Delaying...
Feb. 9th, 2026 05:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
koshka_the_catI decided to call insurance tomorrow. I wanted to take today off properly. I have prep tomorrow and am caught up at work, so a much better time to call!
Trousers Finished
Feb. 9th, 2026 05:26 amatherleisureI put the trim on the trousers of the 1878 bathing suit last night so they are officially finished. The dress still needs a hem and trim and buttons and buttonholes.
Day off
Feb. 8th, 2026 05:13 pmkoshka_the_catNot every weekend day is a day off, but so far today has been. And there are leftovers for dinner, so hopefully it will continue to be a day off...
Oops
Feb. 7th, 2026 05:13 pmkoshka_the_catRemember the desk I was painting during break until covid stopped everything? I was going to put the wax top layer on it today. It went fine on the back. Then it peeled off the side, once again, like Tinkerbell nail polish. I guess the sanding I thought did nothing worked? Oops.
I peeled off everything but the front drawer, which had also been sanded, and tried waxing that. It worked.
I'm not sure about repainting. It's fine with just the drawer green. The back doesn't show, obviously. I painted that as a test.
IKEA should sell paintable options. You're already building it, so why not paint?
And the cats woke me up in the middle of the night. A kitchen drawer was open, the tray from my espresso machine was pulled out, a lamp was on the floor, a small scratcher was feet from where it should be, and they crashed into the food and water bowls in my room. I think it was all of them because they were all lurking when I woke up.
I peeled off everything but the front drawer, which had also been sanded, and tried waxing that. It worked.
I'm not sure about repainting. It's fine with just the drawer green. The back doesn't show, obviously. I painted that as a test.
IKEA should sell paintable options. You're already building it, so why not paint?
And the cats woke me up in the middle of the night. A kitchen drawer was open, the tray from my espresso machine was pulled out, a lamp was on the floor, a small scratcher was feet from where it should be, and they crashed into the food and water bowls in my room. I think it was all of them because they were all lurking when I woke up.
Wheee!!!
Feb. 5th, 2026 05:19 pmkoshka_the_catInsurance denied the medication I've been on for five or six years, a student knocked me over with her backpack and I hit my arm om my door, my poor teacher friend is sick, so I took our shared class instead of having prep, and the visit to the new vet was interesting. Three minutes on Tom, 20 minutes of stories. I think another vet is in order.
And I forgot my lunch. At least I had crackers, but no hummus, veggies, and grapes.
I stopped at our insurance place after work, and got an 800 number. Then transferred to the prescription optimization plan. I had to hang up though, to go to the vet.
A little while ago I got a letter that said I may be eligible for the optimization plan. I ignored it, because may doesn't mean you have to. Hopefully I can call tomorrow and get my medicine approved.
I'm so thankful it's a random three day weekend for a contingency day!
And I forgot my lunch. At least I had crackers, but no hummus, veggies, and grapes.
I stopped at our insurance place after work, and got an 800 number. Then transferred to the prescription optimization plan. I had to hang up though, to go to the vet.
A little while ago I got a letter that said I may be eligible for the optimization plan. I ignored it, because may doesn't mean you have to. Hopefully I can call tomorrow and get my medicine approved.
I'm so thankful it's a random three day weekend for a contingency day!
Progress
Feb. 5th, 2026 07:26 pmatherleisureEveryone else went to the movies last night (a makeup from the icy Sunday when the theater was closed) so I worked on my 1878 bathing suit. I hemmed the trousers and cut, joined, and pressed the bias strips for trim. I put the dress on the stand and pinned the back pleats preparatory to tacking them at the waist.
Long day
Feb. 4th, 2026 06:59 pmkoshka_the_catI woke up at 4 and work thoughts invaded and I never really fell back asleep. After a while I decided to do Wordle and found I somehow skipped yesterday. Oops.
Then work felt so long. Kids are fine, but budget stuff clouds everything.
Routine doctor visit was routine. The NP was nice and I have routine tests to schedule. Fun.
Now I'm going to do the crossword puzzle, pretty much my favorite thing right now!
Then work felt so long. Kids are fine, but budget stuff clouds everything.
Routine doctor visit was routine. The NP was nice and I have routine tests to schedule. Fun.
