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May. 11th, 2020 01:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_rckI lost three days last week to migraine, two days with the actual migraine and one with hangover exhaustion. I still have no idea what caused the headache or what made it finally go away.
I'm not really sure what happened to the rest of the week. Well, no. I dived into rereading some very long fics and kept thinking that I'd do other things 'soon.'
My hands are giving me a lot of trouble. I can't type for very long at a sustained pace. Writing and chatting are possible because I have natural pauses in my rhythm-- for composition-- that let me rest a bit. Typing without those pauses only works for 5-10 minutes before it starts hurting; I push it further, though, and end up taking a very long time to recover.
Yesterday, we got food from Saica, a nearby Japanese restaurant. Sadly, it was all cold by the time it got to us. We wanted to order from Totoro, but they're only doing pick up right now. Their location makes that not really a great option. We found one delivery site that claimed to work with them, but it kept telling us that they weren't open even though the Totoro website was quite clear that they were open for pick up.
We had the weekly Zoom chat with Scott's extended family. We got a time extension which was awkward for me because my laptop really overheats during those. It doesn't like streaming audio or video; both at once is too much. It's less upset when I play audio from internal storage.
I think that my current laptop stand doesn't help. It's metal, and it heats up as much as the laptop itself does. When I'm in the bedroom, it can't seem to shed that heat nearly as well as when I'm in the living room. I think that the plastic table there is simply better at spreading that heat than the mattress pad and sheets are.
The power cord in the bedroom is also more vulnerable to damage than the one in the living room because there's no way to plug it in in the bedroom without having it cross space that people walk through. The cord in the living room drapes over part of the couch and doesn't go anywhere where it will be yanked. At any rate, charging in the bedroom makes the laptop heat in the same place that playing audio/video does while charging in the living room doesn't make it heat up.
I just can't be in the living room a lot of the time. Cordelia doesn't want me there when she's watching things (partly because I don't enjoy her shows and partly because she sits where I want to. Me going out there while she is means rearranging things), and, for the Zoom chats, I'm trying to get far enough away from Scott and Cordelia that we don't feedback on each other's audio.
I need to do a few things today and need to corner Cordelia and make her help me with the hand intensive parts. I don't think I can manage any of the following without her help.
Sort and fold laundry. (I have problems disentangling the stuff that clings together. It's a weight and grip problem.)
Make biscuits. (I need help with the mixing.)
Make soup. (I need help with chopping and stirring.)
Put away dishes. (I can deal with some of the stuff that won't break if I drop it, but the heavy things hurt my hands.)
Clear the living room floor for PT. (I haven't done PT for several days because the floor is covered with stuff I can't shift without help. I also can't use a broom without hurting my hands beyond bearing.)
Clean kitchen counters and stove top. (I can wipe things but can't move the things that need moving.)
Make a pitcher of cold brew tea. (I need help opening the tea packets.)
I'm trying to get back to reading here regularly and to opening Discord and Gchat. I just keep putting it off and then realize that the time commitment has gotten bigger because of the delay. Which leads to more avoidance.
I'm not really sure what happened to the rest of the week. Well, no. I dived into rereading some very long fics and kept thinking that I'd do other things 'soon.'
My hands are giving me a lot of trouble. I can't type for very long at a sustained pace. Writing and chatting are possible because I have natural pauses in my rhythm-- for composition-- that let me rest a bit. Typing without those pauses only works for 5-10 minutes before it starts hurting; I push it further, though, and end up taking a very long time to recover.
Yesterday, we got food from Saica, a nearby Japanese restaurant. Sadly, it was all cold by the time it got to us. We wanted to order from Totoro, but they're only doing pick up right now. Their location makes that not really a great option. We found one delivery site that claimed to work with them, but it kept telling us that they weren't open even though the Totoro website was quite clear that they were open for pick up.
We had the weekly Zoom chat with Scott's extended family. We got a time extension which was awkward for me because my laptop really overheats during those. It doesn't like streaming audio or video; both at once is too much. It's less upset when I play audio from internal storage.
I think that my current laptop stand doesn't help. It's metal, and it heats up as much as the laptop itself does. When I'm in the bedroom, it can't seem to shed that heat nearly as well as when I'm in the living room. I think that the plastic table there is simply better at spreading that heat than the mattress pad and sheets are.
The power cord in the bedroom is also more vulnerable to damage than the one in the living room because there's no way to plug it in in the bedroom without having it cross space that people walk through. The cord in the living room drapes over part of the couch and doesn't go anywhere where it will be yanked. At any rate, charging in the bedroom makes the laptop heat in the same place that playing audio/video does while charging in the living room doesn't make it heat up.
I just can't be in the living room a lot of the time. Cordelia doesn't want me there when she's watching things (partly because I don't enjoy her shows and partly because she sits where I want to. Me going out there while she is means rearranging things), and, for the Zoom chats, I'm trying to get far enough away from Scott and Cordelia that we don't feedback on each other's audio.
I need to do a few things today and need to corner Cordelia and make her help me with the hand intensive parts. I don't think I can manage any of the following without her help.
Sort and fold laundry. (I have problems disentangling the stuff that clings together. It's a weight and grip problem.)
Make biscuits. (I need help with the mixing.)
Make soup. (I need help with chopping and stirring.)
Put away dishes. (I can deal with some of the stuff that won't break if I drop it, but the heavy things hurt my hands.)
Clear the living room floor for PT. (I haven't done PT for several days because the floor is covered with stuff I can't shift without help. I also can't use a broom without hurting my hands beyond bearing.)
Clean kitchen counters and stove top. (I can wipe things but can't move the things that need moving.)
Make a pitcher of cold brew tea. (I need help opening the tea packets.)
I'm trying to get back to reading here regularly and to opening Discord and Gchat. I just keep putting it off and then realize that the time commitment has gotten bigger because of the delay. Which leads to more avoidance.
