stay-at-home blues

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Well, I’ve been at home since March 2nd. This is fine in some ways, but tiring in others. We’re all stuck in a smallish apartment, E goes out a few times a week for groceries, we step outside a few times a day, and M and I have been working out as best we can. We were talking about how we’re in pretty good shape-I’m still working full-time, we’re all healthy, we live in a quiet suburban complex, in a state whose leadership took it seriously and doesn’t have a ton of knuckleheads running around doing stupid things. So far so good. Everyone I know seems ok so far too. As with all things, this will pass.

Haven’t picked this up for a week…working from home, distracted. Spent it mostly at home-insane shopping on Saturday, sold my MidiVerb and iBook (wish it was working right, because it’s such a lovely piece of hardware). Got a monitor from work, and that’s about it. S is at home and sitting next to me for schoolwork-she’s doing well. We’ve walked after work twice. The complex closed the gym, so Tuesday I ran around the trailer park with S, and M and I used water jugs for weights and did t’ai chi in the living room.

Sunday evening, eating a fajita burrito from Super Burrito Express. Not quite spicy enough… Pretty quiet-finished work, ran around the trailer park with M & S-M overdid it…Watched Conan the Barbarian yesterday. Memories of college. Online church today, shopping, jumped rope instead of running.

Monday noon, on the start of sprint meeting. S is next to me, doing schoolwork. And taking apart a Barbie. Now 2nd meeting. Drinking a cup of diluted apple cider vinegar and maple syrup (no cayenne). No idea if it’s helping…I feel pretty good, though running in Friday messed up my left Achilles tendon. Not sure if I prefer Kombucha or this. This is way cheaper, though. Need lunch.

Tuesday afternoon. Busy working-glad to have work to do. S is sort of working next to me. My calves are still super sore. I started on a Coursera class about happiness.

Wednesday noon. Trying to get stuff done, only partly succeeding. It’s hard to focus. Good w/o last night, even though my calves are still super sore-I used Soothanol afterwards, and my skin burned all night-stuff works, but I’m quite sensitive to it. I filled up another 5 gallon jug, so we now have 2 8 pound, and a 25 and a 40 pound weight. That and alternating running and jump rope should work fine for the duration. S is cutting up AriZona tea cans for her constellation work.

Thursday afternoon, meeting time. S is demotivated. I got stuff done, though, even though it’s super hard to focus and keep her on track too.

Friday, after work, waiting for S to finish her week’s work so I can scan it and ship it off to her teacher. Got all the rest scanned and in a Word doc. Got a decent amount of work done. Time to work out.

Here’s Thursday. Feeling a bit stir-crazy. And work is over. Got stuff done, but f’n admins changed AWS permissions without notice. Now I’m stuck going to UAT with untested changes. bleh. Jumped rope Tues., calves are OK, but my left Achilles is achy. We’re actually doing OK with the home w/o.

Friday, noon. Now 1. Stuff is sort of stalled right now-waiting. I have one task I can work on. Not much else-stuck at home. We planned meals for next week.

Tuesday afternoon. Pretty quiet because of everything. Skipped w/o Sunday, sore ankle and hip. Not much else-it’s been sunny and nice. House is staying pretty clean.

Thursday morning. Working on a large-scale query thing to update production data. Thursday, end of work. Got the prod thing done, added a logging bit. Notified people about data issue, need resolution of another issue. Missed a meeting at 8:30. Got an extortion spam email.

Friday afternoon, time to stop working. Have to get up at 9 on Sunday to run this production thing. Trying to fix another thing, waiting on access for a 3rd. Aaaah, work. At least I AM working, so… I keep looking at CV Stats and Oregon CV. House is doing fine, C is Spring cleaning, E is shopping, all garbed up. The temp is nice, so the back door is open. Mr Duck has visited, without Mrs. Duck. She’s either brooding or dead. Our neighbor quit feeding the squirrels, thankfully. Going to work out tonight. Maundy Thursday service last night, Bible study on Tues.-E was impressed at my insights. Read an interesting study of Fortune’s The Cosmic Doctrine.

