Jessamyn Smith

So I did, in fact, need a live appointment about the pain in my right ankle. Edema, which I could have checked for a couple of weeks ago if I'd thought of it. (I did think of it late last week, and immediately made the appointment.) I am now on two more blood pressure meds, and I'm supposed to keep my feet up and avoid salt. So much for brine pickles and pizza with anchovies.

The only places where I can put my feet above the level of my heart are in bed (with my feet on the wall, so I can only do it for a little while in the morning), and the living room couch. And about the only thing I can do in that postition is breathing exercises. Growf. I have a follow-up appointment this coming Wednesday.

I re-stacked the plastic bins under my desk, so I can at least keep my legs level if not up. Don't know whether that will help much, but it can't hurt. (Much; it's a little hard on my unsupported knees, and starts hurting after a little while..) Still no idea why I always feel cold in the late afternoon and evening, but I've gotten Colleen's fake-fleece-lined scooter cape out of the closet and it helps. The cold feeling might be partly -- or even mostly -- anxiety, but, well, Colleen's cape.

N is back from London, after getting m and Cricket settled there. Not clear what that will do to our recording schedule -- not much given that it was already a shambles. Lizzy, the folding mobility scooter, is also back. She appears to need some work, and definitely needs a new battery.

I don't think I've mentioned N's book, The World As It Ought to Be, since it came out in hardcopy and Kindle. Go get yourself a copy. I finally got her author's website more-or-less done; she's having it professionally desighed, but the one I hacked together will do until that's done. I got the Website Portfolio, which I mentioned last week, more-or-less done as well.

Some links: The rebellion will be federated – 2025 edition - Elena Rossini. She saved a baby goat. Now they travel the country, share a bed.

( Notes & links, as usual )

Today I am thankful for...

• Catching yet another health problem before it kills me, and getting the (hopefully) right drugs and healthy practices to treat it. NO thanks to me for not paying attention for too long, and NO thanks for having to cut down on salt and keep my feet up.
• Waking up with cats on the bed. NO thanks for my bladder.
• DreamHost, which lets me have as many websites as I want. Domains are cheap; I lucked into a great deal on hosting.
• Places to order from with predictable delivery one or two days in the future. Especially important for cat fud and litter.

Today I am thankful for...

• The Black Blood of the Earth - Funranium Labs. NO thanks for Bronx making it impossible to get back to sleep at 5am.
• My daughter (who I just got off a video call with).
• Video calls. And having alternatives to Zoom. (We used Discord.)
• MDN Web Docs
• Remembering stuff in time.