motion, if not taken care of, thanks to N's "personal assistant as a service" company. (Yohana. It's useful, but rather expensive; she's taking advantage of a six-month introductory price. Which is just about how long we'll need it.)

A lot of my attention (not to be confused with time spent actually doing things) this week was taken up by two up-and-back trips to the Whidbey house. The first, Tuesday, was to meet the junk haulers for their second trip. That's when they took the big pile of e-waste, among other things. The second, yesterday, was to load Molly up with the stuff I hadn't had the time, space, and spoons to take down to Seattle on Tuesday. There was a disturbingly large amount of it; that was partly because most of Tuesday's load was stuff going to storage (on the way) or stuff that k wanted taken down to Seattle.

Another large chunk of my attention was focused on the Lair: setting up (file server)Nova (which also included setting up a monitor), finding places for the other things coming down from the island, and Bronx-proofing the counter. Bronx stayed with me overnight Thursday to Friday. Because he is an Up cat, he spent most of the night sleeping on my suitcase, which I keep on the top shelf. I knew it was going to work when I saw Ticia come out from her hiding place to bump noses with nim. Bronx is extremely boopable.

I had very vivid dreams most nights, and managed to remember a couple of them long enough to write down. That's unusual. Ticia was in one of them, and Colleen was in the other.

Notes & links:
These will have to be done in the storage unit if at all; there's nothing left in RE
  x at RE:  inventory filk books.
  x at RE:  inventory "books we want to keep"

0218Su  start of Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week
  @ Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week
  & awake 3:50ish
  * up 7am; S=8:11, W=191.6, BP=127/72, P=72; exercises, Dutch
    % very dry mouth, but there was still water in the humidifier so not that
  * 07:20 abiraterone+iron+tums; 08:29 rest of am meds
  @ Air Canada Has to Honor a Refund Policy Its Chatbot Made Up | WIRED
  @ A Killer Disease Is Rampant In Hospitals Around The World COVID-19
    " Prior to the pandemic, whenever there were hospital outbreaks of the ‘superbug’
      MRSA, or of the bacterium C. difficile, it made the news. Investigations were
      undertaken. When people died, legal actions were launched. Hospitals were sued. It
      only took a few hundred cases for the wheels to be set in motion. "
  * 15min:  dishes
  * walk: taqueria via 87th+Dayton  0.9mi, s=2368, 23min, 17hp; s=3404 at end of day
  * track down Stacey's paperwork -- N found someone to tow her
    ~ call Safeco about (Subaru)Stacey  -> superceded
  * guitar:  Bad Guys.
  & in-house litter boxes

0219Mo  Presidents' Day (WA)  * litter boxen
  @ Presidents' Day-Wikipedia
  & awake 4:30? wet spot on blanket -- added top sheet, changed pad, flipped blanket stack
    so things would dry; dampness elsewhere most likely sweat
    % nightmares?  vivid dreams, anyway.  In a dorm room or hotel suite; people kept
      leaving the door open and I had to chase down Ticia and bring her back.  Something
      about sunflowers.  Some kind of convention.  Didn't want to get out of bed.
  * up 8:40; S=7:16, W=191.8, BP=129/81, P=68; 
  * abiraterone 8:43; rest of am drugs 10:03
  * 15min:  dishes
  * 15min:  decluttering my near-desk area.  Also -> taking out/compacting recycling
  @ Religious 'Nones' are now the largest single group in the U.S. : NPR
    America's Christian majority is on track to end as more leave religion : NPR
  & rabbit-hole:  the little file cart Does Not Really Fit under my desk.  :(
    -> now trying it in the only place it fits: under the left side of the desk.
    -> could maybe move it after declutter.  Which still needs doing
  % DAMN -- I think they hauled the klik-klak from the box room
  : nova booted from a generic Linux Mint stick, so it'll be okay
    -> need to save the ssh host keys before installing.
    -> there's already a backup in /vv/backups, so that's ok (might be a little old)
  : !! Ticia ate _all_ of her Tuna-flavored wet food.
  = note: the sweatpants I like (did I get those from Sigma Xi? -> no) are Hanes ecosmart.

