Care Check-In

Christine is sick, and ( i have discomfort as well. (TMI ?) )

Christine is very congested and woosy, though, so i need to help her in what little ways i can.

Yesterday's too-early awakening didn't cause too much cognitive distress during the workday. After the last call of the day Christine and i headed out into the bright afternoon. I had my glasses adjusted so they'd fit and then stopped by the library. I had my camera with me, so when we say the librarianship display with the Dewey cataloging books and the MARC hand book, Christine took a photo of me. I managed to screw up the display a little as the shelves are suspended from chains. Yeesh.

We considered stopping at a fish restaurant that was having an early happy hour, but none of the small plates seemed attractive. We walked down Castro St, noting all the restaurants closed, and ended up at the Mediterranean Grill. Their outside seating was still in the sun (the shade still had a chill to it), so we sat and i basked in the low sun and the reflection off the window. I indulged in a little bread, a glass of wine, and we split a prawn shish. All the other menu items were kebabs, no shish, and the wikipedia entry helps me understand the difference.

The wine (and bread?) and lack of sleep led to an extremely unproductive evening. And i can keep complaining: the iPod kept triggering the wake up alarm in the middle of the fall asleep music. I turned off the morning alarm, in hope that synchronizing the device on my laptop this morning will restore its sense of the proper order of things. Waking this morning was hard: i am thankful though, that i learned over the years that the gradual auditory wake-up in the winter months can be a nice replacement for the wake-up due to a brightening sky. (And in this place, the morning sky is too bright for Christine, so it's much more a year round thing with the blinds tightly closed.)

Yams: Osight calls, laundry [library committee stuff]

Care Check-In( some discussion of being depressed )