Done Since 2021-02-28
"Interesting" week. Not bad, really, just a little weird. Thursday, the 20-box shipment of Stuff from Mom's apartment arrived. (It was a week earlier than their initial estimate. Just as well, given what will be going on next week.) I think a couple of items might have been mis-delivered, though it's a little hard to tell from the spreadsheet. And one particularly nice abstract painting turned out to be much bigger than it looked on the wall in Mom's apartment. There's a lot of nostalgia in those boxes; it's going to be a strange couple of weeks while I sort them out.
Friday we took Colleen up to Oak Harbor to get her first vaccine shot.
Island Drug's setup is inconvenient and stupid compared to Whidbey General -- you check in by text, and wait in your car until they tell you to come in. At which point you stand in line, potentially in the rain, with no social distancing that I could detect. Fortunately, after waiting in the car about 40 minutes, I went up to the guy at the door (there were actually two lines, for first and second dose) and asked what to do given the fact that Colleen uses a mobility scooter. He looked at the crowd inside, told me to re-park in front (between the two handicapped slots) and sent a pharmacist out to give her the shot through the passenger-side window. (This only worked because they had us fill out the paperwork, including scans of insurance cards and ID, in advance.) I intend to take try it next time, too.
Given the fact that it was essentially a drive-by shot, there was no place to wait for 15 minutes afterward to see whether Colleen would turn green with purple spots. But 15 minutes was just enough time to be passing the hospital on the drive home. So it worked. (And Colleen stayed her usual color, though she probably wouldn't have objected to purple spots.)
The high-order link this week is to my Curmudgeon post about a particularly nasty (and widespread -- over 30,000 sites) Microsoft Exchange Server exploit.
Notes & links:
0228Su * litter boxen * BR * LR * Up 4:50ish; S=5.1, BP=127/64, P=64, W=192.0; exercises, shower % slight back pain -> heat % RSI pain at the base of the left thumb; seems to respond pretty well to diclofenac * mention postdated Done Since from 0103: (here) / major++ cleanup; 300ml in bag (not emptied) -> need clean sheets * may as well change _all_ the bed linen (hasn't been done in weeks) (blankets, fortunately, don't need it except C's flower blankie) % back pain -> heat @ 1-2-Law | Get Legal Documents | US Legal Forms @ Poppin Notary (does remote) * laundry - first load (from this morning; mostly filthy) * pick up and bag yard trash in front of garage. ~ look for two boxes that L is missing. Not here. @ Mason Williams talking about "Classical Gas" - his guitar, the recording, etc. Classical Gas - YouTube @ Mason Williams - Classical Gas w/ Deborah Henson-Conant - YouTube Reinventing Freedom with Electric Harp | Deborah Henson-Conant | TEDxNatick @ SW at Home to Resume Driving March 2021 vaccination or essential medical appts * laundry - second load (mostly-cleanish bedding, my stuff) % 10pm very sleepy / 1600ml in bag, no cleanup % 10:55pm meloxicam 0301Mo * up 7:30ish; S=8:17; @ siderea | The Very Bad News [curr ev, Patreon] expect more catastrophes Kipling: The Gods of the Copybook Headings - Wikipedia * unload dryer * fold sheets & clean under Colleen's chair (ugh). Found a clip under the right-hand arm that's clearly meant to hold the remote, so used it. * clean up dried-on cat messes on my side of the bed. One (at head) included a hairball * 3n/1 CPAP: replace mask 0 mod 3 (03,06,09,12) * 6n/1 CPAP: replace filter, headgear: 0 mod 6 (June, Dec?) * */1 CPAP: change paper filter, wash tub */{1,15} * take exercise ball down to garage -> shed, for now; it's not being used & tried, without success, to log in on Surety Pest Control's website to pay my bill. Total failure. Put in a call, then when not called back eventually just stuck a check in an envelope. See Tuesday. * contact shipper to get more detail (Looked in my phone log for the call from the shipping company, then DDG'd it) -> phone, contact form, email. Maybe one of those will get through. -> https://main.metropolitanwarehouse.com/Client/TrackOrder METRO WHITE GLOVE 844-546-5288 ext 275 order #1763356 Tracking 453639315015. Bob Carter 919-824-5484 at PakMail replied to my email with the above * 1:30 (HH)Diane % 9:30pm sleepy / 10:15 major- cleanup; crying, nothing I can do; nauseous; she thinks the nausea is due to the hot-and-sour soup, which is her favorite. ! depressed / vomiting. Too much vinegar? & pulled up the weighted blanket from the end of the bed. % Seemed to help getting to sleep 0302Tu & awake 3am; S=4.0; bad dreams; back pain -> heat; back to bed 4:30; gave up 5:40 * Up 5am; S=5.0, BP=122/73, P=62; * Surety Pest Control returned my call - they have a new software system that killed their online portal. No telling when or if it will come back. Also they've been having mail problems in Oak Harbor, so the two previous bills may have gotten lost. / major cleanup. 