Done Since 2024-03-03

[mdlbear]

Very mixed week. Three walks, and a lot of cat time, which are always good. Very little singing (and none at FotLR, though I did listen to much of the first two days). OTGH the Lair still smells a bit like smoke despite the C-R box, but it's improving. And I had a lot of trouble with apathy and probably depression. And the Whidbey house still isn't completely cleaned out. And instead of heading up directly, I'm stuck here for about half an hour charging Molly.

I note in passing that the coming week is going to be end-to-end medical appointments, and that Colleen's birthday is Saturday.

Here, have some Heartwarming Moments of Affectionate Felines Taking Care of Their Tiny Human Friends. You're welcome.

Notes & links:
0303Su
  & awake 1:30ish;
  & awake 5am but cuddled Ticia and drifted for an hour, until the alarm went off
  * up 6am; S=6:00, BP=127/80, P=70; exercises, Dutch
  * abiraterone 6:05; 07:10 rest of am drugs (minus supplements)
  % no headache today.  May have been due to jaw-clenching
  * 15min:  turned the iMac around to be visible from the working side of the counter
    -> with xtovnc it will work as a secondary monitor if necessary
  * 8ish leave for RE - E' will meet me there -> left ~8:30 -> just missed the 9am boat
    & sort bathroom trash into OTC meds (which go in the drop boxes), hazmat (mostly
      acetone), and non-medicated (which can just be tossed).
    * bathroom scale, CPAP, lift seats -> moved to front b/r for storage run nxt wk
    * door hooks (e.g. for house bathroom)
    * paper bag of ziplok bags
    * bring back shredder
    * take picture of "cow owner" fridge note
  @ Deedy Das's answer to What are some good uses for the GitHub Student Developer Pack?
    - Quora mostly, how to set up a website.  The SDP lets you do it for free
  % still debating taking the Delta 66.  I could use it for recording in the Lair, but...
    -> no -- I can take out the Allen & Heath mixer for that.  So as much as I like it...
  % the back door of the dumpster looks like a 2-person job.  will get E' to help after
    taking out the Aeron chair.
  : the keys are a mess, but at least I was able to find another front-door key and put it
    on a green lanyard.  The other key on that lanyard, the one with the smiley faces,
    goes with the master bedroom, including the bathroom and both closets.  Almost certain
    that one of the old ones labeled B or G (C?) was to the garage basement but they don't
    seem to work now
  : E' says there's a sharps drop-box somewhere around 89th and Aurora.  8821 Aurora
    -> looks like that's the address of the Aurora Veternary Hospital  Well, that's easy!
  : left ~18:35; got home ~20:15

0304Mo  * litter boxen
  & awake 5:30ish; dry mouth, sweaty; fed cats.  went back to bed but not really sleepy
  * up 6ish; S=7:10
  * 06:12 abiraterone; 07:25 rest of am
  * stop taking aspirin
  : Bronx saw me getting dressed and came down off is shelf and headed for his carrier.
    He is such a smart boy.
  @ Cat Nannies: Heartwarming Moments of Affectionate Felines Taking Care of Their Tiny
    Human Friends
  @ SparkleShare - Self hosted, instant, secure file sync
    I don't know why I haven't linked to this from *.done before.  Weird.
  @ Capturing Yosemite's gorgeous — and elusive — natural 'firefall' : NPR
  * call/contact Island Disposal for dumpster pickup next week cust. svc. 360-678-5701
    -> final garbage collection/container pickup 0320We
    -> tell new owners that they need to set up account (they only have one per address)
  % tiny cut on my left palm at the bottom of a crease.  No idea how that happened.
  * call Whidbey Telecom  866-548-7760 -and PSE- to make sure those get stopped
    -> end April 1; they want the router returned.  Tech support in the Bayview office.
  & 15min:  put new G2 pen and retractable sharpy in backpack.
  @ In Search of God’s Perfect Proofs | Quanta Magazine
    Proofs from THE BOOK - Wikipedia  Want, but it's expensive, maybe too advanced
  * 15min:  laundry
  * 15min:  went out to Lair for slippers.  did cat box.  fed Ticia.  hung "Winter Tree"
    in bedroom next to dresser.  brought blue slippers back to house
  @ A LEGO Train Designed to Transport Cats (via Chris)
  * 15min:  moved my USB checkbook into a new cover (no idea where it came from!) which
    had a loop for holding a pen.  Since I had trouble finding a pen yesterday...
  @ Unmitigated COVID is overwhelming hospital systems- globally.
  * 15min:  unload dryer, fold laundry
  % more bleeding onn L palm, and the L thumbnail has somehow split when I wasn't looking

