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Sep. 9th, 2015 12:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_rckCordelia is worried about what to do with her viola on orchestra days. Last year, the orchestra room was right at the foot of the stairs, so she could drop it off on her way upstairs. This year, the orchestra room is quite far away, and she only has three minutes to get upstairs, stow her stuff in her locker and get back downstairs to her first class. Dropping off her viola would take at least a minute, likely more, and the viola won't fit in her locker. Her homeroom teacher told her to just carry her viola with her to her first class (second class is orchestra), and I expect everybody else will be doing the same. None of them, after all, have any more time than Cordelia does. Cordelia is just afraid that her teacher for her first class will give her a hard time about it.
Today is a bad day, pain-wise. I'm not sure why, and there really isn't much I can do about it. I don't want to double up on the hydrocodone (it's prescribed as 1-2 tablets every 4-6 hours. I'm taking 1 every 4-5 hours with a longer gap at night), but I haven't got any other ideas. There's a bit in my armpit that's numb to the touch but both hurts and itches. I'm hoping that's a sign that I may get some feeling back rather than something that's going to persist long term.
People are talking about what to nominate for Yuletide right now. I went as far as finding the document in which I saved my list of things I'd consider nominating, but I can't seem to find much enthusiasm for any of those fandoms. I think it's part of my generally not having enthusiasm for anything right now. I find myself kind of vaguely wanting to read or watch something without being able to bring myself to actually open anything. I've got the NFE archive and the Parallels archive open in tabs, but I haven't actually clicked on a single story.
I need to continue with Once Upon a Time. I don't care about it at all, and I've stalled out at a point where I know very bad things are about to happen (it's a backstory bit), and I'm actually considering skipping the rest of that episode because I really don't think I can handle it otherwise. Scott thinks it would be really neat if all three of us had something we wanted to watch together in the evenings, and I agree in a vague sort of way. It would be nice to have something that prompted Cordelia to stay in the living room with us for a little while.
Right at the moment, I'm watching The Magic School Bus. I like the series, and I thought it would be pretty completely lacking in anything that would increase my anxiety or otherwise feel that I couldn't face going on.
I ended up having a little bit of vague conversation with Cordelia yesterday about sex related issues that was prompted by her mentioning that she'll have a health class this year. I told her that there are a lot of things that the class ought to cover and won't and that she should talk to me or her father if she has any questions. I talked a little about birth control and being willing to help her access it. I talked a little about consent. She said that she'd rather talk to me than Scott but that she's decidedly not interested in sex and can't imagine ever being. Which, well, may or may not change later; she's twelve, after all. I hope she'll be sensible if it does. I'm certainly going to try to encourage her to be.
I'm finding myself very tempted to chop off my hair. I'm sure I would regret it if I did, but it's really adding to how much my back itches. I can't seem to find anything to do with my hair that keeps it entirely off my back. I suppose I could ask Scott to get me some bobby pins so that I can put it in a bun, but that would probably give me headaches. I don't know.
I also keep finding myself wanting to bake brownies or a cake, but I can't face having the oven on for that long. Our AC doesn't do a good job of compensating for that. It's apparently pretty cool outside (my phone says it's 69F at the airport), but that doesn't translate to it being cooler in here, not after such a short time. Cordelia has been complaining that it's too cold in her bedroom, though. She's been putting on pants and a sweatshirt when she's going to be sitting in there. I have trouble believing that it could be that cold in there, but... well, she can wear what she wants. Within certain limits-- I think her school has a dress code of some sort, after all. Nothing she's wanted to wear has ever seemed likely to break that as she doesn't go for spaghetti straps or anything like that.
Cordelia says she's been having trouble sleeping since the clindamyacin cream ran out. Her back itches when she uses it but itches even more when she doesn't. Unfortunately, we can't get more of that until the 13th, so she's stuck. I wish I had some idea of a solution. Maybe I should call her dermatologist and ask. I'm probably more likely to do that than to call my surgeon about the pathology report, and I really ought to do that.
