Done recently (20121006 Sa)
Feeling good, and even optimistic, is something of a new concept for this old bear. I am having a little trouble wrapping my fuzzy head around it. Does that make sense?
There is still the nagging worry that, now that I've turned in the last of my paperwork, $K or $D will reject me at the last minute. I don't really believe it'll happen, but we're not talking rationality here.
The dresser arrived Saturday. It's lovely, and large, and went a long way toward organizing the bedroom. Now it's my side of the bed that's still a mess. That'll be harder, because there's noplace to put a dresser there.
Having given up on the foolish notion of putting a desk next to the bed on my side, I went over to Naomi's and gound the pieces for my old computer desk. The one I made a couple of years before Chaos was born, and put into storage when we remodeled the Starport the first time. It's now on the short wall of the living room next to the sliding door onto the balcony. I'm gong to put an Elfa track over it this morning, and have already moved the printers and strung Cat-5 over to the phone jack in the kitchen.
Putting the rolling file under the desk where it belongs naturally adds a fair amount of space -- it is now possible to walk to the gray recliner when people are sitting in both facing chairs. Which is good, because the corner by the desk is still pretty crowded.
Now I just have to move the computers: nova and the inside router (starport) to the desk, and the outside router (polaris) to the kitchen. Unfortunately, there's no phone jack in the area that is pretty clearly meant to be the entertainment corner. Not so odd, really; the apartment building predates DSL. I might be able to summon up the energy to do it this morning -- it has to be a morning when the two women are asleep so that nobody wants to use the net connection.
Oh, and I used my SAD light Monday, for the first time since the move. Maybe it'll help. I'm also trying to shift my schedule back to waking up at 6:30 instead of 7:30 or 8; I need at least an hour in the morning to get out the door in reasonable working condition. Preferably two, but that will take longer, I suspect.
Links, as usual, in the notes. Check out "It’s Opus, it rocks and now it’s an audio codec standard!" and The Wordsmith's Forge - Unsold Poetry from the October 2-3, 2012 Poetry Fishbowl. I put money on two poems from this: "The Cybernetic Sorcerers" (co-sponsor because of net-lag) and "Promises to Keep" (which combines global warming and sea monsters).
1006 Sa * up 8am; W=193.4; d, n, t, e, hair; shower, laundry, dishes : 10am one of the piggies (Shona) was standing on top of the igloo twitching her ears in alternation. Very silly-looking. : 10:30 there's a crow on the balcony railing * 12-2 window for dresser delivery * ping N after dresser arrives to work out logistics for car * prescription order from Kaiser (lisinopril/HCTZ) - not a member anymore, but maybe they'll fill it anyway. Can't hurt to try. The doxazosin and fluticasone arrived in the mail today from my last order. That's good. * handed over the van to Naomi. Ran errands. Got flu shots. my flu shot was covered by Medicare, despite not having part D. * brought bvack the pieces of the computer bench. Could have sworn there was a bottom shelf, but apparently not. May not use the top shelf, though, because the monitor doesn't fit underneath it. And it's not supported in the middle. It's 6' long. I think there may be a brace for it. * made dinner: chicken tikka massala, veg. korma, roasted roots The chicken tikka, using Pathak's sauce, was a win; the others not so much. 1007 Su * up 8am; W=194.4; d, n, t, e; laundry, dishes @ Petrichor (Irregular Webcomic! #3248) the scent of rain on dry earth. Word coined in 1964 * farmer's market, Albertson's, Ace, Rite Aid. Colleen got a flu shot. * buy: 4 1/4x1.5 flat head machine screws. * buy: coffee (farmer's market) @ Sunday reading: patent roundup It’s Opus, it rocks and now it’s an audio codec standard! How the Apple-Samsung case could push OEMs closer to Google and stock Android @ 5 ways the new Android design guidelines will make apps better | ExtremeTech * put monitors and Algol on computer desk; rolling file underneath it. * walk: d=.64, t=.12, s=3.1; Walgreen's and back * buy: sponges, tegaderm, pantsu @ Poutine dinner, made by Rabbit, with dessert pizza and champagne. ! Things are good. This is a somewhat unusual concept for the bear. : There is more room in the living room after moving the rolling file -- the chairs have been moved back another row. Which in turn means that one can actually walk to the gray recliner even when people are sitting in the fanback and rocker. * fill out $K application * joined bandcamp - stevesavitzky.bandcamp.com -- nothing uploaded yet. @ The Wordsmith's Forge - Unsold Poetry from the October 2-3, 2012 Poetry Fishbowl * string CAT-5 between kitchen and computer desk. 1008 Mo * up 7:05; W=194.4; d, n, t, h, e; laundry, SAD light * 9am to N's to re-ink printer, then go out to get her car worked on. * bank. Deposit rent check, get cash. YD needs bank run, too. ~ take YD to Post Office, 929 North 145th St, just past Aurora on the left. -> of course, it's Columbus Day, so it's closed. * come in to Kforce with SS card, application, and several copies of CC+S Ryan wasn't in, but the paperwork is at least done. * buy: 80" Elfa track, for the shelves over the computer desk. @ MLP: software development fun Great links, esp. on git A Modern Space Cadet / Steve Losh pretty cool; mac specific @ This Wristband Knows When You Eat, Run and Sleep iOS only. :P @ Grey-A and Demisexual FAQ and link thread - AVEN * 15min: moved the squids and power strips to the first of the two new plastic bins (from Thursday's trip to Bellevue) * 15min: moved all the wound care stuff, including band-aids but not ACE bandages, to the second of the new plastic bins. * signed up on the "mymedicare.gov" site. Unbelievably slow. % should start noting bed-time items the way I do morning, except that would require going back to a computer after getting ready for bed :P
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