Mr. Duck after a snack

Monday morning-I think I’ll call this. Monday evening-didn’t. Maybe now. Wednesday mid-morning. Now? Busy at work on a trans-gender thing-pretty cool, that, though the implementation is completely mundane-change objects, update a spreadsheet… No t’ai chi last night, ran and lifted only. All 3 Sunday. Not much else-maybe selling the Mirage and DDD-5.

OK, so it’s Friday morning. Def. going to call this. Guy wanted a barter for the Mirage, so no. Worked late-a thing we deployed failed-I fixed it, deployed and it ran OK. Not much else.

Links/viddys-brighter side:

Adorable skunks.

Not so bright: don’t even want to go there (especially now).

Page 23, sentence 5: “People who have this talent are great at making sure that everyone feels involved and part of any team effort.” StrengthsFinder 2.0.

April 14th, 2020

In a dentists office, waiting. Walk around back, talk to a lady while sitting with several others. We’re attracted to each other, but I know she’s naughty. We go sit in another area with another lady, both on my lap. My hands wander and start rubbing her. Walk back outside to the lobby and they’re waiting for me to leave and take some people with. Judy B is there-she gives me a shotgun, then falls asleep-I have to take her home. The lady and I got back into the office and she shows me her new desk. I’m mostly naked and aroused. I sit down and she sits on my lap and we pick out a picture frame-Christmas style. I start rubbing her again.

April 7th, 2020

Setting up for a party at the FrippCox’s. Walk around with them looking at everything. Work on setting up a reception table, take apart a Polaroid and spill ink everywhere. Walk out before anyone sees it. Go down the street, start back and call out to someone to fix the table. Go around the back and talk to someone before going in. It’s morning and I need to leave. Go into the bathroom and wash my hair. Someone comes in as I rinse.

Walk away from Jacques K as I steal a bottle of wine. Go down to a park as they follow. Try to get away by going down a slope. I put him into a bunch of fabric and twist it so he’s tangled up, then leave.

April 6th, 2020

Inside, something happens, then repeats. There’s falling orbs. The visitors are here. I go outside to make contact, and do the presence thing to announce it. They’re not lifting me, so I fly up on my own.

April 3rd, 2020

Going for an interview at Quest. Sitting in the car looking at papers. Go in and the person has a very low desk and chairs. She says it’s only temporary. I look over some docs for software. Walk out.

April 1st, 2020

Helping set up a presentation. Someone is arranging tiles on a big projection on the wall. It’s some financial thing. Go behind the wall and watch to make sure everything is going smoothly. Walk back to another office to get supplies. Start leaning up as everyone is leaving.

Walk outside and up a path to the river. Think about how easy it would be go hike up the mountain.

Drive into a tiny parking lot. Have to mess to turn around and bump into a building/fence. Drive out.

March 30th, 2020

Walking past PWS, trying to get to the train stop. Forget my stuff, have to go back. Walk upstairs, E has spilled water all over my stick case. There are towels all around it. I get it out and it’s dry. Play it a little bit. Go back downstairs, and Larry Bush is walking around with a placard touting a kite festival. Talk with a group of people about it and what kites they fly.

March 29th, 2020

Out on a Harley, come to an intersection, stop, then turn onto a street with a lot of people. Stop, they’re doing burn-outs. Come up to the line, do it, the bike shifts and I run into the car next to me. E freaks out and want to pay the guy, but he’s OK. Leave, take the bike to a shop because the wheels are all cut up. Park it, then go next door.

March 27th, 2020

At school, walking up the hill past the Res. Find 2 pennies, then a big square silver coin. Walk down between buildings.

Walking by a park. Lots of cars, one coming fast the wrong way. Get on the other side of the road as it crashes.

March 26th, 2020

In an office, trying to get all the little robots gathered up. Finally get them all, talk about how upgrade them using AI. Think it through, walk to another office and warn them that upgrading them with AI is a bad idea.

At church, they’re setting up something. Walk over and talk to Toyah. Someone is there and I want them to go away but they sit down next to her. I lay on the couch and roll it over and over and fall asleep. Wake up and Toyah is there.

