Finished reading: The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel 📚Totally loved it and immediately re-read it after finishing it. It’s even better the second time.
I finished teaching my Agile course for another year, it’s all done but the grading. It was a weird pandemic semester … and I had a great group of students who were willing to participate in all the odd online activities that I created for them.
Yes, my darling kitty has early stage kidney disease. We’re entering a new world of delivering sub-cutaneous fluids and providing a special diet. Overall, we’re trying to help her have an excellent quality of life through this next phase. And I’m very sad.
Kitty is dehydrated. They’re giving her fluids and drawing blood for a test, then I can take her home. We’ll know more tomorrow when the results come back. Hoping it’s nothing serious.
Ugh. I’m worried about my kitty who hasn’t eaten in a couple of days, and I just found out that the vet that we’ve used for decades closed up shop in March with no warning. So I have to face a new vet with a sick kitty.
Currently Reading: Change Agent by Daniel Suarez 📚
Currently reading: The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel 📚Loving this book already. Interesting quirk: I’m almost exactly the same age as the author. Since this is partially an auto-biography with a lot of history, it’s like reading about my own growing up years.
It was a thrill to see this perfect Studebaker in the parking lot the other day. I’ve always loved this make of car.
Ugh, I think I have to drop my Yahoo email account. Yeah, I know, should have done it already. I picked one up decades ago and used it for email lists, etc. But also for some important accounts. So I can’t just delete it. I’ll have to go through 1Password item by item. Ugh.
Good video from a medical expert about living with Long COVID. (Not me, but a family member has Long COVID)
I am grateful for the evening shutdown routine that I learned from David Sparks. It is so true for me that if I spend 5 minutes planning the next day before I leave the office, that next day goes so much better.
I am looking forward to my morning tea tomorrow.
Finished reading: The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson 📚
Finished reading: Fifty Degrees Below by Kim Stanley Robinson 📚
We have a heated mattress pad. 🐈
It’s worth it to go down to town in the spring, when it’s still winter at home
My brother and I just agreed to meet up for the 2024 solar eclipse, maybe in Quebec but maybe in the Ozarks. Something to look forward to!
Minor breakthrough in the Python class that I’ve been taking for the past few months. I discovered Pythonista for iPad. I’ve heard about it forever, but just realized that it might work well for class. The answer is YES it’s great for learning Python.
People With Severe COVID-19 Have More Long-Term Effects, Study Find
People With Severe COVID-19 Have More Long-Term Effects, Study Finds : Coronavirus Updates : NPR
Six months later, those who’d had COVID-19 were found to be at higher risk of new onset heart disease, diabetes, mental health disorders including anxiety and depression, substance use disorders, kidney disease and other problems.
We show that beyond the first 30 days of illness, people with COVID-19 exhibit higher risk of death and health resource utilization.
High-dimensional characterization of post-acute sequalae of COVID-19 | Nature
We know a lot about Covid-19. Experts have many more questions
STAT was curious which questions topped scientists’ lists. So, we asked a bunch. More than two dozen virologists, epidemiologists, immunologists, and evolutionary biologists shared with us their top question.
I’m enjoying Peter Frampton’s new album, “Peter Frampton Forgets the Words” so much.🎶 Just a bunch of guitar rock covers, but it sounds like he’s having a good time.
Met with a few friends and did a socially distanced Shape Note sing outdoors next to a beautiful lake on a nice New England spring day. I’ve missed these sings.
New Rhiannon Giddens album! Wow! 🎶 <music.apple.com/us/album/…>
Really interesting article from Microsoft about Work in 2021, with tons of data and good charts
I just missed two days of closing my Exercise ring on my Apple Watch, after not missing a single day this year. It’s because of the COVID vaccine #2. I was down for the count and couldn’t manage even a walk around the block. Did a workout today, yay!