0305Tu
  & awake 3ish as usual
  * up 06:25; S=8:12; shower (ugh)
    % itching strip on my butt presumably from a crease in the towel I was lying on
  * 06:30 abiraterone; 7:30 rest of am drugs
  & cats needed water!  may have needed it last night.  AAK!  Noticed because Ticia was
    lapping the floor in the shower.  Mea culpa.
  : Bronx came down and headed for his carrier when he saw me puttering with the UPS near
    the dresser -- I wasn't even _starting_ to get dressed at that point.
  @ Facebook, Instagram and Threads were all down in massive Meta outage ...
    " some people are suspicious about the origins of this outage, particularly because
      it’s election day across a number of U.S. states, which means millions of people are
      headed to the polls to vote in the primary on what’s known as Super Tuesday "
    YouTube is experiencing outages, too, site confirms | TechCrunch
    Discord comes back online after widespread outage | TechCrunch
  @ Facebook plans to shut down its news tab in the US and Australia | TechCrunch
  * 10:15 leave for 11am Memory Keepers realspace
    -> almost the entire conversation was about our cats, past and present
  * SL:  distilled water, pantsu,
  * my long-missing floppy grey hat turned up in the bag of stuff k found while cleaning
    (Subaru)Aurelia -- I think I must have lent it to N at some point.
  : Bronx has been sleeping curled up in his carrier most of the day
  @ International relations – NCSF
  * bring leather briefcase out to Lair, for Bronx.
  & Pledged $57 to Tasty Tea(bag)s for Thirsty Nerds! by Friday Elliott — Kickstarter
  : The trackpoint keyboard's BT has become unreliable -- to the point of uselessness
  : Bronx and Ticia have been fighting.  Possibly over possession of the bed
  * load drugs:  no aspirin

0306We  * litter boxen
  & awake 2ish;
  * up 6:10; S=7:01; exercises, Dutch
  % consitpated
  * abiraterone 6:15; rest of am pills 07:17
  @ French lawmakers make abortion a constitutional right in historic vote
  @ I spend £8,500 a year to live on a train – I've travelled 310,000 miles so far
  : chevrolet website login -> verify code page broken in FF.  Also doesn't talk to car
    MyChevrolet app doesn't update.  None of this surprises me.  Gave it a worse review
    than last time (which was hard since it was already one star).
  * email to new owners about garbage, networking hardware
  @ Internet Archive: archive.org/search?query=subject:"filk"
    Appears to have a lot of my collection of tapes, and many of the songbooks
    Also a lot of "how the heck did _that_ get in there", but...
  * order cat fud (one-shot, from $A, for delivery tomorrow)
  ~ take docusate sodium with pm pills - doesn't appear to be necessary
  * made archive.org account so I could borrow The Science Fiction of Cordwainer
    Smith.  Not great, but worth semi-skimming.  No need to buy.
  * 15min:  with N, send photo of Stacy's title to wrecking company
  : Nova still isn't completely set up, but it works well enough to handle git push/pull
    in ssa/S.  Probably not in music or web directories yet.
  * singing:  For Amy (1 verse)

