It looks like my pharmacy will be able to ship my sildenafil for Friday morning delivery, which is exactly when I’ll run out, so bullet dodged this time yay.
Today was Dave Day! He had several Zoom meetings on his schedule so he came over early and did his 10am and 11am meetings here. Mostly I put in my earbuds and listen to my podcasts and audiobooks during his meetings, but sometimes I eavesdrop a little because it’s so much fun to hear a person with amazing expertise do his thing. Then we had our usual Falafel House lunch, and then we took a big nap because we were both really tired. Then he had another meeting or two; one was with the young woman at his company whom he’s mentoring — I really love to overhear that one because he’s so encouraging and kind to her! *heart eyes*
Rough morning. Slept 5 hours last night. Combination of coffee ice cream yesterday morning and remodulin insomnia, i guess.
Realized I only have three more days worth of one of my crazy specialty meds (sildenafil, 12 x 20mg/day). Usually the specialty pharmacy calls me when it’s time to refill but I guess they skipped me this month. Anyway I called then first thing but they said the manufacturer is out of stock so they don’t have any to ship. So… I guess I’ll just die? *eyeroll* I have left 4 messages with my pulmonology team at UCSF to see what I should do. Maybe they have some samples I can have. I just don’t even know what to do.
Mailed away my passport renewal this morning. I have no idea how long it will take to come back — months, I’d imagine. Luckily I have no international travel plans at present.
Still no granddaughter #2 despite multiple false alarms…
Very tired from last night’s insomnia but had a lovely day with Dave. The cheese-and-pickle sarnie plan got pushed to Wednesday so we had our usual Falafel Corner lunch today instead :) After lunch we lay around and worked on a couple of Cryptic Crosswords via The Guardian’s crossword app. Brutally difficult.
It’s nearly 11pm and I’m not asleep yet, grr. I did all my calming bedtime things, listened to my audiobook for an hour, and now I’ve got the bake-off playing which usually knocks me right out. Fingers crossed.
Therapy day, yay! I had to miss my previous session because I had just gotten home from the hospital and felt too fragile to drive. It was wonderful to have a talk with lovely Suzanne again. I also stopped at Trader Joe’s for tomatoes, to go with the cheese and pickle sandwiches that Dave and I are planning for lunch tomorrow.
In the afternoon Henry and I watched a bunch of great YouTube videos together, mostly from the channel called Townsends, where they do re-enactments of 18th century life — cooking, crafting, clothing, etc. Here’s one we really enjoyed:
Didn’t do much today, but I did get started on renewing my passport. Dug out my old passport and discovered that it was issued slightly less than 15 years ago (December 2006, yikes, just under the wire), which means I can renew instead of re-applying, which means I don’t need to send in my birth certificate. Filled in the forms online and printed them. All I need to do now is go to the UPS place to get a passport photo taken, and then send the whole thing in.
Ya never know when you might need to flee the country, and anyway eventually they won’t accept a regular driver’s license even for domestic flights (was supposed to be this year but Covid pushed it to 2023 I think). The DMV will let you apply for a “Real ID” but I figure a passport kills two birds with one pile of bureaucratic red tape.
Watched Women’s Park Skateboarding today. Man! Those little girls can FLY!
I found a cool website-and-app today: trakt.tv. “Trakt is a platform that does many things, but primarily keeps track of TV shows and movies you watch.”
Netflix and other streamers usually keep track of where you are in whatever series you’re watching, but when I watch stuff on my own hard drive I often have a hard time remembering where I am, especially on repeat viewings, so Trakt will be handy for that. I also like that it displays a list of the shows you’re in the middle of, so you don’t forget to watch the next episode; and it shows what’s airing next, for series that are currently airing; and it allows you to track multiple viewings of the same show/movie. I like DATA.
Pro-tip — when you make your account, add only what you’re currently watching, not everything you’ve ever seen. Otherwise your “up next” list will be all cluttered. I learned this the very hard way.
