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Jul. 6th, 2016 12:09 pmI have not yet made it in for my fasting blood draw. I had a terrible time sleeping last night. I got to bed at 11:30 but didn’t actually sleep until some time after 2:30 (Scott got up at 2:00 so he could be at work at 3:00). Then I woke at 6:30 and didn’t sleep again until some time after 7:00. I was awakened about 10:15 by a phone call and was so out of it that I grabbed the wrong phone (I have no idea why we still have the old phone sitting on my night table, right next to the working phone. Probably because unplugging it would require major moving of furniture).
At any rate, I wasn’t prepared to try to go out under the circumstances. I also need to figure out what’s going on with the bus I would take there and back. There’s a road closure between here and UHS in a spot where there is no reasonable alternate route, so I don’t know where the bus is and isn’t going. I don’t see it skipping either the hospital or central campus, but getting between the two is very difficult right now.
Ah. Okay. I just checked the website. Part of what I thought was closed is apparently open, so the bus can turn right instead of left at a particular intersection that I thought was completely impassable. The detour will add several minutes to each trip, but the bus will still go to the stop I need. Unfortunately, due to a completely different construction project, the outbound buses on that route will be skipping my stop. The nearest stop is too far away for me to walk home. I can, in theory, get off the outbound bus there and then cross the street and wait and catch the inbound to get to my stop, but that’s… Well, it feels really stupid to do when it’s only about half a mile. There aren’t any stops in between the two. But, you know, I can’t walk that half mile and then walk the quarter mile up the hill to home. I’m not absolutely sure I can walk that half mile at all, even without considering the additional distance.
My other options for getting home are calling a cab and walking several blocks to catch a different outbound bus that will get me close to home. I prefer that bus because it drops me at the top of the hill, but it means a pretty long walk to catch it. I’m not sure I’ll want to do it (or be able to) after a fasting blood draw. I think the closest thing to a restaurant serving breakfast in between UHS and that bus is a coffee shop that sells pastries and muffins. Most places around central campus don’t open until 11:00 or 11:30. I’m not sure if there are any benches along the way that would be in the shade where I could eat something that I brought with me. That is, I’m sure there are benches. If nothing else, there are some immediately outside UHS, but those are definitely not shaded.
Scott said last night that it’s quite possible he’ll have to go in early tomorrow, too. I’m hoping that that won’t happen, but I’m not holding my breath. At least we have food prepared that will last us through dinner tomorrow and maybe even dinner Friday. I should probably pull a pork shoulder out of the basement freezer and start it thawing. Those things are big and thick, so it’s likely to take several days to thaw. Maybe I’ll pull out some fish, too. Scott forgets that we’ve got that. Unfortunately, the various types of fish aren’t labeled, so we kind of have to guess at the best way to prepare whatever we pull out.
I’m trying to push Scott to buy more meat on sale. We barely use the freezer in the basement, to the point that he keeps talking about getting rid of it. I’d rather start buying stuff on sale and sticking it in there. I don’t want to put vegetables down there because I know we’ll forget them, but I don’t think we’ll forget about meat because it’s more… Central is the wrong word. More that it’s the bit of food preparation that requires the most forethought. Frozen vegetables don’t need to be considered until five minutes before we want to serve them. That makes it less likely that we’ll think of going into the basement after them.
ETA: Probably what I ought to do, with regard to the bus home thing, is to take the #23, the bus I'd normally take to get home, inbound to the downtown station and then transfer to the #22. I don't like transferring downtown (though I have no good reason for it). The worst that happens is that I have to sit for fifteen to twenty minutes. The station building is air conditioned, and I could eat in there if I needed to. (I don't want to wait at the actual stop outside any longer than I have to because there are always people smoking there.)
At any rate, I wasn’t prepared to try to go out under the circumstances. I also need to figure out what’s going on with the bus I would take there and back. There’s a road closure between here and UHS in a spot where there is no reasonable alternate route, so I don’t know where the bus is and isn’t going. I don’t see it skipping either the hospital or central campus, but getting between the two is very difficult right now.
Ah. Okay. I just checked the website. Part of what I thought was closed is apparently open, so the bus can turn right instead of left at a particular intersection that I thought was completely impassable. The detour will add several minutes to each trip, but the bus will still go to the stop I need. Unfortunately, due to a completely different construction project, the outbound buses on that route will be skipping my stop. The nearest stop is too far away for me to walk home. I can, in theory, get off the outbound bus there and then cross the street and wait and catch the inbound to get to my stop, but that’s… Well, it feels really stupid to do when it’s only about half a mile. There aren’t any stops in between the two. But, you know, I can’t walk that half mile and then walk the quarter mile up the hill to home. I’m not absolutely sure I can walk that half mile at all, even without considering the additional distance.
My other options for getting home are calling a cab and walking several blocks to catch a different outbound bus that will get me close to home. I prefer that bus because it drops me at the top of the hill, but it means a pretty long walk to catch it. I’m not sure I’ll want to do it (or be able to) after a fasting blood draw. I think the closest thing to a restaurant serving breakfast in between UHS and that bus is a coffee shop that sells pastries and muffins. Most places around central campus don’t open until 11:00 or 11:30. I’m not sure if there are any benches along the way that would be in the shade where I could eat something that I brought with me. That is, I’m sure there are benches. If nothing else, there are some immediately outside UHS, but those are definitely not shaded.
Scott said last night that it’s quite possible he’ll have to go in early tomorrow, too. I’m hoping that that won’t happen, but I’m not holding my breath. At least we have food prepared that will last us through dinner tomorrow and maybe even dinner Friday. I should probably pull a pork shoulder out of the basement freezer and start it thawing. Those things are big and thick, so it’s likely to take several days to thaw. Maybe I’ll pull out some fish, too. Scott forgets that we’ve got that. Unfortunately, the various types of fish aren’t labeled, so we kind of have to guess at the best way to prepare whatever we pull out.
I’m trying to push Scott to buy more meat on sale. We barely use the freezer in the basement, to the point that he keeps talking about getting rid of it. I’d rather start buying stuff on sale and sticking it in there. I don’t want to put vegetables down there because I know we’ll forget them, but I don’t think we’ll forget about meat because it’s more… Central is the wrong word. More that it’s the bit of food preparation that requires the most forethought. Frozen vegetables don’t need to be considered until five minutes before we want to serve them. That makes it less likely that we’ll think of going into the basement after them.
ETA: Probably what I ought to do, with regard to the bus home thing, is to take the #23, the bus I'd normally take to get home, inbound to the downtown station and then transfer to the #22. I don't like transferring downtown (though I have no good reason for it). The worst that happens is that I have to sit for fifteen to twenty minutes. The station building is air conditioned, and I could eat in there if I needed to. (I don't want to wait at the actual stop outside any longer than I have to because there are always people smoking there.)
