What's New With Mick

Tag: sick

  • Vital Statistics

    Bike miles this year: 874

    Aches & pains: right foot (outer edge), shoulders, cold (4 days)

    Current reading: n/a

    Recent listening: This American Life, JESUS IS KING, Dolly Parton’s America, Pink Floyd

    Recent viewing: Conspiracy, Taylor Swift’s Tiny Desk Concert, Saturday Night Live, In the Shadow of the Moon, The Great Hack, Explained (Season 2), Living With Yourself, Travels with My Father

    Recent playing: Mini Motorways

    Recent events: Mother’s 90th Birthday Party and trip to Iowa, Tina’s 50th Birthday Party (impending), my 53rd birthday

    Recently accomplished: Party planning, solution to disallow cat printing, finished deck, dosed cats, resolved dental bills,

    Imperative To Do: Read more, clean roof and gutters, clean carpets, call insurance, mop, clean fridge, put away the luggage

  • Vital Statistics

    Aches & pains: sore throat, congestion, general physical malaise

    Current reading: The Drama of the Gifted Child by Alice Miller, Getting Things Done by David Allen

    Recent listening: Very Bad Wizards, Waking Up with Sam Harris

    Recent viewing: Humans, Saturday Night Live, The Last Man in the World, United Shades of America, Kobe Bryant’s Muse, Bright, Black Mirror (season 3), Chasing Trane, Dave Chappelle, Rick and Morty

    Recent playing: n/a

    Recently accomplished: Garage organization/cleaning, rideshare driving

    Imperative To Do: Get a job, 100 miles/week riding, lower grade to 8 inches, reduce CPAP leakage, resume iOS training

  • Just mindin’ my business, eatin’ food and finger lickin’

    My sore throat is gone but now I have full sinuses and a persistent cough. That’s bad news for someone with a CPAP machine and a nose mask. If I can’t breathe through my nose, then the machine is useless. If I don’t use the machine, I don’t get good sleep. If I don’t get good sleep, I don’t get better faster.

    Not a good turn of fortune so I’m home from work again today. I might try to do some programming here later this afternoon if I feel better.

  • Oh, do you know my name? Do I look the same?

    Spring break started today. The boys and Tina are not feeling well and I have a sore throat. I stayed home to beat it before it gets started.

  • Walrus gumboot

    Tina’s mom’s surgery to reattach her right index finger was successful. The accident also cut off the tip of her right middle finger, but they were unable to save it, but they contacted a injury lawyer from https://www.fieldinglaw.com/dallas/personal-injury-attorney/ to help with this. Tina really wanted to drive down to NM for Thanksgiving, but fate conspired to keep that from happening.

    After Graham served his suspension Wednesday morning, he returned to school that afternoon. However, that night Tina woke to the sound of him vomiting in the bathroom. He stayed home sick Thursday, vomited that night and then stayed home from school Friday, too. Because it was very cold and windy, he also had to miss football practice and his last possible game yesterday. His team has another game next week, but we’ll be out of town at Tina’s Grandma Ruth’s funeral. He’s feeling much better today, but they don’t have school all of this week.

    Tina got sick Friday night and has been resting and puking since then. She’s starting to recover and eat today, but she’s still weak. There’s no way we could manage a trip to NM now.

    Thomas and I have not gotten sick yet. We both braved the wind and cold yesterday for his last football Saturday until next season. It was trying, but we both made it through. I was chilled all day after we got home, though. Winter in Oregon sucks!

  • Vital Statistics

    Just woke up. I’ve been sick since Friday morning. Sore throat, cough, feeling like crap – that kind of thing. Everyday I think that maybe another day in bed will help, but then I wake up feeling like crap again. I guess I’ll just throw in the towel tomorrow morning and go back to work.

    Current reading: Angels and Demons by Dan Brown, Smoke and Guns by Kirsten Baldock and Fabio Moon
    Recent listening: n/a
    Recent viewing: Heat at Mavericks, French Open: Men’s Final
    Recent playing: Poker Room, Halo
    Recently accomplished: n/a
    Imperative To Do: Get better, call Sears, call sleep doctor, bike repairs, get watch fixed, truck shopping, bank, Internet for Graham’s room
    Cool link: The Week in Unnecessary Censorship: My favorite “bit” on Jimmy Kimmel Live.