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the_rckAt this point, I don't see any likelihood that Scott's work will close even temporarily. They make plastic bottles for water, milk, juice, etc., and each machine needs someone watching it to deal with problems and to make the changeovers to accommodate different types of bottles (handles and caps, mostly, but also labels and, sometimes, weight of plastic used).
His work is having staff clean all of the usual contact surfaces-- control panels, levers, tables, etc-- at the end of each shift. Normally, there's only one person using any given surface per shift. Mostly.
Scott has been stopping, briefly, at Meijer, on his way home from work every day in hope of finding toilet paper and distilled water. He's shifted to using boiled water for his sinus wash, but we can't do that for our cpaps. I hesitate to ask Scott to look for other things because each item adds time to his day; he doesn't know the store layout well enough to find things efficiently and keeps having to double back.
I'll probably ask him to pick up some extra things Friday night since he (hopefully) won't have to work Saturday. (Weekend work is possible given that there's an unexpectedly high demand for bottled water.)
We're reasonably good on shelf stable food options, but I'm concerned about our status with perishable foods. For example, I use half and half in my coffee every morning. I haven't got any viable substitutions (same fat content and type of fat, no sweeteners, same consistency/texture, no separation), and I can't make an open container of the stuff not go bad after about 10 days. This makes stocking up hard.
I'm trying to come up with other alternatives for my morning caffeine, but it's really hard to hide 900 mg of salt in anything but coffee, and I can't drink the stuff without half and half. My body refuses it completely. The no sweeteners thing means carbonated caffeinated beverages are out for everyday consumption.
I can pretty certainly get past the caffeine withdrawal, but it will be miserable, and it doesn't solve the salt problem. I salt everything, all day, but that 900 mg in the morning is probably half to two thirds of what I add. I feel less well on days when I don't get that salt even when I get normal for me amounts of caffeine.
Our cleaning lady isn't coming today. Her text said something about someone being in the hospital (the exact bit was 'my da8at hospital'), but I'm not clear about who, and I didn't ask about the reason. I didn't think it was my business. I just assured her that we're okay and will be fine on our own. I told her that our prayers are with her.
She has a daughter who lives locally and who works in a nursing home, so I fear the daughter may be ill. Otherwise, our cleaning lady works mostly for people who are too old or too disabled to manage without help. She's semi-retired and not taking new clients to replace those who no longer need her. It's possible that the person in the hospital is another of her clients.
It doesn't really matter. Doing some cleaning around the house will help keep Cordelia busy. Her school work isn't filling even half of her normal school hours. Maybe it will eventually, but I suspect not. When school is meeting normally, she seldom has more than an hour of homework each night, total. Class periods are long enough (only 5 classes a day) that most of the work can be completed in class. Most of the teachers deliberately schedule to allow in school work time so that they can see what the kids are having problems with.
I haven't gone for any walks yet. Yesterday, it rained in the mid to late afternoon. Tuesday, I just got distracted. Repeatedly.
I have two Overdrive ebooks to finish today, before they expire. Part of me doesn't want to, but I know I'll regret it if I don't because I have been enjoying both. I have a couple of Overdrive audiobooks to finish, too, but I've got a few more days on those.
We got Chinese food delivered from Evergreen yesterday for lunch. The driver set the bag on the porch, rang the bell, and retreated. They stayed long enough to be sure that someone came out for the bag, but, judging by the volume of Scott's 'thank you!' the driver must have been out by the main sidewalk.
Last night, I wrote a treat for a flash exchange that I don't plan to sign up for. It's an exchange for having nice things happen to characters, and, while that's a thing I can sometimes write, I'm not certain enough of my current ability to make signing up seem like a good idea. Most of the request are things I simply can't write, and a lot of the rest are things I don't want to write. There are more than 20 pages of requests, and I think I found four that I'd consider trying. The one I wrote last night was the only one that felt like something I really, really wanted to write.
To-do list:
Things Cordelia can help with
Prod Cordelia into doing cleaning (sweep and mop floors, scrub kitchen counters and stove top, wash inside microwave, empty and refill dishwasher, wash bathroom sink, tub, and toilet. Other things below as time allows.)
Change our sheets.
Cook sweet potatoes.
Bake banana bread.
Figure out something to do with all of these carrots.
Clean out refrigerator to get rid of things that have gone bad.
Clean out fruit bowl. Petrified citrus fruits are extremely unlikely to get eaten.
Inventory cans, cupboards, freezer, fridge (fridge in parts?).
Collapse some of the boxes in the basement for recycling.
Clean freezer in basement for possible use.
Boil water, cool an hour, and pour into designated bottle. Needs two or three cycles to fill the bottle.
Things only I can do
Actually get dressed.
Call for cpap supplies.
Read those ebooks.
Edit and post the treat.
Take a walk.
Nominate for Fandom 5K.
Check my prescriptions to estimate refill dates.
Fill out form to get a copy of my birth certificate.
Fill out insurance claims.
Upper body PT twice.
Lower body PT once.
Make backup copies of Gdocs stuff on my hard drive.