0220Tu
  & awake 3:40ish; never got back to sleep
    % hot flash or too many blankets?
  * up 6:30; S=6:01; some exercises, Dutch
  * 06:35 abiraterone, iron; 07:46 rest of am drugs
  * pack for RE:  take an ikea bag and the duffles; already have the hand-truck
  : can't find either the self-packing duffle or the brown one.  in the house?
  : can't find simethecone either in the lair or in the house.  WTF?
  * SA (System Admin) save nova:/etc and the unwrapped passphrase for ssa, just in case
    -> booted into Mint on Nova but will leave install for this evening - feeling rushed
  : duffels probably at RE; maybe left because Molly was loaded with k's stuff.  Hopefully
  % very stressed; N came over (after asking how I was) and helped put the klik-klak and
    fridge in perspective.  She didn't remember promising to leave them, either.  Maybe
    I'm hallucinating.  I feel like I've slipped through a reality warp.
  x 11am Memory Keepers realspace Third Place - skip unless Sno-King gives me a late window
  * afternoon junk haulers second edition
  : The duffel bags I'd been worried about are here, obviously left because I knew I'd be
    needing them.  Only I actually didn't.  The klik-klak is here too.  *headdesk*
  ~ afterward pack for Seattle (post-trip; undone items from this trip moved out)
    * sherman
    + leather briefcase
    * clip lights
    * pendaflex folders for file cart
    * storage items, mostly in front bedroom now.  Includes k's carpet and cookie jar.
      % getting the artwork into Molly took a bit of a toll on my back
    ~ don't forget Blackroot (->may already be packed), * Sherman, macMini, iMac, UPS,
  ~ pack for Freeland
    * storage items
  @ This Is How to Travel With Only One Bag - AFAR
  % really kind of wiped out.  The Depends L/XL is just a little bit too tight
    And I brought two bags out to the Lair, which might have been a bit of an overload
  : Ticia finished her plate of wet food again today.  Should I be concerned?
  ~ load drugs -> tomorrow because I'm out of spoons
  % 22:37 splat!
  
0221We  * litter boxen
  & awake 3:30ish; got bqck to sleep this time
  * up 6:15; S=7:38, Spo2=98, BP=138/83, P=84, W=192.0; exercises, Dutch
  * 06:25 abiraterone (loaded today -- I'll get the rest later)
    -> order abiraterone, check on prednisone, bupropion 150
  * load drugs
  @ Microsoft deprecating WordPad is everything that’s wrong with Microsoft
  : trouble logging in to AX on Panther.  Tried changing password, couldn't complete
    customer service: 1-800-528-4800 -> agent said p/w must be all lower case!  will check
    on that because it seems weird.
    -> also, last payment apparently didn't happen.  didn't submit?  Fixed now.
  * SA install Mint on Nova.
  @ ADHD may have emerged in humans as an evolutionary advantage, study finds
  @ Why Oscar-nominated animation ‘Nimona’ is moving inclusive storytelling forward in
    the kids and family space | Promotion | Screen
  @ Structured Procrastination
    " the procrastinator can be motivated to do difficult, timely and important tasks, as
      long as these tasks are a way of not doing something more important. "
  * 15min: dishes, recycling (lots left to do)
  % L hand pain palm btw thumb and forefinger  -> diclofenac 12:10
  * 2pm leave for m's 2:30 appointment at Meridian Dental 10521 Meridian Avenue North
    in the Neighborhood Health bldg
  @ HTTP Cats (via a post of mine from 2019 found by CP)
  * 15min:  split Tuesday's list of stuff to pack at RE into done and still-undone lists
    done items left in place for the log, undone items will be added to next trip
  * take red fuzzy bathrobe out to Lair
  @ How to Quiet Your Mind Chatter - Nautilus
    -> distanced (= third-person) self-talk

