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I woke this morning to find the heater on in the office. The heaters in the back of the unit are manual control baseboard units. I hope this means a cat slipped between the cat stand and the control knob in the night, turning it on. Surely it can't have been on before that.
Fortunately, the heatwave of last week was pushed away by the front that brought the threat of measurable rain, but we seem to be on a warming trend again. Okey-dokey, weather.
The light box came out this weekend, and was quite welcome during last week's cloudiness. I know i need 15-30 min at least, but the bulbs are old and i tend to just stay in front of it for long stretches. Yesterday, in particular, i ran it the whole time as i was trying to figure out (1) what research engineers need to do for this quarter (2) who would be most interested about what research, and (3) how to schedule all the work so every one was working on something in their preference list at one time.... Essentially, it was trying to schedule a week long conference with two to three sessions going on simultaneously. I think i managed.
A couple years ago i researched getting new bulbs: my light box was over ten years old at that point. Fluorescent bulbs loose their intensity with time. What i learned is the drop is in the first year or two, after that the output dims very slowly. As i had been doing well enough with the extended duration i decided that i'd just keep these bulbs. Maybe in another five years there will be a more efficient alternative at a better price.
Yesterday was Meeting, then working with laundry breaks, wrapping up with dinner and a Terry Jones entertainment-doc on ancient weapon inventions. Someone wrote a clever little script, Terry goofs off for the camera, and every now and then a weapon was reenacted. I enjoyed what i learned, but it seemed a little more fluffy that some of the Terry Jones things i've seen. Is this because it was for the Discovery Channel instead of a British channel?
Today? We'll see. I do feel loads better today: is it because i have this week (which i have been worried about) sort of planned, and i now know that we can cover all the questions over this week? Or is it because i sat in front of the light box this weekend and the prozac is ramping up?
Finally: what do Silicon Valley women wear to interviews? I'll be bugging![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
stef_tm. Suits? I'm trying to imagine a suited woman in the valley, and i think the problem is that my last suit shopping was in 1998.
Healthwise:
Depression: low mood in meeting, tears before i started working yesterday. This morning i'm feeling more fortified so getting this week sort of planned out clearly makes me feel more secure. Indeed, this is an important thing to note: mood management is also responsibility management. The problem is if too many responsibilities (implicit ones included) pile up, i can't get them done, and i'm left feeling trapped. I know i have to manage when i burn extra work hours because i do burn out so easily.
Coughing: stopped around Laura's visit. Started 15 Aug, and we'll say ended 16 Sept, so that's the four weeks i now expect my lungs to take to settle down.
Congestion: a little. I'm taking the daily antihistamine but really don't feel like using the nasal inhaler. It's mainly noticeable when i focus on breath as part of meditation.
Skin: i think all the usual (including the new-this-year, but now usual) complaints are maintenance mode where i can skip being disciplined with treatment, but every now and then dose with steroids. Seeing the dermatologist was a good thing: a special cleanser for one troubled zone seems to make a big difference.
I do have a weird new complaint which involves small swellings on my nose that have pulled at pores to be sores and is just gross. Christine insists my nose will not rot and fall off, but i assert she can only claim it's highly improbable. She also insists that it's really not that noticeable. Given how my face can be bright red at times, she's right: rudolph nose isn't unusual for me (the bumps and scabs are). It's not acne, i dunno what it is. (Phymatous rosacea? Oh, yikes, never mind.) So i'm washing it with a redness reducing cleanser for rosacea and using the gentle steroid. It seems to be on the calming side of a flare. I'll say it started midweek -- 20 Sept -- and i'll expect it to be a two week thing where it just takes a week to heal.
Fortunately, the heatwave of last week was pushed away by the front that brought the threat of measurable rain, but we seem to be on a warming trend again. Okey-dokey, weather.
The light box came out this weekend, and was quite welcome during last week's cloudiness. I know i need 15-30 min at least, but the bulbs are old and i tend to just stay in front of it for long stretches. Yesterday, in particular, i ran it the whole time as i was trying to figure out (1) what research engineers need to do for this quarter (2) who would be most interested about what research, and (3) how to schedule all the work so every one was working on something in their preference list at one time.... Essentially, it was trying to schedule a week long conference with two to three sessions going on simultaneously. I think i managed.
A couple years ago i researched getting new bulbs: my light box was over ten years old at that point. Fluorescent bulbs loose their intensity with time. What i learned is the drop is in the first year or two, after that the output dims very slowly. As i had been doing well enough with the extended duration i decided that i'd just keep these bulbs. Maybe in another five years there will be a more efficient alternative at a better price.
Yesterday was Meeting, then working with laundry breaks, wrapping up with dinner and a Terry Jones entertainment-doc on ancient weapon inventions. Someone wrote a clever little script, Terry goofs off for the camera, and every now and then a weapon was reenacted. I enjoyed what i learned, but it seemed a little more fluffy that some of the Terry Jones things i've seen. Is this because it was for the Discovery Channel instead of a British channel?
Today? We'll see. I do feel loads better today: is it because i have this week (which i have been worried about) sort of planned, and i now know that we can cover all the questions over this week? Or is it because i sat in front of the light box this weekend and the prozac is ramping up?
Finally: what do Silicon Valley women wear to interviews? I'll be bugging
stef_tm. Suits? I'm trying to imagine a suited woman in the valley, and i think the problem is that my last suit shopping was in 1998.Healthwise:
Depression: low mood in meeting, tears before i started working yesterday. This morning i'm feeling more fortified so getting this week sort of planned out clearly makes me feel more secure. Indeed, this is an important thing to note: mood management is also responsibility management. The problem is if too many responsibilities (implicit ones included) pile up, i can't get them done, and i'm left feeling trapped. I know i have to manage when i burn extra work hours because i do burn out so easily.
Coughing: stopped around Laura's visit. Started 15 Aug, and we'll say ended 16 Sept, so that's the four weeks i now expect my lungs to take to settle down.
Congestion: a little. I'm taking the daily antihistamine but really don't feel like using the nasal inhaler. It's mainly noticeable when i focus on breath as part of meditation.
Skin: i think all the usual (including the new-this-year, but now usual) complaints are maintenance mode where i can skip being disciplined with treatment, but every now and then dose with steroids. Seeing the dermatologist was a good thing: a special cleanser for one troubled zone seems to make a big difference.
I do have a weird new complaint which involves small swellings on my nose that have pulled at pores to be sores and is just gross. Christine insists my nose will not rot and fall off, but i assert she can only claim it's highly improbable. She also insists that it's really not that noticeable. Given how my face can be bright red at times, she's right: rudolph nose isn't unusual for me (the bumps and scabs are). It's not acne, i dunno what it is. (Phymatous rosacea? Oh, yikes, never mind.) So i'm washing it with a redness reducing cleanser for rosacea and using the gentle steroid. It seems to be on the calming side of a flare. I'll say it started midweek -- 20 Sept -- and i'll expect it to be a two week thing where it just takes a week to heal.
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Personally I visualize a person who's been working in business here interviewing in a nicely accessorized jacketed ensemble. Maybe a brightly colored silk scarf knotted at the neckline, that kind of image. But if you have a great suit, go for that. There's a reason they're still popular, and the housemate looked good. She just looked a bit managerial :-)
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