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[the_rck]

I have finally received the packet for the genetic counseling service at the cancer center. I have to fill it out and return it before they’ll schedule to see me. I’m looking at it and not even wanting to open it. I just feel so very, very tired, and I know that filling the forms out will require a lot of phone calls and asking questions of people who would rather not talk about this stuff.

Scott forgot to get me more coffee creamer yesterday even though I asked, so I had to use almond milk and stevia this morning. Almond milk really doesn’t do what I need in terms of cutting the coffee. Using it tastes pretty much the same as adding extra water, and I seem to need that aspect of the creamer more than I need the sweetness.

I took the trash out and discovered that Scott had once again emptied the recycling into the trash bin instead of the recycling bin. The bins are deep enough and heavy enough that there’s really no way I can pull that stuff out to move it. I could probably tip the thing over on its side and crawl inside, but… Not only do I not want to crawl inside, but I also couldn’t get the thing upright again after, not without help. I have no idea how often Scott puts the recycling in the trash bin because I don’t generally take either trash or recycling out. I know he doesn’t intend to, and that it’s not that he doesn’t care. It’s most likely that he’s very tired and is going out there in the dark. The light blue recycling bin and the dark blue trash bin (and the brown compostables bin) look very much alike in the light from the porch.

At least the house smells better now.

Comments

[thenewbuzwuzz.livejournal.com]

It doesn't *sound* like a problem to have almond milk, but yeah, it's not creamy.

[the_rck]

I think the real problem is that almond milk has no flavor at all. At least, I can't taste anything when I drink it. Possibly, sweetened almond milk might be different.

[herself_nyc]

The introduction of so many various recycling bins gives us all multiple opportunities to be either willfully or mistakenly wrong each day, which, uh … doesn't really enhance civilization very much, does it.

[the_rck]

Yeah. Supposedly, we can get fined for putting the wrong things in the wrong bins, but I've not heard of anyone actually getting hit by that.

I don't think the guys who pick up the trash actually see what's in the bins; they have a robotic arm that picks up each bin and dumps it into the truck, so that they only have to get out if the bins aren't spaced right or have tipped over or are otherwise hard for the robotic arm to deal with.

[velvetwhip.livejournal.com]

I am sending good thoughts on the screening.



Gabrielle

[the_rck]

Thanks!

[velvetwhip.livejournal.com]

I am sending good thoughts on the screening.



Gabrielle

[trepkos.livejournal.com]

Maybe you could put some luminous strips on the bins, to distinguish them more easily ...

[the_rck]

I'll suggest that to Scott. I'm not sure it will help, however, because I think the big problem is that he's always exhausted.

[trepkos.livejournal.com]

Poor chap.

[snogged.livejournal.com]

I know exactly what you mean about creamer. I need the extra bit of flavor as well to cut back on the coffee bitterness. My current fave is Salted Caramel.

[the_rck]

I'm still figuring out what I like with regard to creamers. A lot of that is that I don't do the shopping and so don't see what's available.

It can be a little fraught because I can't have most artificial sweeteners, specifically aspartame, sucralose, and erithrytol. Stevia is okay, but nobody much uses that on its own.