general life update
Saturday was slow and bit achey/itchy. I was a little blurry during my first few hours at work, but more together in the afternoon (probably related to the Tylenol-with-codeine I took with breakfast). I also only got through half of my main task for the day, which was sending out 90-day lease non-renewal notices to all tenants who had not yet extended their leases or signed a switch lease for 2021-22.
(I checked my work email just now and we got two renewal requests, two inquiries about what the point of a pre-move out inspection is, and a chain of incensed emails from a tenant who misinterpreted the notice and took it as us kicking them out rather than a factual legal statement that their current lease ends on [fill in date] and a short explanation of how the lease end process works. *sigh* I have sent that person an brief explanation and an invitation to contact the office to talk about renewal options on Monday, and copied all the shouty emails to the rest of the office staff so we're all on the same page.)
It turns out that typing one-handed is pretty slow. Even when I can type (gently!) with two hands, there are some key combos that strain my wrist to hit... and most of those involve copypasting. Sending interminable templates with personalized information is therefore very tedious because I have to do all the copypasting either with the mouse or with my right hand only.
Anyway, today I am at Not the IRS and my first client rescheduled their appointment to late March. However, I have acquired a new appointment at 2pm, so I won't be sitting here doing nothing all afternoon. :)
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In other carpal tunnel surgery recovery news, showering with my left hand wrapped in plastic newspaper or grocery produce bags (and locked down with two rubber bands) is exactly as tedious and awkward as I thought it would be. Fortunately my pre-planned adaptations are working pretty well! The body wash gets me reasonably clean, the scrubby-on-a-stick cleans my back and my right arm, and the two little containers into which I decant shampoo and conditioner before turning on the water make sure I get the right amount of glop onto my hair. Drying off is a pain, but manageable, and my right hand is screaming by the time I finish using the blow-dryer on my hair, but it's workable.
Doors and bottle caps are the aspects I was not prepared for. It turns out I used two hands to turn keys and open doors, and also it's tricky to exert pressure and turn a stubborn cap on a juice bottle when you only have one hand with a functional grip. I have had to sort of hug bottles in my left elbow or press them up against my chest in order to get the required leverage.
I am scheduled to get my stitches out the morning of Wednesday, March 10. I am looking forward to that!
Presumably I can schedule my right wrist surgery at that time, once we have a better idea of when my left wrist will be fully recovered. :) If you want to comment on this post, you can do so over here on Dreamwidth, where there are currently (
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(I checked my work email just now and we got two renewal requests, two inquiries about what the point of a pre-move out inspection is, and a chain of incensed emails from a tenant who misinterpreted the notice and took it as us kicking them out rather than a factual legal statement that their current lease ends on [fill in date] and a short explanation of how the lease end process works. *sigh* I have sent that person an brief explanation and an invitation to contact the office to talk about renewal options on Monday, and copied all the shouty emails to the rest of the office staff so we're all on the same page.)
It turns out that typing one-handed is pretty slow. Even when I can type (gently!) with two hands, there are some key combos that strain my wrist to hit... and most of those involve copypasting. Sending interminable templates with personalized information is therefore very tedious because I have to do all the copypasting either with the mouse or with my right hand only.
Anyway, today I am at Not the IRS and my first client rescheduled their appointment to late March. However, I have acquired a new appointment at 2pm, so I won't be sitting here doing nothing all afternoon. :)
...
In other carpal tunnel surgery recovery news, showering with my left hand wrapped in plastic newspaper or grocery produce bags (and locked down with two rubber bands) is exactly as tedious and awkward as I thought it would be. Fortunately my pre-planned adaptations are working pretty well! The body wash gets me reasonably clean, the scrubby-on-a-stick cleans my back and my right arm, and the two little containers into which I decant shampoo and conditioner before turning on the water make sure I get the right amount of glop onto my hair. Drying off is a pain, but manageable, and my right hand is screaming by the time I finish using the blow-dryer on my hair, but it's workable.
Doors and bottle caps are the aspects I was not prepared for. It turns out I used two hands to turn keys and open doors, and also it's tricky to exert pressure and turn a stubborn cap on a juice bottle when you only have one hand with a functional grip. I have had to sort of hug bottles in my left elbow or press them up against my chest in order to get the required leverage.
I am scheduled to get my stitches out the morning of Wednesday, March 10. I am looking forward to that!
Presumably I can schedule my right wrist surgery at that time, once we have a better idea of when my left wrist will be fully recovered. :) If you want to comment on this post, you can do so over here on Dreamwidth, where there are currently (
comments)