800ml in bag. @ 21 Tips to Keep Your Shit Together When You're Depressed orig. link (2016) is 404 * leave ~3:25 for... * 3:45 S Freeland Clinic * garbage up to curb * singing: Ship of Stone, The Mary Ellen Carter % meloxicam 10:47 0303We * up 7ish; S=7:55; * singing: (am) Ship of Stone @ The Pale Moon web browser " Pale Moon is a fork of Firefox with substantial divergence. The main differences are the user interface, add-on support, and running in single-process mode. Pale Moon retains the highly customizable [XUL] user interface " -> probably won't use / 1600ml in bag : calls verifying that delivery will be tomorrow; btw 3-7 -> 2-6. % 1ish a rather severe moment of what seemed to be orthostatic hypotension. BP actually high (136/91 via Walgreens meter) afterward, so go figure. -> aspirin, water * 15min: took out the section of concrete form that had stakes sticking up. (left a trench that I filled with rubble, but really wants gravel + smoothing.) * 15min: took the exercise ball from the shed to the garage behind the treadmill % R. ankle feels a little wobbly; p~=2. Should stay off it the rest of the day -> put on a brace -> seems to be working. -> next time use taller socks * 15min: attempted to repair garbage can lid with duct tape. Not too successful. * ordered sliding, rotating bath chair for Colleen. $300, but if it prevents a fall... * 15min: two boxes off couch: garland box -> spare room closet; book box -> cleared * singing: Bells of Norwich. Ship of Stone inst. only. Fingers tingling, so quit there / 800ml in bag / vomiting 0304Th & Awake 1:50; back to bed ~2:50 / vomiting * up 7:45; S=7:45; * singing: Ship of Stone. Fingers hurting a little (p=~2) / 600ml in bag ~ try to get Windows zooming on Raven -> maybe, but the camera sucks. * 1pm zoom sound check with Lem * 1:30 (HH)Diane * shipment of Mom's stuff will be arriving btw. 2PM - 6PM -- will call 30m ahead -> 4pm about - Metropolitan Warehouse & Delivery Corporation * 15min: finish Colleen's vaccination paperwork : apparently, all second-dose bookings at IslandDrug have been cancelled; they'll call to schedule. So I don't have to cancel that one. Maybe. I do have to cancel the other 1st dose appointment, but will do that tomorrow AFTER her appointment / 1000ml in bag 0305Fr & awake 2:35; tried getting back to bed 3:35; gave up 4:40; tried again 5:40ish * up 8am; S=6:22; @ How to Delete Your Old Online Accounts (and Why You Should) * print Stuff manifest - turned out that the last time I looked at the spreadsheet there was a filter in place (for $Niece) that I didn't notice. * 9am V arriving for... (GMaps says 44m driving time; it will be raining) * 11am Colleen Island Drug COVID vaccine 1st dose (Pfizer) ~ if necessary, make Colleen a second-dose appointment -> they'll call * Nonsonance 2, will be on March 5-7, 2021 . start trying to identify boxes in the shipment. Some have their numbers hidden. * cancel Colleen's other vaccine dose 1 appointment -> getting server busy error page @ At Least 30,000 U.S. Organizations Newly Hacked Via Holes in Microsoft’s Email Software - Krebs on Security Microsoft: Chinese Cyberspies Used 4 Exchange Server Flaws to Plunder Emails HAFNIUM targeting Exchange Servers with 0-day exploits - Microsoft Security Operation Exchange Marauder: Active Exploitation of Multiple Zero-Day Microsoft Exchange Vulnerabilities | Volexity @ The first hotel in space could be open for business sooner than you think | Euronews (but probably not) First space hotel for travelers to begin construction by 2026 - WaPo * 15min: bio-stuff in drains * front br sink, tub * back br sink, tub 0306Sa * up 6:35; S=4:33; must have had my mask off part of the night * 15min: use rake to smooth over rough spots around concrete pad at foot of ramp * 15min: track down the box that has Mom's iMac (62) Also, the big circular painting is in Box 103, which is the BIG one. Problem. -> replace tryptich / replace whiteboard / opposite whiteboard / R of back door * 15min: bio-stuff in drains * box rm sink, * shower / 2000ml in bag; feeling better than yesterday : listening to the concerts at Nonsonance. @ Google’s FLoC Is a Terrible Idea | Electronic Frontier Foundation @ AI ethics research conference suspends Google sponsorship | VentureBeat : 6pm memorial for Bob and Lindy at Nonsonance. & changed Amazon Smile charity to Interfilk (it having been mentioned as a thing) % 9:45 sleepy / 1000ml in bag
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