RantWoman Sleeps--or Not

5.1 hours of sleep in spite of the hour when I went to bed. Bad news about my fave Wednesday morning zoom but it's on YouTube. The interwebs seem to know I have been travelling. Entertaining to get the safety vids AFTER the travel. I may have posted this before and I don't care. I am not sure Middle Earth is where i want to go in the safety video, but it's also in British ? NZlander so good for vocabulary practice

4.6 hours of sleep. Not counting a spell in the chair. I also did not go back to bed and WILL aim to go to bed earlier even though tonight is Kyiv worship. Other than that, besides cat vids and #ChildlessCatLady snark, I recommend nature photography to keep one afloat psychologically in the fever swamps of Elon's sandbox. Readers who wonder WTAF I am talking about feel free to ask.

4.5 hours of sleep after 1.5 hours in chair. Almost acceptable. Chocolate chip cookies before dinner rock. Look Ma. This is what adulting looks like.

Miraculous 5.4 hours of sleep. Trip to see Mom Good blind people Zoom. Decent bedtime. Snack. Summer is waning fast and I don't completely mind all the brown grass.

5.4 hours of delicious sleep. Then go see Mom and help her deal with STUFF instead of dealing with my own.

Okay world, as long as a Presidential campaign surrogate on one side keeps grumbling about "Childless Cat ladies," BOY am I here for it. Bring it, the weird memes, on and expect LOTS more cat videos! 4.1 hours of sleep in bed and a couple more drowsy hours when I should have gone back to bed but did things like talk to my sister. What's my excuse THIS TIME? F*^*CK fentanyl. When I went back to my apartment last night, I found a woman collapsed in the lobby near the elevators. I called 911. I could not see or hear that she was breathing but I ran my hand along her side and it seemed like there were shallow breaths. Cue 911, the fire department less than a mile away and then the ambulance. I am glad the ambulance was needed. I don't know why I am so rattled. But anyway F*^*^CK fentanyl

This parody needs a stronger disco vibe, which may or may not mesh with the candidate. Some of the lines also don't scan really, but WHO CARES Further #ChildlessCatLady catty comment: remember 2017 when a whole bunch of outraged women went to Women's marches wearing pussy cat hats. Time to get out the hats! 4.5 or so hours of sleep plus a bit of nodding off at different times. So I should just GO TO BED better. And dang COVID! One of mom's neighbors from her old community just died of COVID after a very short illness and another neighbor needed to cry about it with someone. Lucky mom. NOT doing this vulnerability thing very well.

4.3 hours of sleep in bed and another hour or so drowsing in various chairs. Kind of nice to actually wake up under a blanket. Definitely on the downward slope of summer. A lot of Zoom and riding the bicycle. It definitely does not feel like as much exercise as in MT. Cross fingers. The 14 year old kitty that needed a new human seems to have found one.

3.3 hours of sleep in bed and another hour + dozing in a chair. Grrr. Still trying to make the right connections to get new CPAP. Taters the Cat has HOPEFULLY found a new home so I don't have to scramble to make my apartment more welcoming. I make a sauteed cabbage thing that is so much better with caraway seeds. I ran out and ordered A WHOLE POUND from Amazon. I so enjoyed the aroma when I opened the bag to put some in the small jar for the shelf. Good cotton compression socks are SUCH a blessing. I have a few patterns that I am less charmed with than others but the right socks make SUCH a difference. It's Korean seniors lunch day which is good grounding. Not sure what the music was, not "Oh Danny Boy" in Korean There. I helped the Chief Morale Officer shred the last thing she needed shredded and listened to her gush about the latest generation of Top Gun movies when I was not even interested in the first generation. Then I excused myself because my glasses were crus...

Lilith, a black dog with a very soft coat, lying in the shade   4+ hours of sleep but only 2.9 with the CPAP. Listen to compline. Listen to part of the 3rd Sunday organ recital. Figure out I should go to bed or at least upstairs. Doze off in chair. Then actually brush teeth and go to bed. A roommate kind of comes with sleep or at least darkness discipline. Waking up early is sort of good but it was still all social media today after momentous announcement yesterday. Weather was only in the 60's or low 70's, such a GIANT contrast to Missoula. Meeting on Zoom wound up digesting some of annual session and people's experiences growing up Quakers. Kind of humbling especially since I am wired from my own background. I still always feel magic every time I go outside. Stay mobile!

Magnuson Park off-leash dog area 5.8ish hours of sleep Some at my desk. More in bed, but not enough with the CPAP. Speaking of which, I am TRYING to get CPAP replaced. I have now left multiple messages with local supplier AND figured out the online portal. HOPEFULLY, tomorrow??? Not enough exercise yesterday but I woke up early enough and have a long enough to-do list that I can bicycle away every so often at the computer lab.  

Music Recital hall, U of MT   7.4 GLORIOUS hours of sleep. Laundry because all my shorts were dirty. Finish the crossword puzzle. NO COMPUTER LAB and to bed at a decent hour. Dog park tales for another time. PS Happy Moon landing plus 55 years

4+ hours of sleep but only 3.8 shows up on CPAP. I had just settled into decent nights of sleep in Missoula and whee back home and need to re-establish new routines taking into account heat, travel time to see mom, put own oxygen mask on first and also possibly a new cat in the picture. Rock and roll

I often just ignore the visuals of music videos. I should look up the Hu before I mindlessly post. This would be good music to be all in the world's face. Lead me not into temptation. 5.4 hours of sleep. I went to fetch mail. I was expecting a check. Instead I got something about an old check that somehow did not make it into my bank account. Okayyyyy Not as much exercise as in MT. Advocacy committee wound up talking for almost TWO HOURS. So much for no agenda.

