Done Since 2024-10-06

[mdlbear]

It's been an exhausting week, but we're gradually making the house habitable. Things have started to arrive, mostly from $A, although there's also a company called Flink that delivers groceries (but has limited choices). We have WiFi, thanks to my having purchased and set up a cheap TP-Link router. We don't have chairs yet, thanks to very poor planning. My brain is barely functional at this point, and I was suffering from decision fatigue and depression last night.

We have a chair on order, which is supposed to be here tomorrow. Of course I could have said the same thing Friday, which would have been overoptimistic. We have a pot, a frying pan, pasta, pesto, and a few other -- not exactly staples, but food items. I have been making bad decisions partly due indecisiveness, partly due stupidity, and partly due to trying to only order things for next-day or two-day delivery.

Also regretting some of my pack-vs-ship decisions. With luck the boat will get here in December.

It's 19:30 here, and I should probably stop trying to do anything that requires thinking.

Notes & links:
1006Su
  & awake 3ish as usual
  * up 8:10ish; S=9:59; Dutch, exercises
  * abiraterone 08:18; rest of am drugs 09:14; pm drugs 18:05
  * H2O: 08:30ish, 08:46:c, 09:22, 09:34:c, 09:43, 18:06
    according to the milk carton a "glass" is 200ml.  The hotel's glasses are 250
  [ % piss 3ish, 8:15ish, 11:45 w\ type1 turds, 12:29 same; 12:43 w\ lg type2 turd, blood;
      17:26 w\ lg type2 turds, some blood; 21:15 w\ type1; ]
  * Shopping:  blankets, paper plates, plastic water bottles (there were no non-tinted
    plastic glasses), one fork.  (I can use my bamboo set if I can find it.)  DI water for
    the CPAP, but no low-dose aspirin for N.  -> bamboo set was in my sling.
    -> tan plaid (unstriped, for LR), dark green, yellow (for N), dark blue (for me)
  % slightly wiped out; sat for quite a while drifting.
  * guitar:  Bad Guys.  Messy on the slides but improving.
  * AH for food. (Solo; N was mostly asleep)
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  * planning logistics
    -> luggage by Uber tomorrow -- backpack and big suitcase (which is WAY too heavy)
    -> luggage by Uber Wednesday - backpack, small suitcase, and plink

1007Mo
  & awake 5ish
  * up 5:25; 
  * abiraterone 05:28; rest of am drugs 06:30ish; pm drugs 17:05
  * H2O: 05:30, 6ish:c, 07:22, 14:14, 17:05, 
  [ % piss 5ish; 08:29 w\ type1 turds; 12ish at thuis; 21:21 w\ type1 turd; 22:34 ns ]
  * Uber to Schildhaven Centraal with lg suitcase and backpack; N with suitcase
  * unload backpack to take back to Cove
    :( there were some pills (looked like most of a PM dose) on the bottom of the backpack
      -> put them in the ziplok bag with the abiraterone, in the (cork-cloth)extras dop kit
    * send picture of knives to G
    * we fed the swans!
    * Also met the other occupants of #20 -- woman, and cat.  Forgot both names of course
  * appliance shopping afterward -- washer and dryer at CoolBlue for delivery Thursday
  % I have a blister on the little toe of my R foot.  Just what I fscking need.
  $ moving company paid via AX Platinum  [ ]
  $ House insurace paid via international wire  [ € 544.11 ]
  $ pay remaining balance on (cat travel)Starwood acc't  [ 3,625.50 ]
  * Singing: (w\ N) Bells of Norwich, Gentle Arms of Eden.  My voice is almost as bad as
    my guitar playing, but this was to relax while waiting for the wire to get set up.
  * load drugs -> ran short of KCl; nearly out of Fe
    -> the little toiletries kit from Delta is the perfect size for my drug sorters!
  : The cats have an itinerary.  Getting picked up at 7:30am, and spending the night in
    Frankfurt, arriving some time on the 25th.  Afternoon or evening presumably.

