(morning writing)

[elainegrey]

In good news, Dad's sweetie is home with mega antibiotics for lung infection -- but not TB. Which also means her dog Jenny is home with her, and Christine and i can quit strategizing about how Christine could take care of Jenny while Dad and I join other family in Arlington to "inurn" mom's ashes on Wednesday.

Wah, i took a major spill and scraped up both knees (blood dripping down my leg, hem of dress) and my left forearm. I did something to my right wrist, my back is complaining, and all together feel whimpery. ... And the mower battery failed to charge so i guess that's the universe telling me to stay in. This will join the flush of bruises and petechiae that splashed across me last weekend. At least i know where these marks came from.

Turns out the hydrogen peroxide expired in 2017. It stung a little -- although maybe water would have stung.

Also, it turns out bleach isn't reliable for disinfecting after 4 (or 6 ) months. The county hurricane preparedness guide notes to only use bleach less than 4 months old. I look at the barely used gallon of bleach that i do not know when i bought. Sigh.

The Frankfurt school of philosophy looks interesting. Christine is probably right that i am not up to reading philosophy right now. Maybe when i retire.

I've been meaning to dump some plant trays with water but now they are swarming with tadpoles. We'll transfer them to the small wading pool i have submerged as a test pond (test passed; don't have time or energy to go the next steps) sooner or later --  before they become interesting prey.

Comments

[weofodthignen]

Ooh, tadpoles!

I am sorry you have banged yourself up ... may it heal fast. But that's excellen news about its not being TB. Yay! Now hoping she gets better soon.

[tamena]

I am jealous of the tadpoles!!! I bet we have bazillions of the lil buggers, I can't really get out there to see though
YAY on not extra work involved with sweeties being infectious!
Bubble Wrap - that's what they're threatening me with, I'll send you some too LOL

At one time I read serious stuff, I no longer read serious stuff. I have completely given my brain over to ridiculousness and silly and started reading things that I know will make me giggle at some point
LitPRG fits the bill nicely. If you'd like to try it I can make quite a few suggestions for some easy quick enjoyable reads. Might do the brain good to get some fluff in there to decompress with
*hugs*

[elainegrey]

I haz lots of floof for reading!

And i think Christine's threatened bubble wrap since we met.

[sonia]

Oof! Sorry to hear about the fall! Wishing you quick healing. And glad to hear your dad’s sweetie doesn’t have TB.

I don’t understand how peroxide can expire. Is it no longer H2O2 ? Same thing with bleach - what are they asserting changes in 4-6 months? I hadn’t ever heard that before. I bet both of them are still way better than nothing.

[arlie]

Possibly the active stuff comes out of solution (and evaporates?), so there's less peroxide in your peroxide and less bleach in your bleach.

[elainegrey]

Both chemicals are unstable and release energy as they decompose. I suppose it makes sense that you'd want reactive chemicals to drive disinfection.

I suspect better than nothing is correct.

Chlorox claims when stored as directed it's good for household disinfection for a year. From the skimming i did, the manufactured level of household disinfecting bleach needs to still have a certain concentration after a certain point but the concentrations at time of sale can vary a great deal. I suspect the four month lifetime had to do with the recipe -- given an average manufacture of bleach and the rate of decomposition, the recipe for dilution was valid. I suspect when creating a potable water recipe the challenge is getting it disinfected while still being safe to drink. If you are cleaning, going to a "too high" concentration isn't as much as a problem/risk.

[elainegrey]

Ah! I see, i didn't specify disinfecting WATER.

[arlie]

> The Frankfurt school of philosophy looks interesting. Christine is probably right that i am not up to reading philosophy right now. Maybe when i retire.

One of the delights of my retirement has been having time to read and learn whatever I want.

But you might surprise yourself and get a lot of joy from starting early and in very small bites, even if the material is difficult.

[elainegrey]

I have piles of difficult material waiting for my capacity to engage to be taken away from work!

[lyr]

Good news about your Dad's sweetie, but ouch for you! Definitely stay in and heal up if you can.

[lookfar2]

I wish some tadpoles would appear around here! I hardly ever see them but they are very exciting to me.

[elainegrey]

Unfortunately tadpole habitat overlaps with mosquito habitat, so that could be a reason they aren't as apparent.

[amaebi]

I share the tadpole lust. And it's funny to think of toads (?) treating the plant trays as Vacation Love Nests.