Things for Scott to do
Change the lint catcher stocking on the laundry drainage hose. (This needs a wrench, and I can't do it safely.)
Other things to be added to the list as I think of them.
His work is having staff clean all of the usual contact surfaces-- control panels, levers, tables, etc-- at the end of each shift. Normally, there's only one person using any given surface per shift. Mostly.
Scott has been stopping, briefly, at Meijer, on his way home from work every day in hope of finding toilet paper and distilled water. He's shifted to using boiled water for his sinus wash, but we can't do that for our cpaps. I hesitate to ask Scott to look for other things because each item adds time to his day; he doesn't know the store layout well enough to find things efficiently and keeps having to double back.
I'll probably ask him to pick up some extra things Friday night since he (hopefully) won't have to work Saturday. (Weekend work is possible given that there's an unexpectedly high demand for bottled water.)
We're reasonably good on shelf stable food options, but I'm concerned about our status with perishable foods. For example, I use half and half in my coffee every morning. I haven't got any viable substitutions (same fat content and type of fat, no sweeteners, same consistency/texture, no separation), and I can't make an open container of the stuff not go bad after about 10 days. This makes stocking up hard.
I'm trying to come up with other alternatives for my morning caffeine, but it's really hard to hide 900 mg of salt in anything but coffee, and I can't drink the stuff without half and half. My body refuses it completely. The no sweeteners thing means carbonated caffeinated beverages are out for everyday consumption.
I can pretty certainly get past the caffeine withdrawal, but it will be miserable, and it doesn't solve the salt problem. I salt everything, all day, but that 900 mg in the morning is probably half to two thirds of what I add. I feel less well on days when I don't get that salt even when I get normal for me amounts of caffeine.
Our cleaning lady isn't coming today. Her text said something about someone being in the hospital (the exact bit was 'my da8at hospital'), but I'm not clear about who, and I didn't ask about the reason. I didn't think it was my business. I just assured her that we're okay and will be fine on our own. I told her that our prayers are with her.
She has a daughter who lives locally and who works in a nursing home, so I fear the daughter may be ill. Otherwise, our cleaning lady works mostly for people who are too old or too disabled to manage without help. She's semi-retired and not taking new clients to replace those who no longer need her. It's possible that the person in the hospital is another of her clients.
It doesn't really matter. Doing some cleaning around the house will help keep Cordelia busy. Her school work isn't filling even half of her normal school hours. Maybe it will eventually, but I suspect not. When school is meeting normally, she seldom has more than an hour of homework each night, total. Class periods are long enough (only 5 classes a day) that most of the work can be completed in class. Most of the teachers deliberately schedule to allow in school work time so that they can see what the kids are having problems with.
I haven't gone for any walks yet. Yesterday, it rained in the mid to late afternoon. Tuesday, I just got distracted. Repeatedly.
I have two Overdrive ebooks to finish today, before they expire. Part of me doesn't want to, but I know I'll regret it if I don't because I have been enjoying both. I have a couple of Overdrive audiobooks to finish, too, but I've got a few more days on those.
We got Chinese food delivered from Evergreen yesterday for lunch. The driver set the bag on the porch, rang the bell, and retreated. They stayed long enough to be sure that someone came out for the bag, but, judging by the volume of Scott's 'thank you!' the driver must have been out by the main sidewalk.
Last night, I wrote a treat for a flash exchange that I don't plan to sign up for. It's an exchange for having nice things happen to characters, and, while that's a thing I can sometimes write, I'm not certain enough of my current ability to make signing up seem like a good idea. Most of the request are things I simply can't write, and a lot of the rest are things I don't want to write. There are more than 20 pages of requests, and I think I found four that I'd consider trying. The one I wrote last night was the only one that felt like something I really, really wanted to write.
To-do list:
Things Cordelia can help with
Prod Cordelia into doing cleaning (sweep and mop floors, scrub kitchen counters and stove top, wash inside microwave, empty and refill dishwasher, wash bathroom sink, tub, and toilet. Other things below as time allows.)
Change our sheets.
Cook sweet potatoes.
Bake banana bread.
Figure out something to do with all of these carrots.
Clean out refrigerator to get rid of things that have gone bad.
Clean out fruit bowl. Petrified citrus fruits are extremely unlikely to get eaten.
Inventory cans, cupboards, freezer, fridge (fridge in parts?).
Collapse some of the boxes in the basement for recycling.
Clean freezer in basement for possible use.
Boil water, cool an hour, and pour into designated bottle. Needs two or three cycles to fill the bottle.
Things only I can do
Actually get dressed.
Call for cpap supplies.
Read those ebooks.
Edit and post the treat.
Take a walk.
Nominate for Fandom 5K.
Check my prescriptions to estimate refill dates.
Fill out form to get a copy of my birth certificate.
Fill out insurance claims.
Upper body PT twice.
Lower body PT once.
Make backup copies of Gdocs stuff on my hard drive.
Things for Scott to do
Change the lint catcher stocking on the laundry drainage hose. (This needs a wrench, and I can't do it safely.)
Other things to be added to the list as I think of them.
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Date: 2020-03-20 02:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-03-20 08:50 pm (UTC)Hugs!!