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Scott and Cordelia are up at his parents' place to celebrate his sister's birthday. I'm on the verge of falling over, so we all three concluded that I'd be better off staying home. It's an hour's drive each way, and there wouldn't have been any good options for me to lie down there.
Scott was very stressed this morning because he likes making photo cards for family birthdays and didn't manage one for his sister. I think it became a bigger failure in his mind than it really should be. She'd have liked one, but she also knows that we're not getting many cute kid photos now that all of the local kids are high school and older.
I'm trying to get myself back on track with the various things that need to be done. The fact that I can only be on my feet for a minute or two at a time is making it harder, and I keep pushing to finish things when I shouldn't and then end up unable to do anything at all. I just have to remind myself that I'm better off stopping in the middle and then coming back than I am not being able to do anything at all later today or tomorrow.
I've got a couple of appointments this week. I think I'm going to have to rely on cabs for them because I'm unlikely to make it back home if I go out by bus.
Scott and I have talked a bit more about the 2nd shift thing. He's holding onto the idea that it's temporary and will end by mid-December. I'm concerned that this is going to be a thing that keeps getting extended for 'a few more weeks' over and over because the staffing problems on 2nd shift are chronic. They can't keep employees, partly due to the time of day and partly due to lack of training (nobody wants to run big machines when they don't know what they're doing. Go figure), and kind of desperately need people exactly like Scott in terms of experience and reliability. Scott's space on 1st shift was filled more than a year ago, and 2nd shift is about three people down from where it should be.
I need to get Scott to apply for an absentee ballot. He'll be working 6:45 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. (or 8:00 p.m.) on election day. Even if he gets out of work on time, he can't possibly make it back here before the polls close. There's only one thing on the ballot, a millage for school maintenance/repair, and those usually pass under that circumstances, but... I would not like to see those expenses pulled out of the general fund. The local schools already have issues with insufficient funds there.
It looks like pomogranates are going on the 'not even in trace amounts' list with raspberries, blueberries, and strawberries. I had some candies containing pomogranate juice twice last week and ended up with intestinal trouble both times. I'm not pleased by this.
I'm also eying the Skittles that Scott bought for Halloween and wondering if the 'natural flavors' includes anything on the above list. I may test that later this week, but I'm not enthusiastic about dealing with the repercussions.
There's a family medicine practice in the same building where Cordelia's pediatrician is. I'm going to call them this week and see if Scott and I can transfer care there once we can no longer go to UHS. I don't like the location much, but getting there is feasible if I'm up to walking a bit (the UM shuttle doesn't actually stop near the building, so there'll be a 10 minute plus walk from the nearest stop) and if I'm up to sitting in the lot by 23 to wait for the transfer between the city bus and UM shuttle. It's something like a $17 cab ride each way (UHS is $11 once I add tip).
I really don't want to try to work with a new primary care doctor. Everything is so vastly complicated, and my UHS records go back to 1985.
Okay, back to the to-do list. I've got two things that I can do without a lot of physical effort and that aren't going to make me melt down mentally. After that, everything left is either physically too much or a thing that I really can't cope with at all but that has to be done ASAP (and has been flamingly urgent for over a week).
Most of the latter has to do with the LTD thing. I keep looking at what my mother has written and feeling like I need to qualify statements. For example, it says I can't tie my shoes. I often can't, but I did it once last week. Cue me freaking out over the statement. Lather, rinse, repeat without ceasing.
My mother is also concerned that the LTD people will find my fanfic and argue that it proves that I'm capable of being 'productive' as a freelancer. I'm not sure how to address that. I have periods when I suddenly write several short things or manage a single long thing, but I also have long periods when I don't write anything at all for weeks because I can't. A big part of me being able to write those things, though, is that the expectations and pressure are low. If I don't come up with anything, nothing particularly terrible happens.
A person being able to bake cookies occasionally in no way suits them to self-supporting by making cookies.
Scott was very stressed this morning because he likes making photo cards for family birthdays and didn't manage one for his sister. I think it became a bigger failure in his mind than it really should be. She'd have liked one, but she also knows that we're not getting many cute kid photos now that all of the local kids are high school and older.
I'm trying to get myself back on track with the various things that need to be done. The fact that I can only be on my feet for a minute or two at a time is making it harder, and I keep pushing to finish things when I shouldn't and then end up unable to do anything at all. I just have to remind myself that I'm better off stopping in the middle and then coming back than I am not being able to do anything at all later today or tomorrow.
I've got a couple of appointments this week. I think I'm going to have to rely on cabs for them because I'm unlikely to make it back home if I go out by bus.
Scott and I have talked a bit more about the 2nd shift thing. He's holding onto the idea that it's temporary and will end by mid-December. I'm concerned that this is going to be a thing that keeps getting extended for 'a few more weeks' over and over because the staffing problems on 2nd shift are chronic. They can't keep employees, partly due to the time of day and partly due to lack of training (nobody wants to run big machines when they don't know what they're doing. Go figure), and kind of desperately need people exactly like Scott in terms of experience and reliability. Scott's space on 1st shift was filled more than a year ago, and 2nd shift is about three people down from where it should be.
I need to get Scott to apply for an absentee ballot. He'll be working 6:45 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. (or 8:00 p.m.) on election day. Even if he gets out of work on time, he can't possibly make it back here before the polls close. There's only one thing on the ballot, a millage for school maintenance/repair, and those usually pass under that circumstances, but... I would not like to see those expenses pulled out of the general fund. The local schools already have issues with insufficient funds there.
It looks like pomogranates are going on the 'not even in trace amounts' list with raspberries, blueberries, and strawberries. I had some candies containing pomogranate juice twice last week and ended up with intestinal trouble both times. I'm not pleased by this.
I'm also eying the Skittles that Scott bought for Halloween and wondering if the 'natural flavors' includes anything on the above list. I may test that later this week, but I'm not enthusiastic about dealing with the repercussions.
There's a family medicine practice in the same building where Cordelia's pediatrician is. I'm going to call them this week and see if Scott and I can transfer care there once we can no longer go to UHS. I don't like the location much, but getting there is feasible if I'm up to walking a bit (the UM shuttle doesn't actually stop near the building, so there'll be a 10 minute plus walk from the nearest stop) and if I'm up to sitting in the lot by 23 to wait for the transfer between the city bus and UM shuttle. It's something like a $17 cab ride each way (UHS is $11 once I add tip).
I really don't want to try to work with a new primary care doctor. Everything is so vastly complicated, and my UHS records go back to 1985.
Okay, back to the to-do list. I've got two things that I can do without a lot of physical effort and that aren't going to make me melt down mentally. After that, everything left is either physically too much or a thing that I really can't cope with at all but that has to be done ASAP (and has been flamingly urgent for over a week).
Most of the latter has to do with the LTD thing. I keep looking at what my mother has written and feeling like I need to qualify statements. For example, it says I can't tie my shoes. I often can't, but I did it once last week. Cue me freaking out over the statement. Lather, rinse, repeat without ceasing.
My mother is also concerned that the LTD people will find my fanfic and argue that it proves that I'm capable of being 'productive' as a freelancer. I'm not sure how to address that. I have periods when I suddenly write several short things or manage a single long thing, but I also have long periods when I don't write anything at all for weeks because I can't. A big part of me being able to write those things, though, is that the expectations and pressure are low. If I don't come up with anything, nothing particularly terrible happens.
A person being able to bake cookies occasionally in no way suits them to self-supporting by making cookies.