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Miscellany

Thursday 8 August 2019

Slept well, and woke around 7:30 well-rested. Katie had another night of difficulty sleeping, and finally took things and got to sleep about 3; she slept in til a bit past 9. I the meantime, I made breakfast, read the paper on the porch, and then got a call from CD for our Pleasant Chat, the time for which had come sooner than I’d anticipated

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Wednesday 7 August 2019

Start of the first period of my regular blogging..

Had a nice chat with HA this morning; going to review her article for the American Bee Journal. Scheduled next meeting for September.

C dropped off some excess dirt which I put on the boulevaard to improve the soil.

Had visit from last of 3 contractors regarding the ice dam/re-roofing project. I think we’ll end up going with Kuhl, because they will do everything we want, rather than requiring us to manage the insulation work. We’ve gotten pretty unanimous input from the contractors that some or all of the roof bedding needs to be replaced, the eyebrows need to be taken care of, and our attic venting is not to code and needs to be much more expensive. Put the attic back together, sealed the entry to the attic space, and vacuumed thoroughly. I think the moldy smell is gone.

Need to finish analysis of expenses for next week’s meeting with Mark Berger.

Activities and Health

Did a bike ride to Minihaha park, and had half a beer. Came home, and made lamburgers and yams and salad for supper. I finished the the Subduction Red wine (from Syncline) that I bought because of the Geology connection.

Online looked up possible causes for sunburn-like patches of skin (outer thigh; front of armpit; back of shoulder — all on the right side) and found references to Shingles. If it is that, it is so far very very mild compared to what is described. Other symptoms which ought to follow the above, but instead have preceded it, include itchy spots that turn into blisters (I had exactly one of those, before we went up north), and someone mentioned shortness of breath, although I need to verify whether that is a real symptom or just an individual’s annecdote. Made an appointment with my doctor for tomorrow — it’s not bad at all, but if this either allows me to get into the queue for the Shingrix vaccine, or heads off a worse outbreak, it is certainly worth it. …The other health issue is that my jock itch is back — at least I think that’s it, although perhaps it’s somehow related to the possible-Shingles.

Started looking into glucose monitors so I can see what’s happening on the blood sugar front.

Courses and Hobbies

I heard back from Rebecca Montgomery in regard to my query about the Forest Ecology course, and as a result I plan to take it. I’ve decided that the other course I will take is the meterology course, because it looks like it will not be a lot of work. (Katie has advised me to take measures to avoid labs and group projects, which I think is good advice.) Other educational activities will be (hopefully) the Plato course, and regular attendance at GSM lectures to keep up my geology knowledge. I will also see if I can find an online course on volcanology, or barring that, an advanced textbook.