RantWoman Sleeps--or Not

Sure. Lie in bed half asleep and be warm sounds like a GRAND idea. Unless one has --an ouchy shoulder --an assortment of other cramps and twitches --a full bladder --a cat who is certain enough that it is breakfast time to begin nipping at one's arm. But the sleep: LOTS of exercise yesterday. home from party and help with cleanup and debrief after one of the cooks got oddly triggered during dishwashing But the sleep? two hours in chair. 5 hours in bed. Another hour or so in chair after feeding the cat and eating turky leftovers for breakfast. Love thatg tryptophan. Dawdle. Wash hair. Do errands. Run intot he previously triggered cook on way to do my errands and head to theWTO anniversary event at Town Hall. Who needs sleep anyway?

At a certain point one must just GO TO BED. But first, laugh hard at a few comedy videos. Sleep  numbers  about 4.5 hours then an hour + on the phone iwht my sister talking about walkers and Mom mobility  and tele-MH-medicine. Then it was already light but so much for sleep while it's dark and grab another hour or so. By the way, Happy Birthday RantDad. More sleep could have happened but the day and the feast prep beckons. This year at Little sister's house. It will work. She is nervous so will only mention the good parts. Sister had nasty moment of kidney stone and sepsis earlier in the summer and we are VERY glad she wants to host and has energy. Other than that, today's blindness tourism moment #1: Ambassador Thwack the Badly Behaved White Cane and anger management consultant took possibly inappropriate delight in going off on Twitter regarding the service dogs welcome sign at QFC. Rant x 2: if you and your dog on a leash cannot manage basic obedience and dog d...

This is the Tuesday post.Don't let the timestamp fool you. So the sleep total is just over 4 hours. Last night was the last meeting of a public body that is about to morph into a different public body. The kind of public body with more than one blind person and many factors that make the process just a different vibe than... At home, afterwards beside mental note to write one "So we do not forget int eh transition emailm RantWoman was feeling the kind of blank empty despair that makes her want, at the very least to go stand somewhere and get really cold holding a protest sign or .... not quite awake enough that Go walk the breezeway would be a good option, but definitely not centered enough just to go to sleep until after 2, and awake thanks partly to late night menu just after 6. But cool rooms make it easy to sleep and RantWoman will shortly go plug in the talking book reader so it is charged in time to work on the Korea book later. RantWoman is delighted with these t...

Chocolate fudge at 9 pm does not help. Neither does writng a blog post about the intersection of online charts and weird stuff patients do or weird life issues. Finally realized I should just gGo To Bed when some electronic hiccup occurred and all my fabulous prose just went poof. Maybe the fabulous prose will bloom again this morning, but various things may get in the way. Neighbor wants to come to computer lab to do a flyer about a feeding. Okay. Come over when you are done with your cigarette. That neighbor can probably do what is needed on her own. If not and if the RantWOman school of blind tech support cannot help her figure out what to do, she will have to do plan b.. Plan B, not the best boundaries in the world but what the heck it's a feeding in the park. 30 words or so. Find a turkey image. Who cares if the layout is um authentic? And ther's a paper jam but the customer is happy and I have no time for further fiddling. Back to the sleep: 3.5 hours. garlic Avacad...

The sleep data: Laundry is great exercise. Arm hekld up decently both in terms of needed motions and in terms of weightbearing. Okay so some moves required bracing arm across body so full weight did not fall on shoulder. Welcome to practical adhoc biomechanics. Ask about arm and ordinary things like getting on and off the bus, deciding how many groceries to buy.., why I like facing forward on the bus instead of sitting facing the middle in the "courtesy area." Twitter moments while laundering because the universe just NEEDS to preserve these snapshots: --From a thread about controversial food opinions, RantWoman's fav, even though she loves avocadoes: "Avocadoes are the devil's glue." --In the realm of vernacular sloppiness about mental health terms, a thread involving the words psychopathm, sociopath, abelism, and UX design. Anyway the sleep: about 3 hours until 3; about 3 hou5-8. 3 hours for a total of over 6. Considering all the energies a...

The sleep data: dozing for a bit around 9 ish then body needed exercise. But it was cold and dark outside and not even the breezeway was inviting. What to do: make fudge, the kind with sweetened condensed milk so one has the illusion of nutrition  / calcium plus nuts along with the sugar and chocolate. The exercise is standing and stirring and stirring left-handed because the right arm still insists on being  list. Anyway make it to bed finally around 3 and wake up after 7 so not enough total but therey ou have it. Remind me to make a list of the seasonal anniversary energies but not today.

Sleep total about 4.5 hours. RantwOman is a grownup about why. The conversation was WELL worth it. Other than that: yesterday was arm xrays. Getting visit summaries in hot new app is kind of cool but it does not document me mentioning arnica or discussion of use of white cane in connection with specific situation. Will write blog post to whine. Xrays looking good,. I have a couple easy exercises but Dr is pleased with range of motion. I am please to be able consistently to french braid hair and deal with light switches and alarm (digression about accessibility issues re alarm) Blindness tourism moments of the day: --Thwack the cane went AWOL for a bit. Cannot just call like with cellphone. --frozen container of beans and rice contained an extra container I clearly did not notice when I was scooping hot mixture into container to freeze. Oh well.