At a fair, looking for the bathrooms, but all the good places are taken. Walk down to one and there are stalls with people selling new age stuff. The hidden bathroom there is full too. Walk back and find some open ones by the horse stalls.

March 25th, 2020

Walk into a classroom. The seats are mostly filled. Go into the cloakroom and it’s super smelly. Go out-the test is starting and my seat is in the middle. Look at the test and start filling it out.

March 24th, 2020

At J.D. Sullivan’s house. Outside trying to look for a prize-go to a soda stand to get clues. Go back to the house and look through a big pile of stuff. Find some stuff that looks like mine. Set up a rig. Go back to buy something that will give the last clue.

March 23rd, 2020

Walking down Alamitos in LB, there are a lot of demolished houses. Look for 1023, can’t see it, walk back and forth, they painted it blue. And didn’t do a good job.

Inside 1023, looking around, someone is sleeping on the couch. Go into the bedroom to get my stuff. Walk back to the living room and there are lights on the ceiling with switches in odd spots. Try to be quiet. Go outside and back in as the owner is trying to fix something. Leave, go down the stairs and he’s drilling and the building is shaking. Stuff is falling from the roof and I yell to Erika to leave fast. We get to the street and I yell to the owner that the roof is collapsing. He comes out as we run across the street, and looks over the collapsing stuff. I yell to get away, but the stairs collapse and he’s pinned. I yell at someone to call 911 and run to help. He’s all covered with blood. Suddenly he’s lying down in the courtyard and trying to get up. I hold him down, he’s shivering and I’m telling him he’s in shock. The paramedics come and start treating him. I’m still holding him down, and ask the paramedics if I can go.

March 22nd, 2020

Prepping to do a deep dive. Apprehensive. Get to the dock and the waves are high. Walk over, then get on the boat and sit at the stern.

Start the dishwasher, water is pouring out of a drain spout at bottom. Push it back, grab some towels to mop it up.

March 21st, 2020

Trying to gather stuff for a trip, but watching the girls shower. Walk to the classroom and arrange the stuff in boxes. Put the bikes in a group. Class ends and people get their stuff. Some guy is mad because his sandwich is crushed. He starts trying to fight me. I trap and joint lock him.

March 20th, 2020

In an office, talking about how IBM puts a little odd logo on all their products. Get to the elevator, one is just opening, get in. Smell smoke, someone says I’m on fire. Look down, the thing I’m holding caught my coat.

In an apartment, going to the illicit spa. A big Mob boss shows up, we have to be super nice to him. Let him in first, somebody doesn’t and we shove him away. Get in, walk over and he looks at me and asks me if he’s seen me before. I say no, because I was an informant. He buys it and I walk out the back way. There’s lots of fruit and produce being gone through.

March 19th, 2020

At my apartment, some people are coming over but I need to go out. Leave, walk to a corner gas station. There’s a car there with a body inside. I look, then go back to the apt. A whole bunch of people are there, I go to my bedroom to arrange stuff. Back out to the living room to give out the wifi password. try to do it, and finally just yell for everyone to listen. Start, then try again to get it right.

March 13th, 2020

Walk out of a train station. Go down the street, see a girl on the other side of the road. She looks over and comes over. I’m ready to go, and she says she doesn’t have a cover. I go to the closest store-it’s a tiny market. Look around, ask the guy where they are. I get one, and it’s high end and 5 pounds. I get one, go outside. She’s still there with her friends. We walk down the street.

March 11th, 2020

At Pioneer Square? Look through a bunch of random stuff-a computer case with games and cables, etc. Walk over to a food cart and get a pupusa. Watch people go to another cart and back.

March 10th, 2020

At work on the weekend. There’s a problem with one of the tallies on a report-#14. I walk around and look at it. Walk back to my desk and try to get things arranged-but someone’s there. Walk around the office with a guy. He’s picking up random stuff. We walk through the executive suite and back to the office. I comment about how much better it is without the mini.

Walk through the corridors back to my room-my pants are down. Some lady by the elevators is shocked and staring.