I need to make sure that the laundry actually gets done tonight. I'm not sure I have clean clothes to put on. Unfortunately, I need either Scott or Cordelia for laundry until I can lift things again, and I keep getting distracted when they're home. I successfully emptied the dishwasher yesterday, and I hope to load it today.
Today is a bad day, pain-wise. I'm not sure why, and there really isn't much I can do about it. I don't want to double up on the hydrocodone (it's prescribed as 1-2 tablets every 4-6 hours. I'm taking 1 every 4-5 hours with a longer gap at night), but I haven't got any other ideas. There's a bit in my armpit that's numb to the touch but both hurts and itches. I'm hoping that's a sign that I may get some feeling back rather than something that's going to persist long term.
People are talking about what to nominate for Yuletide right now. I went as far as finding the document in which I saved my list of things I'd consider nominating, but I can't seem to find much enthusiasm for any of those fandoms. I think it's part of my generally not having enthusiasm for anything right now. I find myself kind of vaguely wanting to read or watch something without being able to bring myself to actually open anything. I've got the NFE archive and the Parallels archive open in tabs, but I haven't actually clicked on a single story.
I need to continue with Once Upon a Time. I don't care about it at all, and I've stalled out at a point where I know very bad things are about to happen (it's a backstory bit), and I'm actually considering skipping the rest of that episode because I really don't think I can handle it otherwise. Scott thinks it would be really neat if all three of us had something we wanted to watch together in the evenings, and I agree in a vague sort of way. It would be nice to have something that prompted Cordelia to stay in the living room with us for a little while.
Right at the moment, I'm watching The Magic School Bus. I like the series, and I thought it would be pretty completely lacking in anything that would increase my anxiety or otherwise feel that I couldn't face going on.
I ended up having a little bit of vague conversation with Cordelia yesterday about sex related issues that was prompted by her mentioning that she'll have a health class this year. I told her that there are a lot of things that the class ought to cover and won't and that she should talk to me or her father if she has any questions. I talked a little about birth control and being willing to help her access it. I talked a little about consent. She said that she'd rather talk to me than Scott but that she's decidedly not interested in sex and can't imagine ever being. Which, well, may or may not change later; she's twelve, after all. I hope she'll be sensible if it does. I'm certainly going to try to encourage her to be.
I'm finding myself very tempted to chop off my hair. I'm sure I would regret it if I did, but it's really adding to how much my back itches. I can't seem to find anything to do with my hair that keeps it entirely off my back. I suppose I could ask Scott to get me some bobby pins so that I can put it in a bun, but that would probably give me headaches. I don't know.
I also keep finding myself wanting to bake brownies or a cake, but I can't face having the oven on for that long. Our AC doesn't do a good job of compensating for that. It's apparently pretty cool outside (my phone says it's 69F at the airport), but that doesn't translate to it being cooler in here, not after such a short time. Cordelia has been complaining that it's too cold in her bedroom, though. She's been putting on pants and a sweatshirt when she's going to be sitting in there. I have trouble believing that it could be that cold in there, but... well, she can wear what she wants. Within certain limits-- I think her school has a dress code of some sort, after all. Nothing she's wanted to wear has ever seemed likely to break that as she doesn't go for spaghetti straps or anything like that.
Cordelia says she's been having trouble sleeping since the clindamyacin cream ran out. Her back itches when she uses it but itches even more when she doesn't. Unfortunately, we can't get more of that until the 13th, so she's stuck. I wish I had some idea of a solution. Maybe I should call her dermatologist and ask. I'm probably more likely to do that than to call my surgeon about the pathology report, and I really ought to do that.
I need to make sure that the laundry actually gets done tonight. I'm not sure I have clean clothes to put on. Unfortunately, I need either Scott or Cordelia for laundry until I can lift things again, and I keep getting distracted when they're home. I successfully emptied the dishwasher yesterday, and I hope to load it today.