0222Th 
  & awake 0:20ish;
    % dreaming about a massive (worldwide?) solar power project.  Colleen and I were at an
      event -- there was free food all day from the local restaurants, and we had found
      seats catty-corner from some friends.  Before dinner we had been carrying around a
      small acquarium and had acquired some tiny snakes and later some somewhat larger
      fish (I don't know how that worked; it was a dream after all) The snakes were
      temporarily in a hotel (dorm?) room sink.  Or was it the fish?  I was looking at
      them and thinking I should get a larger aquarium.  There was filking -- I was
      singing something about the project out of a songbook (possibly mine), and Midlife
      Crisis had just started singing one of their songs when I was interrupted by a
      -person- _cat_ from Porlock.
  * up 7:10; S=6:48, W=189.4, BP=127/78, P=77; exercises
  * abiraterone 7:15, rest of am drugs 8:15
  * 9:20 leave for 9:45am checkin for 10am pelvic floor PT McMurray bldg suite 320
    note:  purple folder with exercises is in backpack
    -> biofeedback, colon massage.  Interesting.
    * order a tube of biotone massage lotion.  Not clear whether any left at house
  @ Discord took no action against server that coordinated costly Mastodon spam attacks
  & express scripts complained about auth for KCl -- messaged Dr. Sunkara
    -> apparently scrip was sent to Bartell with 3 refills.
    -> try to get ES to transfer it.
    ~ check on prednisone,  ? bupropion 150 - no refills left.  time to order abiraterone
    -> half an hour on the phone
    -> the entire shipment with prednisone, buspirone, simvastatin, fluticasone was
       supposed to have arrived on 0216Fr, but I have no evidence that it did.
    -> replacement shipment ordered; should arrive in 7 calendar days
  & email to Safeco about Stacey -- can we just have her towed?  (help from N)
  * walk:  to end of block.
  % 16:43 a bit sleepy
  * 15min:  dishes - 1-hour cycle because I neglected to re-load earlier
  * 17:10ish Bronx time in the Lair with N.
    ...Ticia poked her head out and they looked at each other for a while.  If it was a
    staring contest, Ticia won. 
    ... Ticia nose-booped (touched noses with) Bronx.  Very cute.
    ... we'll see how he does overnight tonight.
    -> I'll have to try to keep the bathroom door closed
  @ A new virus-like entity has just been discovered – ‘obelisks’ explained
  * Bronx spending the night in the Lair
    I think he did most of his sleeping on the suitcase on the top shelf.  Because up.

0223Fr  * litter boxen (E')
  & awake 00:30ish; fed Bronx (maybe a mistake)
  & awake 4ish
  * up 5:30ish; S=7:48, ; some exercises, Dutch
    % having a lot of trouble moving today.  Don't think I slept very well
  * 6:10 abiraterone+iron, 07:12 rest of am drugs
  @ Tinkering with fungus genes can turn blue cheeses red, green, or white | Science
  @ Retirement & Survivors Benefits: Life Expectancy Calculator -> 10.7y (age 87.6)
    It occurred to me to look because so many recommendations about cancer treatment are
    based on both cancer risk category and life expectancy.  _This_ extimate is based only
    on age and sex, but it's what SSA uses.  With a few more factors,...
    Best Life Expectancy Calculator in the US | John Hancock -> 12y (age 89)
    # note: got into this rabbit-hole via a survey about the Bag It. bag.
      Figured I ought to look at it again before answering.  Turns out I would probably
      have benefitted from a more careful look earlier.  Sigh.
  @ The Decline of Hanging Out - The Atlantic (ysabetwordsmith)
  @ Better Than Bing: A Search Engine That Will Change the World | by Odin Halvorson
    Stract.com - About us
  % 15:11 sleepy.  I should go for a walk,
  * 15:40ish walk -> Dayton&90th -> 16:05, 24min, 12hp, 0.9mi, s=2340
  @ MAGA Republican Pledges “End of Democracy” to Rabid Cheers at CPAC | New Republic
  @ OpenAI’s ChatGPT Went Completely Off the Rails for Hours
    ChatGPT goes temporarily “insane” with unexpected outputs, spooking users | Ars
  % 22:10 having trouble getting up and into the Lair -- possibly because the heating pad
    feels so good on my back.
  * CAT FUD
  * sleepytime tea, water with pm drugs, tums, gas-x

0224Sa
  & awake 3ish???
  * up 7:10; S=7:10; some exercises, Dutch
  * 07:16 abiraterone+iron, 7:20 rest of am drugs
  % still feeling vaguely unwell (not COVID, but the way I've been feeling the last couple
    of days I thought it best to check
  * Drive up to RE:
  * pack for Seattle (filtered to undone items, from previous trip 0219Tu)
    * don't forget Blackroot (->may already be packed), macMini, iMac, UPS,
    * may be worthwhile taking Blackbird and Tank to the computer recycling joint on 99
    * shred box
    x soldering iron! (for m)
    ~ all plastic tubs
    * weighted blanket
    ~ meds, first aid,  just the prescription meds
    + toothbrush, razor
    * wine in moving pack in garage (added post-2/20-trip)
    * MEI backpack (added post-2/20-trip)
    * plywood shelf (added post-2/20 trip)
  ~ pack for Freeland -> decided to skip the coin sorter; there must be one in Seattle
    ~ storage items if any
    * bowl of coins
  * 17:40 pack up sable, charger, and mouse;  and leave -> 19:00 Mukilteo; arrive 19:40.