Done so far this month (20140201 Sa - 08 Sa)
It snowed last night. Emmy finally got to be outside while it was snowing -- she grew up in San Jose. Me, I'm just glad I don't have to try driving in it -- I'm long out of practice. I may walk to Trader Joe's later.
I've spent altogether too much energy trying to get Colleen's prescriptions transferred to Express Scripts. Depressing. My prescriptions transferred with no problems; I suspect that the problem with hers is that Walgreens' records have her birth date wrong. But the website(s) are miserable, and their tech support and customer support people don't know much about how they work - I got information that was manifestly incorrect from them. Bletch.
A couple of times I've just wanted to crawl into a hole and hide. Is there such a thing as a depression attack?
Meanwhile, I'm worried about this year's taxes. Very worried. I almost certainly don't have enough withholding this year, so I'm likely to be screwed. My sign-on bonus from Amazon is completely gone.
0201 Sa * up 8ish; W=208.4; d, n; shower % Dealing with the stupid prescription website got me into a state of stress/distress/depression/whatever/something close to tears, best described as wanting to crawl into a hole and pull it in after me. Not a panic or anxiety attack. Is there such a thing as a depression attack? % ok, now I'm simply furious, after another three hours on web and phone. Something is fucked up with Colleen's info, probably her birthday, and I can't change it without setting up an account on Primera's main site, which it let me do but won't let me complete the setup because it's fucked up. And although the pharmacy's phones are open, Premera's aren't. So I'll call them on Monday, and wake Colleen up so she can verify her identity, and get angry all over again. HULK SMASH. @ 7 Rules for Recording Police f(George W. Burdell III) * Out shopping: Metro: gin, pizza dough for tomorrow, etc. % two glasses of (excellent) gin: about 2.5 sheets to the wind; helps a little. * Colleen and I have been listening to Pete Seeger CDs all day 0202 Su * up 8:40; W=208.4; d, n * Shopping with Colleen: Northgate and Thriftway. Bought a new purse for Colleen and a rolling backpack for me. Off brand, but it seems comfortable. The purse is big for minimal supplies; the backpack is big enough for a work laptop. Thriftway's ok, but Metropolitan is closer and better. * Glenn made pizza. I made something involving sliced mozzerella fresca on a GF "pizza crust" that wasn't really, but was close enough. % Overate. Somewhat painfully. * disclosures for house 0203 Mo * up 6:05; W=210.6, BP=147/80, P=59; d, n : my stupid BT headset has disappeared again. Growf. Hopefully at work. ~ BCRC Customer Service Representatives are available to assist you Monday through Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Eastern Time, except holidays, at toll-free lines: 1-855-798-2627 (change primary insurer) useless * Finally got Colleen's accounts set up. The web support was useless at getting her prescriptions transferred, though. But if I can find one of her prescriptions filled at Walgreens this year, that could work. Premera web support 800-722-9780 % ran a couple of times today, without getting nearly as winded as I used to. Go me! Probably mostly due to the long uphill walks going home. : My headset is *not* at work. Probably fell out of my pocket on the street somewhere. @ Cryptography Breakthrough Could Make Software Unhackable +Eric Raymond 0204 Tu * up 6:20; W=210.6, BP=136/90, P=63; d, n; shower * update J's computer and the Ricoh thinkpad, neither of which seems to have a name ATM 0205 We * up 6:30; W=210; d, n * gather info for Teasha - due 2/5 We * parade at 11; leave early for getting across 4th Ave. -> good thing, too. I got one of the last two seats on a 21x. By the time I got in, several people had given up and gone into WFH mode. ~ get vision plan info : Estimates say that there were at least 700K people watching the parade. That's more than the total population of Seattle. No injuries, no arrests. : The Seattle Times is now behind a paywall, which is annoying when they're getting half the spots in the local edition of Google news. Wonder how long that'll last. @ "Gluten Sensitivity" May Be a Misnomer for Distinct Illnesses to Various Wheat Proteins - Scientific American & Colleen and I introduced Glenn to the Austin Lounge Lizards 0206 Th * up 6:38; W=209.4; d, n * Thankful Thursday & bath. Colleen is envious, and I don't blame her. % Makes me feel guilty for taking her up here away from her tub, her house, and her support network. And it cost a lot more than I expected. Distressed. : Actually, C's been crying on and off since I got home. Need to give her a good cuddle and try to find out what's really wrong. -> mostly that she can't do the things she used to be able to. I understand that. 0207 Fr * up 6:40; W=209.0; d, n @ What would the Earth be like if it was the shape of a donut? (thnidu) * Called Accredo specialty pharmacy; after getting shunted back to express scripts, transferred back, hung up on, and calling again, they finally tell me that they haven't received the prescription. :P So called UW, but the clinic was closed (it required two calls to get *that* bit of info). Good grief! An hour wasted. & stayed at work a little late just so I could feel that I'd accomplished *something* along with all the meetings. Or so I rationalized it afterwards. * Dinner with Colleen at Duke's Chowder House. Yum. % I really didn't want to go out, though. I was tired after work and just wanted to get home. 0208 Sa % mostly what I remember from dreamtime was a scene where Colleen was wearing motorized rollerskates, and could get around on her own as long as she was very careful about balance. * up 8:30; W=208.4; d, n @ haikujaguar: Space Marine Liberation Day 2014! @ reference for writers, How to show that a character is asexual (ysabetwordsmith) * Made apple pancakes for breakfast, at Colleen's request. * 15min: some puttering in the garage. Cleared out two wardrobe boxes from N's -- of course what's left of the former contents is still there, but at least one can see what it is. The bag of food can simply be tossed. Getting there. * Watching Detective Dee and the Phantom Flame with Colleen. Required a certain amount of fiddling to switch the audio from Chinese to English. The dubbed dialog doesn't match the subtitles (which are better) very well. Kind of fun, though. Totally unrelated to the van Gulik books. * Dinner (for me and Colleen) scampi (shrimp and bay scallops, 1lb total) and asparagus sauteed in butter with lemon juice added at the end and evaporated. YUM. @ It’s Just Your Depression Talking: On Agency and Mental Illness | The Belle Jar (firecat?") the flip side of a common phrase. Maybe not. "once you’ve labelled someone’s voice as not being authentically theirs, once you’ve convinced yourself that what they’re saying isn’t coming from them but rather some invisible bogeyman you’ve labelled depression, you’ve taken away some of their agency." Hmm. * update calendar on s.s website * It's snowing.
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