1008Tu
  & awake 02:22
    % woke up thinking about finances, so not going to try going back to sleep immediately
  * up 10:33; S=10:55; Dutch
  * abiraterone 05:53; rest of am drugs 10:34; pm drugs 19:02
  * H2O: 10:47, 10:50:c, 11:06:c, 19:04,
  [ % piss 02:23; 05:55, 10:37, 13:01, 17:00ish, 21:01, 23:14, ]
  * grocery shop in the morning
  * pack immigration docs in sling bag
  * laundry  First load started 1300ish, second 1830ish
  * leave 13:45 for 14:40 biometrics - N has the details - 2 minute walk from DH Centraal
  * 5pm bed shopping (by appointment) Beter Bed Den Haag, in the Megastores mall
    -> N bought a 200x200 bed -- they have to be custom made and will arrive Dec 4
    -> we both bought pillows and duvet covers.
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  * call BECU support:  800-233-2328 open 7am-7pm PDT = 4pm - 4am CEST
    -> put in a ticket.  Maybe I'll be contacted, maybe after Hell freezes over
  * pack suitcase.  Everything else (except Plink and pillows) should fit in backpack.
  : The mask that vanished this afternoon turned up in the outside compartment of Max
  : the missing little first aid kit turned up in the outside compartment of the backpack

1009We
  & still awake 00:57; read, mostly Science
  * up 07:35; S=7:14; packing, Dutch
  * abiraterone0 7:35; rest of am drugs 08:36; pm drugs 1800ish
  * H2O: 08:22:c, 08:36, 09:10:c, 
  [ % piss 01:31 negligible; 7:36; ]
  * check out of Cove 11am
  * uber home with sm. suitcase, CPAP, backpack, Plink; N with Hank; many packages
  : N went to sleep more or less immediately, leaving me to await a package.
  : observations:
    -> took me a while to find the doorbell.
    -> there is ethernet! in the LR (where there's a long enough cable); looks like both
       1st fl. bedrooms (behind circular plate), G's office.  Add access point.
    -> m's room only has ungrounded outlets
    <- need WiFi and router passwords, plus how to contact the ISP
       [ the router is a Zyxel, fwtw, at 192.168.1.1 ]
    <- need info for other utilities
    <- need to know how to change language on microwave.  Manual says it asks for it when
       first plugged in.  Not helpful.  May have to contact mfr.  Google Lens?
    -> the door locks itself.  No going out without key.  key in R pants pocket
    -> the ground floor has pine flooring that needs sanding and maybe finishing
    <- is there _any_ way to get an outside door handle installed?
    <- I may need help figuring out how to get the hot-water tap working; it seem to have
       had its water input turned off, and the plumbing down there is complex.
    <- what day is garbage day?
    -> there's no dryer vent.  Hopefully the one we ordered doesn't need one
  * we ordered dinner.  N ordered pesto pasta with chicken, I ordered what I thought was
    seafood pasta; turned out to be a LARGE seafood pizza.  Good thing I like anchovies.
  % 18:43 R knee giving a little trouble.  do not like.
  % 12:02 finally have bedding, power, (hotspot) internet upstairs in m's room. not too
    uncomfortable.  Took me too long to realize that panther had an old WiFi password for
    the hotspot.  Growf.  After midnight -- should crash

1010Th
  & awake 00:40ish; give up 1ish;  * down 2am; 02:46 giving up again; down 4:30
  & speedtest:  46mbps down, 21mbps up
  -> should have ordered a bottom sheet.
  * 2min:  set location/timezone on Panther
  * ordered router, fitted sheets (for delivery tomorrow)
  * up 10:30ish; S=9:11, 
  * abiraterone 10:30ish; rest of am drugs 11:42; pm drugs
  * H2O: 11:42
  [ % piss 1ish 4:30; ???, 21:06 w\ type2 turd. ]
  : Observations:
    -> the "attic" behind m's room goes all the way across the house.
    -> it is not clear that the dryer vent was ever used, nor how it would be deployed if
       it was.  What we thought was the dryer vent is really venting for everything!
    -> I found The Plans.  (or rather, the collection of alternative layouts that somehow
       includes plans for the version we actually have)
  : text from catollinvoice.com -- scam.  Any unpaid tolls of mine would be in WA anyway
  * 18:30 CEST cancer support group: Navigating Transitions in Survivorship
    -> second Thursdays

