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Done This Week
Jun. 16th, 2024 11:26 amI came really close to actually snapping at a coworker for making my life difficult. Which, to be clear, I absolutely DO NOT DO. I will rant and grumble once I get back into my workshop, but I do not make people feel bad for needing things from me. I mention this as a way of demonstrating that I am not okay.
Work is increasingly run by a combination of fools who are actively making things worse and reasonable people who are so overworked as to render them ineffectual. If it wasn’t for the stability of health insurance for my surgery, I would be at least idly looking for employment options elsewhere. As it is, I might spend my recovery time job-hunting if things don’t improve.
The home health nurse came out yesterday and took blood for dad. It came back low again, so back to the ER for another transfusion. Also an X-ray on his hip. He’s fallen three times in the last week. He can only intermittently be convinced to use the walker. This despite the fact that there’s a pretty straightforward correlation between him not using it and him eating shit in ways that are increasingly hard on his body.
I get annoyed with the fact that he complains about every fucking thing all the fucking time. Then I come on here and complain about the complaining. Sorry about that. Focusing on things that are good is a struggle right now.
I saw a male and female pair of quail at work. I never see them at home, because there’s not enough ground cover habitat for them, but they’re one of my favorite birds. My pachypodium is blooming for the first time. I’ve been enjoying the Game Grumps playthrough of Resident Evil 8 (a game I would never play myself), and I got to watch a deeply unsettling bit while home alone at night and have a fun case of the creeping horrors.
Lewisia: 3 new pieces written
Day job: 34 hours, mandatory day off #3 of 5
Crafting: finished assembling and numbering the paper chain for counting down to my surgery date
Gardening: succulent club meeting, repotted various succulents, treated some of them with acidified water
Listening: Dolmenwood: Beyond the Witching Ring by Tales Under the Oak (more ambient stuff, it’s nice to mix these in as a break from lyrics I want to learn to sing along to)
Other: yearly follow-up with the rheumatologist
Work is increasingly run by a combination of fools who are actively making things worse and reasonable people who are so overworked as to render them ineffectual. If it wasn’t for the stability of health insurance for my surgery, I would be at least idly looking for employment options elsewhere. As it is, I might spend my recovery time job-hunting if things don’t improve.
The home health nurse came out yesterday and took blood for dad. It came back low again, so back to the ER for another transfusion. Also an X-ray on his hip. He’s fallen three times in the last week. He can only intermittently be convinced to use the walker. This despite the fact that there’s a pretty straightforward correlation between him not using it and him eating shit in ways that are increasingly hard on his body.
I get annoyed with the fact that he complains about every fucking thing all the fucking time. Then I come on here and complain about the complaining. Sorry about that. Focusing on things that are good is a struggle right now.
I saw a male and female pair of quail at work. I never see them at home, because there’s not enough ground cover habitat for them, but they’re one of my favorite birds. My pachypodium is blooming for the first time. I’ve been enjoying the Game Grumps playthrough of Resident Evil 8 (a game I would never play myself), and I got to watch a deeply unsettling bit while home alone at night and have a fun case of the creeping horrors.
Lewisia: 3 new pieces written
Day job: 34 hours, mandatory day off #3 of 5
Crafting: finished assembling and numbering the paper chain for counting down to my surgery date
Gardening: succulent club meeting, repotted various succulents, treated some of them with acidified water
Listening: Dolmenwood: Beyond the Witching Ring by Tales Under the Oak (more ambient stuff, it’s nice to mix these in as a break from lyrics I want to learn to sing along to)
Other: yearly follow-up with the rheumatologist