Now I'm going to do the crossword puzzle, pretty much my favorite thing right now!
Minor operations; testing new serving path
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dw_maintenanceHi all!
I'm doing some minor operational work tonight. It should be transparent, but there's always a chance that something goes wrong. The main thing I'm touching is testing a replacement for Apache2 (our web server software) in one area of the site.
Thank you!
Yawn
Feb. 3rd, 2026 07:12 pmkoshka_the_catLong day. Worked. Came home. Cleaned poor Tom who had the long haired cat curse, poopy butt. Changed the litter box which finally came after weather delays. Repeat tomorrow, hopefully without cat trauma, but with a routine checkup at my new doctor's office. Yay? It's a good thing, but bleh. I just want to go home after work.
Week 4
Feb. 2nd, 2026 06:32 pmatherleisureSnow and sleet and sub-freezing temperatures may be bad for wanting to sew but are good for wanting to read and cross-stitch.
Here's where I left off last week:
And here's where I left off this week:
Between the 23rd and yesterday, I also finished seven books. They were all mysteries and therefore not terribly long, but that was a lot of reading!
Here's where I left off last week:
And here's where I left off this week:
Between the 23rd and yesterday, I also finished seven books. They were all mysteries and therefore not terribly long, but that was a lot of reading!
Et tu, coffee?
Feb. 2nd, 2026 04:24 pmkoshka_the_catI cough choked on my latte this morning and made a disgusting big mess, about three minutes before the kids came into class. Happy Monday!
Busy day!
Feb. 1st, 2026 05:19 pmkoshka_the_catI unexpectedly changed my newest earrings today. Before 7 in the morning. I'm now wearing my most comfortable hoops.
I woke up at my work time. Stupid internal alarm clock. It's amazing, but it should know weekends.
I was playing on my phone because I rarely go straight back to sleep when that happens, reached to touch something on my phone, my ring caught the earring in my third piercing, and ripped it out.
It was loud. Like a long scrape. It felt sore. I kept counting earrings by touching, one, two, no. Pointy butterfly black, pointy butterfly back, ew, why is it sticky? Earring gone.
So I got up and felt the earring front drop into bed. No sign of the back. I looked in the mirror, couldn't see anything, remembered I'm blind, went to my nightstand and got my glasses. Everything looked normal, except no earring and slightly pink. I sprayed it with saline, the back fell out. There was a little blood and it was a little sore, but it wasn't whatever I expected it to be.
My earring slid in easily. Whew.
I had already decided to wear my super comfortable diamond hoops when I changed earrings. They're hinged with a straight post and so comfortable.
I'm actually past the 6-8 weeks healing time--I had them pierced 9 weeks ago now--but had to decided to wait a little longer. My right ear, the one ripped out this morning, was right next to cartilage so I wanted to give it a little longer to heal. It still gets a little sore. Nothing bad, just like when you put too much pressure on an earring. It's the side I sleep on, so it gets more pressure than the left, especially with the larger than regular earrings piercing earring.
I thought about going back to bed and changing the left earring later, but knew I'd hate myself. It was really hard to take the earring out, like those horror ads about earrings getting stuck that I keep getting, but on try four, it came out, and my comfy hoop slid right in.
I had been wondering if I should change to a more comfortable earring because the piercing earrings are so big and could be why it was still a little sore. Decision made!
My right ear is slightly sore which isn't a surprise. I'm going to be gentle with it and treat it like it was just pierced. I changed to my other super comfortable hoops in my second holes too. And I'll sleep on my left side for a while.
After that, my mom, neighbor friend, and I went to a vigil for Alex Pretti. One of our congresspeople spoke.
And then, a little time travel experience, my mom needed to new walking shoes and wanted to try them on in person and I wanted Converse high tops with cats that I got a targeted ad for, but only came in kids sizes, so I wasn't sure what size to get, so we went to the mall. It was actually busy and there were so many places that who knew were still around. And I have new shoes with cats!
I woke up at my work time. Stupid internal alarm clock. It's amazing, but it should know weekends.
I was playing on my phone because I rarely go straight back to sleep when that happens, reached to touch something on my phone, my ring caught the earring in my third piercing, and ripped it out.