0307Th
  & awake 00:30ish,
  & awake 3:30ish; feed cats -- really not sure about the timing there.  Drifting.
  * up 6:30ish; S=3:21+x, BP=127/81, P=79, W=191.8; exercises, Dutch
  * abiraterone: 6:40ish; 7:40ish fiber; 08:17 prednisone+rest of am drugs
  * order cat fud (Chewy)
  * 15min: schedule 45k service for Molly - next Friday
  : -- burglar ran into our back yard after breaking into several other places on the
    block; finally cornered behind the mattress in the Lair closet.  Had a scare trying to
    find Ticia, but she was under the bed -- the _third_ time I looked -- cleverly
    disguised as my brown dufflebag.  poor thing must have been terrified.
    -> took out the C-R filter because the place reeked of tobacco.
  @ Inside Smashmallow, Silicon Valley's Failed Marshmallow Startup
  @ My Robotic Doppelganger Is The Grim Face of Journalism's Future!
  * walk:  15:29 -> Dayton+90th -> 16:00; w=0.9mi, s=2459, 31min, 12hp.  harder than usual
  : heard back from GM support -- removing and reinstalling the MyChevrolet app fixed it,
    but the website isn't sending email with a verification code.  Cust. support person
    says that this is happening all day.  Still broken as of 20:58
    -> unlike most sites, they don't have a way to send the code to a phone
  : 21:10 still smells like tobacco smoke, but not as bad

0308Fr  * litter boxen
  @ International Women's Day - Wikipedia
  & awake 3:30ish
  * up 5:55; S=6:50, W=192.6; exercises, 
    % towel definitely feels better than bedpad, though that may just be sweating less
  * abiraterone 6:00; 07:13 rest of am
  : call from 2nd tier customer support at GM.  Apparently the new default URL is now
    experience.gm.com (was mychevrolet.com).  May have to use Chromium.  First tier
    customer support people don't know that.  It takes multiple clicks to get to vehicle
    information; we'll see whether using a deeper URL works.  Apparently you can only have
    one MFA option -- changed it from email to phone.  who knows what I can do if I lose
    the phone.  There are bugs with firefox, one of which is not showing the text box
    where you enter a 2FA verification code, and they don't seem to have much interest in
    fixing those.  NOT IMPRESSED.
  * 12-12:30 junk hauler will come for Stacy's title & keys; car-cass will be towed later
    $ I sale price was $200    -* notify  * DOL  * Safeco
    -> Deposited the Safeco check (in HSX checking).  BECU wouldn't take it until I used
       better lighting.
  @ The 16 Sci-Fi Movies You Need to Watch Before You Die | WIRED
  % 15:33 having a lot of trouble getting moving.  I've been not going for a walk since 2
  * walk:  Dayton+99 w=.9mi, s=2104, 24mm, 12hp.  So 5min less than yesterday.
    % less tiring than yesterday, too.  May need to add another block soon.
  @ Nitter is Dead | tux.pizza
  * got to tonight's two FotLR concerts, minus some glitches.  May skip most of the circle
  % Ticia and I are a good match -- we're both extremely timid.
  % wondering why I'm in such bad shape -- Colleen's birthday coming up?  The house?
  % after dithering for half an hour or so finally settled on canned chili for dinner,
    after also considering red beans and rice, sardines and eggs, and a bagel (no lox)
    I thought about bagel with sardines; in retrospect it would have been a good choice
  * 21:19 docusate, followed by water and fiber cookies
  : keeping Bronx from jumping onto the shelves over the toilet was difficult.
    -> closed the toilet lid in case he succeeds in doing it.

0309Sa
  * up 6am; S=6:08, BP=124/79, P=72, W=194.0; exercises, 
  ~ prednisone et. al. 6:05 (by mistake).  * abiratirone ~ 8:10  * breakfast ~ 9:11
  @ Eyelid Scrubs: How to Use Them
    " Doctors used to recommend baby shampoo for some eyelid issues, but it has a lot of
      chemicals that may not be good for your eyes, ... "
  & order _unsalted_ dry-roasted almonds to try, because worried about BP
  * 9:15ish N and k going to look at a college in SLU in Molly
  % 09:42 done with breakfast, done with am reading.  so...  I should do Something.
    : FotLR starts at 10am, but I should practice instead.  And walk.    -> maybe later
  * 15min:  dishes
  * 15min:  git maintenance in less-recently visited parts of the tree
  * take a batch of plastic grocery bags out to Lair
  * walk:  Dayton+90th ret. 16:36; w=0.9mi, 20min (4m less than yesterday), 17hp, s=2142
    % cold
  * 20:58 docusate with pm drugs; sleepytime tea and fiber cookies
  % 21:10 uncomfortable.  too much pizza?  Maybe should have skipped the anchovies
  % crashed around 9:30, which is way too early