Done Since 2020-11-01
Well, that was a long month we had last week! Control of the Senate is still up in the air, and the Repugnant party seems to have come out of it largely intact if not stronger (Message of Election 2020: Trump lost, but Trumpism did not), but even with that it was nowhere near the disaster it could have been. I'm still extremely worried about the damage the lame duck administration can, and probably will, still do, and the damage the Trumpist court system will do in the future.
Speaking of the Orange Menace, Cartoons: The descent of Trump - The Washington Post is brilliant.
Here at the North End (former housemate)L has moved out, leaving 24 feet of shelf space in the garage, an empty bedroom in the house (in the process of turning back into a music/guest room), and the Box Room unoccupied and free for other uses (including its original one as a bedroom for N and the kids). (It's complicated.) Stuff leading up to the move made for a very stressful couple of weeks, and I'm glad it's over.
Looking forward to saying the same about 2020.
Notes & links:
1101Su & awake 1am / major cleanup * up 6:02; S=7.4; shower / 2000ml in bag : PDT -> PST transition. So I apparently got a little more sleep. -* change microwave and stove clocks : N +kids leave for vacation on Dominica @ Best Barware for Making Cocktails at Home 2020 | Reviews by Wirecutter * singing: The Bears (S's reqest), The River, Wheelin' (C's request) / 1100ml in bag 1102Mo & awake 3:25; back to bed ~5 but never actually got back to sleep % nice kitty cuddles * up 6ish; S=4:50; * (HH)Orlanda 9:30ish catheter change? ->no -> next visit in 2 wks for cath change * */1 CPAP: change nosepiece */1 * */1 CPAP: change paper filter, wash tub */{1,15} / 1400ml in bag @ summercomfort | Links for election night . trying to track down Schwab debit card. I keep finding more (and less likely) piles * final docs for L move-out. * finally got the ice-maker loose (after at least a month of trying) -> unblocking the chute is going to be a whole 'nother problem % brain fried. Probably combination of too much caffeine and too much stress * -call-_email_ Jerad about how much (up to $7K) I can safely pull from the account -> there's plenty in the cash/money market account; can easily do a wire transfer : L accepted offer; will move out by Friday the 6th. & reading: On the Sand Planet, On the Storm Planet * Singing: Riverheart / najor cleanup 1400ml in bag 1103Tu US Election day & awake 5am; / semi-major cleanup * up 8am; S=7:48; * (lawyer)Brian can get me a cashier's check if I wire money to his client trust account @ Rest super fund commits to net-zero emission investments after Brisbane man sues $ send money to R and A via WU * 5pm notarize signature for Mom's trust * 8pm get L's signature, send initial payment by WU / cleanup, > 2l in bag % back pain -> meloxicam ~9:20. Decided not to unload dishwasher -- leave for V 1104We & Awake 4am; S=4:20; back to bed 5:30ish * up 7:20ish; S=5:55; $ call movers; pay by AX-Pt: Mitchell Moving & Storage, 206-575-6800 Ree-Aee Woolboy 206-812-9310 -> 8:30 left message; 9:15 sent email; 10:30 call; paid Came to about a quarter of the total. $ Brian came by with cashier's check. (I persist in starting with "cache...") @ USDA Hardiness Zone Finder - Garden.org Freeland is in hardiness zone 8b Is Clover an Alternative Groundcover? -> dwarf white clover, preferably / 1200ml in bag : frustrating conversation with C about drug prices. Keeps confusing balsalazide, lomotil, and aripiperazole, even after repeated attempts to limit. % 2pm holed up in bedroom because LR conversation is all about the election. too tight -> came out ~2:45 because gingerbread cookies * schedule annual wellness visit, flu shot -> 1116Mo % Just had a fun conversation with Vivian and Sarah. Vivian just got a new computer - a desktop machine running Linux Mint. Sarah was showing her various book and history sites, and Vivian asked about Julian of Norwich! Turns out she hadn't heard the song. $ singing: Bells of Norwich. @ PeerTube federated, open-source video hosting. Single sign-on. @ SystemRescue - System Rescue Homepage / minor cleanup; 1600ml in bag 1105Th & awake 1ish * up 7am; S=7:17; @ A No-Excuses Guide to Blogging @ davidshepherd7/frames-only-mode: Make emacs play nicely with tiling window managers by setting it up to use frames rather than windows @ GNU Hyperbole - The Everyday Hypertextual Information Manager GNU Hyperbole Manual / major cleanup; 1800ml in bag & went down to garage and moved a few things from in front of the shelves. -> I always have trouble estimating where the table saw is going to land -> there are 17 book boxes on the floor (if I counted right) which will fit in 2 of the 3 shelf units that L will vacate. * pick up Colleen's lomotil at Rite Aid * Singing: The Mary Ellen Carter, Ripple (terrible), Millennium's Dawn 1106Fr & up 2am; / major cleanup % 2:20 ibuprofen, heat -> 3:30 gave up trying to sleep -> back to bed 4:45 % dream that involved a TV show that gave prizes for stupidity, or something like that * up 6:30; S=5:20; % 7:30 I'm seeing a few hints on DW and Discord that it may be safe for me to look at the news again. Biden appears to be marginally ahead, but I'm not going to push my luck by asking about the Senate. $ a couple of WU transfers put UBchecking in the red; sent $2K from BECU * singing: Bells of Norwich (S's request) ... * noodling: intro to Wheelin'; Bad Guys (showing off to S; rough transitions) : Looking good for Biden; the Senate is still in play and does _not_ look good. * movers get here btw. 8 and noon -> 10:50; V arrived at 11am * L moved out (moved in ~ Sep 15th, 2018) * singing: The October Country (some rough spots) * drinking the last half-ounce or so of the Blue Label (retirement present in 2017) : apparently the current PDF viewer _can_ fill in forms. Maybe. Last time I tried it, it sort of worked but characters were missing when it was printed. -> prints ok * finished reading the Casher O'Neill series. (Started in the middle a few days ago) comfort reading, especially On the Storm Planet and Three to a Given Star. Which I read first and last respectively. * Singing: Ship of Stone / 1800ml in bag 1107Sa * Up 5:54; S=6:44; * uploaded filled-in KYC (Know Your Client) form @ Smart Ways to Handle an Inheritance | Kiplinger -> basis of investments in a taxable account stepped up to value on date of death -> inherited IRA -- don't know whether that applies @ Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided US Joe Biden elected 46th president of the United States, defeating Trump - The Washington Post * turn off lights in Box Room & a little poking around in the garage. got the contents of the most egregiously broken box of books off the floor. But books really need to be _sorted_ * xreader, evince, etc. Edit > Save current settings as default * Singing: Mary Ellen Carter, October Country, Weird Load, We'll Go No More A'Roving, Ship of Stone, Bells of Norwich
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