Done Since 2024-04-28

[mdlbear]

I think this has to be considered a pretty good week on the whole. When's the last time you saw that in a "Done Since" post? (There have been a good number of "mixed" and "not bad" weeks -- those don't count. 2024-01-07 was the last "pretty good" week.) Five posts. Only one (River: Final (treatment) Friday) wasn't a repeating post, but still, posts.

On the down side, a lot of evening fatigue, hot flashes and night sweats (but two nights without them), and increasingly obnoxious behavior from Bronx. But it's hard to fault Bronx -- he's doing it for cuddles and boops, and I learned a new keyboard shortcut when he stood on my keyboard last Sunday. Yes, I'm a soft touch. But I already knew that.

Happy Cinco de Mayo! Welcome to Mental Health Awareness Month (some links at Mental Health America, but they're buried -- I may try to isolate some later).

Notes & links:
0428Su
  & awake 3ish; Biotène.  Night sweats.
  * up 06:52; S=7:48, W=193.4;
  * 06:52 abiaterone, Biotène; rest 8:30ish? somewhat out of it.
  * H2O:  6:52, 8:30ish, 09:32c, 17:24:h-g, 18:01, 21:46st, 21:47 
  * 15min:  change mattress cover and bottom sheet (because night sweats)
  % 10:40 tums
  * 15min:  dishes
  * 15min:  laundry.  2 loads because towels and pads.  a load of N's in the middle
  @ Firefox process manager about:processes or S-Esc.  Thank you, Bronx!  TIL
    The things you can learn when a cat walks across your keyboard.
  & garbage and recycling, with N, because it was out of hand
    % honey-ginger for throat, diclofenac for L hand.  Both probably due to ^^
    % actually, hand problem may be RSI from mouse
  % 17:31 I may have just hit a bit of a wall
  * back in lair ~8:45.  Fiber cookies with pm meds.
  * 21:48 follow with senna and docusate (would probably work better _before_ meds etc)

0429Mo  * litter boxen
  & awake 1ish, 4ish; biotene lozenge
  * up 7am; W=191.4, S=8:30; exercises, .... Dutch
  % pain in R lower leg -> aspirin (possibly a mistake)
  * abiraterone 7:10; rest 08:13
  * H2O:  07:55, 08:53, 10:11, 11:57, 15:21, 18:53, 
  * 10:20 leave for 11:05 checkin for 11:20 radiation therapy at montlake
  % 12:17 hot flash.  One of several today
  * collect the rest of the laundry.  try to remember the prunes too
  @ Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal—and why it won’t go back | Ars Technica
  * 15min:  dishes (I unloaded the dishwasher yesterday)
  x refill scrip at Express Scripts -> NO -- it's abiraterone, for over $4K.  Foo.
  * get passport photo at Bartell, see if anything there for j, get N's meds started
  * go to Post Office and pick up priority mail envelope.  Has to be mailed in person.
    I'm almost certain there used to be _prepaid_ containers, but apparently not now.
  % 7:30ish kegels.  Because obviously I'm having severe problems with lack of control
  % 19:54 sudden-onset headache apparently from headphones.  R side.
  @ Risk tolerance: why some countries prefer more complex UIs | by Bas Wallet
  % 21:58 in bed (probably too early, but...) hot flash.

0430Tu  Beltane eve, Walpurgisnacht
  Walpurgis Night - Wikipedia
  & awake 00ish; 4ish?; 6ish?
    % Which means I slept through two alarms, and dozed half an hour after the third
    % dream included, at various points, mountain lions, E, and Molly.
  * up 7:53; S=8:37;
  * abiraterone 7:53, rest + aspirin 09:00;
  * H2O: 09:03, some at UW, 13:58, 
  ~ 10:20 leave for 11:05 checkin for 11:20 radiation therapy at montlake
    -> actually left ~10am because I wasn't paying attention.
  * renew passport -> mailed at 145th St PO (street addr same as mine, so easy to find)
  * charge Molly -> Freddy's on Lake City Way had plenty of free ports.  Also bathrooms.
  * SL:  fresh garlic
  % not exactly tired, but I note that I didn't have coffee today.
    % ran out of cope dealing with Bronx on my desk.  OTOH he knew I needed cuddles.
  % 20:39 hit a wall; can't handle Bronx. -> went to do dishes, which I can do
    -> interesting.  plenty of physical spoons left, but no mental ones.  noted.
  * load drugs.  iron today, so none tomorrow

05xx Mental Health Awareness Month - Wikipedia
     May is Mental Health Month

0501We  Beltane  * litter boxen
  @ Beltane - Wikipedia
  & awake 3:30ish; 5:30ish;
    % no night sweats, apparently
  * up 7:30; S=7:46, W=188.8; exercises, Dutch
  * abiraterone 7:30; 08:33 rest
  * H2O:  07:31, 08:33, 9:30ish, 13:24, ~14:30:c, 
  @ At Microsoft, years of security debt come crashing down | Cybersecurity Dive
  * 10:20 leave for 11:05 checkin for 11:20 radiation therapy at montlake
  * 11:45 on treatment visit - Dr. Liao
  : My thinkpad wireless keyboard appears to have croaked. -> no, it was the dongle. :P
  @ The Truth About Hydration: Should You Drink Eight Glasses of Water a Day? no
    " a litre of beer was no less hydrating than a litre of water. Similarly, a litre of
      instant coffee, containing 212mg of caffeine, was as hydrating as water. Milk was
      even more hydrating, and [as] effective as a hydration solution... "
    -> however, coffee etc. may not be as effective against constipation.  unclear.
    Scientists assess hydration potential of different drinks | Univ. of Stirling
  * 2ish walk:  to MG with m; w=1.?mi, s=2769, 32min, 20hp; am 32min, 3hp
    -> _iced_ Mexican mocha.  Glad I didn't take my jacket, even if it did mean I had to
       go back a block and a half for my mask.  (I'd taken the OVFF sling for my wallet,
       but hadn't transferred anything _else_ out of my jacket.)
  * 5pm Cathy McManamon concert
  * respond to R's email -- it's good to hear from them and neither of us communicates
    often enough.
  @ How a NASA Probe Solved a Scorching Solar Mystery | Quanta Magazine
    Parker Solar Probe: The Mission
  @ Announcing the Open Home Foundation HomeAssistant et. al.
    " we’ve transferred over 240 projects, standards, drivers, and libraries—Home
      Assistant, ESPHome, Zigpy, Piper, Improv Wi-Fi, Wyoming, and so many more—to the
      Open Home Foundation. This is all about looking into the future. We’ve done this to
      create a bulwark against surveillance capitalism, the risk of buyout, and
      open-source projects becoming abandonware. "
  * 21:47 docusate, senna, simethicone
  