1011Fr
  & awake 02:30; down 3:30?
  * up 8am (alarm); S=7:38; exercises
  * abiraterone 03:09; rest of am drugs 09:15; pm drugs 23:10ish
  * H2O: 
  [ % piss 2:30, 8:45, ]
  * 10:35-11:35 washer, dryer delivery -> 10:35
  : observations:
    -> the piping under the kitchen sink is a rat's nest.  near as I can tell the
       instant-hot-water tap is disconnected -- it was apparently there at one time -- and
       the device in its place is an on-demand water heater.  The house hot-water line
       goes to the dishwasher.
    -> the icemaker and cold-water dispenser in the fridge does not work; it's even
       possible that it's broken, although the fact that there's ice in the ice-maker
       basket indicates that it was working at one time.  It's possible that the pipe
       going to the fridge has been disconnected (in the rat's nest under the sink)
    -> there's a temperature probe sitting on the kitchen counter, but no indication of
       which -- if any -- of the appliances it plugs into.
    -> the 6 or so sets of Accuride slides don't seem to fit anything, and may be left
       over from an earlier iteration of the kitchen island.  They have been moved to the
       bike room.  (which cant function as a bike room because the door is blocked by the
       wall-mounted storage units.)
  * I have reset the language on the microwave to English.  Go me!
  : the new washing machine left water all over the floor.  I am inclined to blame the
    drain rather than the door seal, but we'll let Cool Blue deal with that.
  * order plastic folding chairs (for deck eventually), side table/laptop table.
  & trying to configure the TP-Link router that arrived today as an access point.  It is
    not going well, and one of the things that goes poorly is that the network manager
    icon keeps disappearing from the panel, presumably from missed right-clicks.  Growf.
    [ admin pw: Terapin-station  SSID Schildhaven pw schildpad static 192.168.1.2
      http//tplinkwifi/ original SSID TP_Link_P9DC, pw 43765140 ]
    -> moved it to my room (1st fl) -> very bad connection in m's room.  But!
  * 15min:  put fitted sheet on my mattress.  We'll see if it helps.  Big struggle.

1012Sa
  & awake 03:29; S=3:28; down 5:30; give up 6ish
    % the (empty) duvet cover kept me warm enough, but had fallen completely off by 3:30
    : according to speedtest, upload speed through tp-link is only about 3Mb/s
    : the tp-link router claims that its WAN port is unplugged.  But it works.  WTF?
    : half an hour later, it says it's connected with address 192.168.1.211 from DHCP.
    : according to this article
      you have to plug the upstream into a LAN port, not the WAN port!  MAKES SENSE.
    -> 05:18 everything done except turning off DHCP and setting it to access point mode
  * up 6ish; S=4:20;
  * abiraterone 06:08; rest of am drugs 07:13; pm drugs 7:30ish??
  * H2O: 08:16 (water bottle probably 500ml), 13:23
  [ % piss 3:30, ??, 10:41, ]
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    45 euros, pocket-sized, open source (OpenWrt),... -> to be delivered tomorrow
  : Two guys from Cool Blue came to look at the washer; it needs a plumber.  See below.
  % much ordering, including a couple of things I should have left for N, like glasses
    and deck chairs.  OTOH I really need a chair; these fold and can stay out
  % throat very dry all day.  Trying to rehydrate
    -* re-fill CPAP tonight
  : WiFi appears to be working ok on all 3 floors, so maybe leave well enough alone until
    sometime when N is asleep
  : visit from (previous owner)Vitaly, who gave us some insight into the plumbing.
    apparently the fridge cold-water tap has never worked, but the icemaker works.  Also
    he has never used the Jacuzi so not clear whether the heater is working.  We didn't
    ask about the thermostat.  House dates to 2004, and V. is the second owner.
  : N called a plumber for the washer, etc.
  * SL: Knee brace
  % 14:52 sleepy
  : many packages from $A.  The frying pan is a lot crummier than I expected, and the
    handle is made out of the same Al as the pan, so you need gloves (which, however, I
    have not got) or a pot-holder.  The pot looks decent.  Still waiting for the chairs.
  : The side table also came, which raises a difficult question:  do I keep it down here,
    or move it up to the room.  I suspect it's too heavy for me to haul up by myself after
    assembly.  Doable with an assist, though.  Take up If the desk arrives tomorrow?  It's
    possible that my bedroom may end up mostly light wood and bamboo.
    -> or I could leave it down here and build another one for my room.
    -> the chairs are "delayed, not yet shipped" WTF?  -> cancelled.  mistake?
  : Raven appears to be charging VERY slowly.  Bad battery?  Also, I'm short a power brick
  : the doors here are alarmingly loud
  : could swear I'd ordered a 3-step stepladder, but apparently not
  % SEVERE decision fatigue.  I should go to bed so I don't do anything stupid.
    out of cope.  depressed