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Apr. 30th, 2020 02:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_rckMy allergies are still acting up. I have no solid idea about why they're so much worse this year (including last fall) than usual. My suspicion is that there's some low level allergen around pretty constantly that's making my immune system crankier and more likely to overreact to things that would normally be minor. As to what that could be, I have zero clue.
If last fall had been normal for me rather than filled with the LTD appeal and insurance uncertainties, I'd have tried to get a referral to an allergist. I don't see such a referral as a good option right now, either, just for very different reasons. I think I may send my doctor a patient portal message about it anyway. It might take months to get to see someone anyway.
Sleep last night wasn't great. I was both too warm and too cold, just different parts of my body, and I kept sneezing off and on. I spent a lot of time in that weird state of being aware of being in bed and of my body and surroundings while still having uncontrollable dream nonsense running through my head.
That's more restful than not sleeping at all, but it's not really refreshing. I spend a lot of energy on deciding whether or not x or y bit of information from my body merits movement and risk of full waking. I can manage some things-- for example adjusting my cpap headgear strap when it starts slipping on my hair or sticking a foot out from under the blankets when my feet feel too warm-- but others are less feasible. I can't shift my pillows or ease my back and/or shoulders and/or hips. I can't relayer the sheet and blankets.
Today's to-do list includes making biscuits (if I can get Cordelia to help) and a load of laundry. I should probably start the grocery list, too.
We've been experimenting with Todoist for that which Scott likes a great deal and I'm less enthusiastic about. My main objection is that I dislike having to open the program every time I think of something to put on the list. My usual approach is to keep the paper list by me for most of a day and jot things down as I'm reminded. On Scott's side, it's better than the paper list because he can check things off and tell with a glance what he hasn't picked up yet.
On the whole, Scott's needs are more important here because the paper list does lead to him missing things when I make a mistake about which section of the store the item is in or when that bit is too near the folds he makes in the list to get it into his pocket. Dental items have consistently been casualties of that second problem because the box for that part of the store is bisected by a fold.
If last fall had been normal for me rather than filled with the LTD appeal and insurance uncertainties, I'd have tried to get a referral to an allergist. I don't see such a referral as a good option right now, either, just for very different reasons. I think I may send my doctor a patient portal message about it anyway. It might take months to get to see someone anyway.
Sleep last night wasn't great. I was both too warm and too cold, just different parts of my body, and I kept sneezing off and on. I spent a lot of time in that weird state of being aware of being in bed and of my body and surroundings while still having uncontrollable dream nonsense running through my head.
That's more restful than not sleeping at all, but it's not really refreshing. I spend a lot of energy on deciding whether or not x or y bit of information from my body merits movement and risk of full waking. I can manage some things-- for example adjusting my cpap headgear strap when it starts slipping on my hair or sticking a foot out from under the blankets when my feet feel too warm-- but others are less feasible. I can't shift my pillows or ease my back and/or shoulders and/or hips. I can't relayer the sheet and blankets.
Today's to-do list includes making biscuits (if I can get Cordelia to help) and a load of laundry. I should probably start the grocery list, too.
We've been experimenting with Todoist for that which Scott likes a great deal and I'm less enthusiastic about. My main objection is that I dislike having to open the program every time I think of something to put on the list. My usual approach is to keep the paper list by me for most of a day and jot things down as I'm reminded. On Scott's side, it's better than the paper list because he can check things off and tell with a glance what he hasn't picked up yet.
On the whole, Scott's needs are more important here because the paper list does lead to him missing things when I make a mistake about which section of the store the item is in or when that bit is too near the folds he makes in the list to get it into his pocket. Dental items have consistently been casualties of that second problem because the box for that part of the store is bisected by a fold.
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Date: 2020-05-01 07:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-05-03 06:06 am (UTC)The phone option is what makes the program useful for my husband, though, so that part is necessary, too. He’s not likely to forget his phone, and it’s easier to track than a paper list.