0502Th
  & awake 23:55, 3:??
  * up 6:25; S=8:02, W=190.8, BP=128/78, P=69; 
  * abiraterone 6:25, rest 07:37
  * H2O: 07:39, 13:05, ~14:00c, ??, beer, ~8oz at bedtime
  * 10:20 leave for 11:05 checkin for 11:20 radiation therapy at montlake
  @ RISC OS Open 5.30 is here – with Pi Wi-Fi support • The Register
  @ Windows 10 reaches 70% market share as Windows 11 keeps declining - Neowin
  @ The Evolution of Lisp[PDF]
  @ Why writing by hand is better for remembering things | Popular Science
  @ Host Agency Reviews
  * pm G's birthday party: Key Lime Pie and Pizza
  & long discord conversation with E about her latest scheme.  We'll see.
  : Prevail L seem to be a little more comfortable than Depend L.
  * 22:24 docusate + senna.  ~8oz water

0503Fr  * litter boxen
  & awake 4ish
  * up 6:40; S=7:35, no night sweats!; Dutch
  * abiraterone 6:45, rest 07:47
  * H2O:  6:45, 07:48, 09:20, 21:57, 10:30ish:st, 22:39st, 22:40
  @ Giant Turtle Revealed in 'Remarkable' 57-Million-Year-Old Fossils
  @ Object personification in autism: This paper will be very sad if you don't read it
  @ March 2024 Programming Language Ranking, the gap between Python and other languages
    has never been so big! | by Beck Moulton | Apr, 2024 | Medium
    Scratch in top 10, PHP drops down to 12
  * 10:20 leave for 11:05 checkin for 11:20 LAST! radiation therapy at montlake.
  @ Pluralistic: Don’t Be Evil (22 Nov 2023) – Cory Doctorow
  * walk: Monkey Grind with m; w=0.8mi, 25min, s=2044, 11hp, Day: 15hp, 44mm
  $ C $425 to SigmaXi.org for 5 years (emeritus rate)
  * 21:56 200mg docusate sodium, senna, fiber cookies
  : do not take antioxidents during radiation treatments, or 1 week after.
    This is still subject to scientific debate, however.
  @ Nutrition during radiation therapy treatment: What patients should know
  @ National Widow's Day
  @ siderea | "airborne SARS-CoV-2 may transmit infection for nearly 5 hours"
    Evidence from whole genome sequencing of aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2 almost
    5 hours after hospital room turnover - American Journal of Infection Control
  : USPO tracking says that my passport renewal packet has arrived.
  : noticed that at least two of my favorite shirts are badly worn on the left shoulder;
    presumably by friction with the left backpack strap

0504Sa  May the Fourth be with you
  @ May the 4th Be With You: A Cultural History | StarWars.com
    Star Wars Day - Wikipedia
  @ Kent State shootings
    The Girl in the Kent State Photo
    "Ohio" as performed by the Kent State University Chorale - YouTube f(cat faber)
    (And I'd been wondering what to post as a Song for Saturday!  Sometimes
    stuff just falls into my lap and I just have to try not to drop it.)
  & awake 3ish?; night sweat; 
  * up 7am; S=6:46, W=193.4, ; exercises, Dutch
  * 7:15 abiraterone; 8:25ish rest of am drugs.  coffee
  * H2O: 8:30ish, 08:51c, ??, 21:39
  % damned if I know what's happened with my morning routine -- Bronx and brain fuzz, most
    likely.  Time pressure from the therapy + prep also a factor, I suppose.
  % 08:44 bit of a hot flash probably triggered by hot coffee
  @ Crypto Is Anything But Strong Right Now - Bloomberg
  * 15min:  do laundry in the morning
  * 15min:  run dishwasher, which was mostly full from yesterday.  wtf?
  @ The Time Traveler's Handbook: 18 Experiences from the Eruption of Vesuvius to
    Woodstock: Acton, Johnny, Goldblatt, David, Wyllie, James  * send link to E
  * 3 pm PDT – Gail Bingham, Building Consensus in Our Polarized Times.  Columbae talks
  @ After Roe, an 'underground' network helps others get abortions | AP News
  % Finally got tired of shooing Bronx off the desk -- he obviously thinks it's a game --
    and spent a long time on the big chair, with Bronx curled up on top of his carrier,
    which squished down into a nice nest.  Back to my desk at 19:35.  I need dinner.
  * 20:49, and I'm having peanut butter and chutney on a rice cake... and a kind bar
  * 21:50 pm drugs.  22:38 250mg docusate sodium.  skipping the senna tonight