It was loud. Like a long scrape. It felt sore. I kept counting earrings by touching, one, two, no. Pointy butterfly black, pointy butterfly back, ew, why is it sticky? Earring gone.
So I got up and felt the earring front drop into bed. No sign of the back. I looked in the mirror, couldn't see anything, remembered I'm blind, went to my nightstand and got my glasses. Everything looked normal, except no earring and slightly pink. I sprayed it with saline, the back fell out. There was a little blood and it was a little sore, but it wasn't whatever I expected it to be.
My earring slid in easily. Whew.
I had already decided to wear my super comfortable diamond hoops when I changed earrings. They're hinged with a straight post and so comfortable.
I'm actually past the 6-8 weeks healing time--I had them pierced 9 weeks ago now--but had to decided to wait a little longer. My right ear, the one ripped out this morning, was right next to cartilage so I wanted to give it a little longer to heal. It still gets a little sore. Nothing bad, just like when you put too much pressure on an earring. It's the side I sleep on, so it gets more pressure than the left, especially with the larger than regular earrings piercing earring.
I thought about going back to bed and changing the left earring later, but knew I'd hate myself. It was really hard to take the earring out, like those horror ads about earrings getting stuck that I keep getting, but on try four, it came out, and my comfy hoop slid right in.
I had been wondering if I should change to a more comfortable earring because the piercing earrings are so big and could be why it was still a little sore. Decision made!
My right ear is slightly sore which isn't a surprise. I'm going to be gentle with it and treat it like it was just pierced. I changed to my other super comfortable hoops in my second holes too. And I'll sleep on my left side for a while.
After that, my mom, neighbor friend, and I went to a vigil for Alex Pretti. One of our congresspeople spoke.
And then, a little time travel experience, my mom needed to new walking shoes and wanted to try them on in person and I wanted Converse high tops with cats that I got a targeted ad for, but only came in kids sizes, so I wasn't sure what size to get, so we went to the mall. It was actually busy and there were so many places that who knew were still around. And I have new shoes with cats!
Covered Buttons
Feb. 1st, 2026 07:13 amatherleisureI haven't really worked on my bathing suit this week, but I did cover buttons for it. Last night I put it on and verified that it does fit so far and figured out where to hem the pants and where to start marking the hem for the skirt. Unfortunately, it's cold up in the game room so I didn't want to hang out up there pressing hems. I also had decided that I need to tack the pleats in place at the waist so they will sit reasonably nicely under the belt without having to try to adjust them all the time. I figured that needed to be done before hemming, but I didn't want to go up and mess with the dummy in the cold game room. I pinned and tacked the front on myself, but I couldn't do the back the same way.
The long and short of it is that there have been baby steps on it, but mostly I've been reading and cross-stitching.
The long and short of it is that there have been baby steps on it, but mostly I've been reading and cross-stitching.
Protest
Jan. 30th, 2026 06:47 pmkoshka_the_catI went to the fight fascism Friday protest downtown today. I'm fortunate to live in a city where all of our protests have been positive and peaceful. They've had them for a while now, but I've only gone to the big protests. There was supposed to be a counter protest today, but only one man showed up. Thankfully!
I have an eye appointment for March 6. So that's good.
I have an eye appointment for March 6. So that's good.
Specialist!
Jan. 28th, 2026 05:42 pmkoshka_the_catI completely failed the eye exam. No surprise!
When I saw the doctor he confirmed I have cataracts and need surgery. He asked if my right eye has always been stronger than my left eye, and I told him my left eye was stronger. My right eye is stronger now. He wants to know why, so he referred me to a neuro-opthalmologist. I should get a call by Friday to schedule an appointment. He said the front desk would schedule an appointment for me, but I guess it was too close to five. I really hope I can get an appointment soon!
I'm not really worried, I'm sure it's just cataracts, but I still want to know what's going on!
When I saw the doctor he confirmed I have cataracts and need surgery. He asked if my right eye has always been stronger than my left eye, and I told him my left eye was stronger. My right eye is stronger now. He wants to know why, so he referred me to a neuro-opthalmologist. I should get a call by Friday to schedule an appointment. He said the front desk would schedule an appointment for me, but I guess it was too close to five. I really hope I can get an appointment soon!
I'm not really worried, I'm sure it's just cataracts, but I still want to know what's going on!