MAYBE we will manage the next #pandemic better than the last one. Or at least there can be people who know how to do the sound mix for a virtual choir. 4.9 hours of sleep plus whatever before I figured out I should go to bed. 80+ degrees. Carpet at computer lab getting cleaned so stayed home and zoomed in front of the fan. Also received an Amazon order and COOKED, turned ingredients into food. Not enough exercise even counting the cooking but tomorrow is another day.

various vocal flourishes and without the movie visuals 4ish hours in and out but nowhere in bed. Why am I either afraid of too many good nights in a row or just undisciplined enough to keep watching videos all night? I definitely took a break from world affairs while in MT. So for my trouble some NEW kvetches, not to mention total morbid curiosity about all the angles of certain events in PA on Saturday. And still ideas stuck in my fingers and not out through the keyboard. I am so glad I went and glad to be home and I don't care how repetitive that sounds.     

6.4 hours of sleep.  HEAVEN. New cat WILL happen. In the meantime, there is a new PM who already has a cat and YouTube brings the news that Larry the Cat may get retired.

I am home. I promised myself I will get a cat soon. I did not promise any specific breed even one with a great story. 6.4? hours of sleep! All in one stretch. Up in time to shower and braid hair but packing came after breakfast. Now that I'm home, besides cat promises, so much else: --Track down UGLY stuff in connection with other guests at the #NFB24 hotel --Try to contain a proud member of the Still Didn't get the memo on email immoderation movement from another part of my life. --FIguring how much of things making my head explode I really need to tend to. I am glad I went and glad to be home.

5 ish hours of sleep in bed plus 3/4 u=in chair while charging phone

5.6 ish hours of sleep. Hot here. Lungs like all the walking. Joints mleah...

Life is SO Much better after about 7 hours of sleep. One wakening in middle of night but after I settled with the thought that muddled up out of my dream, back to sleep for hours.

 Missing photo of latest airline amenity: boxed water. Sleep neglible.

5.4 glorious hours of sleep.  5ish hours of helping a film crew and articulating things about accessibility. Now all I have to do is pack.  Will the braille book of psalms come along or not????

This video is dedicated to everyone fighting everything that keeps sane people awake at night. 2.9 hours of sleep. I MUST get to bed earlier. My body must be joking. I kind of wanted to join a Zoom event at 6 am pacific. So body laughed at me and said But of Course. Two VERY worthwhile sessions, but then breakfast and assorted reminders that my body thinks this week is too much pizza and Nutella and not enough sleep. HAPPY MONDAY.

3.9 hours of sleep in bed and assorted catnaps. Some ACB sessions early in the day that I will attend if I am awake. Blecchh. Friend I visited for dinner on Friday tested positive for COVID so now I have to test too. It would simplify the week if I don't try to travel, but... Other than that, hanging out in AC and need to post some signs in my building. This grownup gig is overrated.

multiracial HS students in choir robes? 5.8 hours of sleep, at least one in chair. Beating the heat. Still blissed and grateful for dinner in Lynnwood last night.

Narrated classical music??? MAYBE I will look up some other performances without the lecture. 6+ hours of sleep, 5+ in bed

The whole point of listening / watching 14 minutes of cat grooming is the PURR. PS in settings, you can change the playback speed to get to the purring faster. Somewhere about 4 hours of sleep but only 1 hour in bed. Toss and turn for an hour. Decide I am just TOO HUNGRY. Get up, eat breakfast, and THEN fall asleep in chair. Wake up in time to get the bus and enjoy holiday luncheon with Mom. I cannot say often enough how grateful I am that she is so on the ball and so safe. I can manage the Uber bills from the transit center. Today I was trying to scope out pedestrian routes. It's a little over a mile, but there are SO MANY stretches with no sidewalk. Maybe I will try to walk it on a day when there is not a heat warning. Fun to see nephew and woman friend (She has an almost adult son.) They do offroading together. Fascinating as long as I do not go all climate crisis crank on the whole subject of offroading. Okay. It's a whole subculture.   I am never charmed by all the booms o...

 No visuals because tired eyes copyright faithfulness just because. Instead  WebMd article about the health benefits of watermelon Picture a small child or a large chronically affected child. Picture delicious juice dripping down a person's face. Now the sleep 5.8 hours of sleep. We will not discuss from when to when, which Zoom has to be viewed on Youtube and which Zoom falls in another weeik. VERY productive meetings and someone THANKED me for making a fuss about disability. That is enough, though a trip to PCC yielded perfect banas enough until leaving day, some overpriced eggs, yogurt, cookes on sale and headed to the freezer before they dry out. And I get to enjoy this to radio stories of famine. Some feast.     

5.4 hours of sleep. Laundry done early enough to get to bed at a decent hour.  Enough QUIT PANICKING video streams to breathe Oh and I haven't evn checked in on some wars. Productive conversations and email to feed into the maelstrom of ...committee on email immoderation Digital heroics of the day? Mom somehow blocked Little Sister's number. Thank you Dr. Google and text messaging a video, slightly different from what I suggested cold. So there's that.

4.2 hours of sleep. A bunch of just DEAL WITH IT details. A zoom thing that did not zoom. A flaky phone. I bought airline tickets but now the stupid app on my phone has a visual only Captcha. Happy bleeping MONDAY. I haven't even checked up on all the wars. Laundry beckons.