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Feb. 27th, 2016 12:53 pmI don’t know where our public library sources its cataloging, but the entries for CDs are horribly inconsistent and careless. I find a fair number that name the wrong primary artist. Things that are multi-artist tributes to other artists are often cataloged as if they were performances by the honoree which is very confusing if one is only interested in their actual performances. I’m also seeing a lot of single artist albums that don’t have an artist specified. (The artists are secondary tags, so they’re searchable. It’s just that the top level view doesn’t show any artist at all.)
I slept on the loveseat again last night and actually slept pretty soundly. I used a towel to block the gaps in the leg rest, and that helped with the draft considerably. I had Scott pick me up a blindfold thingy so that I would be able to sleep past dawn, and I ended up not waking up until after 10:30. That wasn’t great in terms of the meds I should have taken around 8:00, but I obviously needed the sleep. The way I feel right now, I could probably sleep more if it weren’t for needing to drink lots and lots of fluids.
I’m coughing more than I was. After I got up to take my thyroid medicine at 5:00, I spent about fifteen minutes coughing. That’s something that hasn’t happened before during this illness. I’m not pleased by the development. It’s a dry cough, too, so it’s not even remotely useful. I’ve also got a little bit of popping/crackling in my lungs from time to time. That made me get my act together and see a doctor yesterday. She ordered a chest x-ray which came back clear. She recommended that I keep doing what I have been doing except to switch from Tylenol to naproxen.
The clinic does an alcohol use and depression screening at every appointment. That consists of a form with a list of questions. I had to laugh at the depression one because, just based on being sick, I would have ticked off most of the points as problems. I’m not sleeping well. I have appetite changes. I have little/no interest in things I usually enjoy. I’m having trouble doing my normal activities. But, you know, I’ve got the flu. It’s not depression. I think it might be hard enough to screen acutely sick people for depression based on a 'In the last two weeks, how often have you…" questionnaire that it might not be worth doing.
I’m trying to make a grocery list, but I’m having trouble because the only food that sounds good right now is salty junk. I might be interested in something like cake or cookies, too, but those don’t sound as appealing.
This was apparently the wrong week to get that 63 CD set out of the library. I’ve only listened to six CDs so far. I’ve got the thing for all of next week, too, but I think I’m going to have to hope that I can renew it when it comes due. I tried watching my can’t be renewed DVD yesterday, but I couldn’t focus on it at all. I think I got about fifteen minutes in, but I have no idea who any of the characters are or what’s going on.
I think I’m going to crawl back under the blankets, put the blindfold back on, and see if I can sleep some more.
I slept on the loveseat again last night and actually slept pretty soundly. I used a towel to block the gaps in the leg rest, and that helped with the draft considerably. I had Scott pick me up a blindfold thingy so that I would be able to sleep past dawn, and I ended up not waking up until after 10:30. That wasn’t great in terms of the meds I should have taken around 8:00, but I obviously needed the sleep. The way I feel right now, I could probably sleep more if it weren’t for needing to drink lots and lots of fluids.
I’m coughing more than I was. After I got up to take my thyroid medicine at 5:00, I spent about fifteen minutes coughing. That’s something that hasn’t happened before during this illness. I’m not pleased by the development. It’s a dry cough, too, so it’s not even remotely useful. I’ve also got a little bit of popping/crackling in my lungs from time to time. That made me get my act together and see a doctor yesterday. She ordered a chest x-ray which came back clear. She recommended that I keep doing what I have been doing except to switch from Tylenol to naproxen.
The clinic does an alcohol use and depression screening at every appointment. That consists of a form with a list of questions. I had to laugh at the depression one because, just based on being sick, I would have ticked off most of the points as problems. I’m not sleeping well. I have appetite changes. I have little/no interest in things I usually enjoy. I’m having trouble doing my normal activities. But, you know, I’ve got the flu. It’s not depression. I think it might be hard enough to screen acutely sick people for depression based on a 'In the last two weeks, how often have you…" questionnaire that it might not be worth doing.
I’m trying to make a grocery list, but I’m having trouble because the only food that sounds good right now is salty junk. I might be interested in something like cake or cookies, too, but those don’t sound as appealing.
This was apparently the wrong week to get that 63 CD set out of the library. I’ve only listened to six CDs so far. I’ve got the thing for all of next week, too, but I think I’m going to have to hope that I can renew it when it comes due. I tried watching my can’t be renewed DVD yesterday, but I couldn’t focus on it at all. I think I got about fifteen minutes in, but I have no idea who any of the characters are or what’s going on.
I think I’m going to crawl back under the blankets, put the blindfold back on, and see if I can sleep some more.
