Monday, May 29
May. 30th, 2023 01:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gottawonderToday I am grateful for:
Warm weather, and three more drops of rain.
I went to town today, a break from yard toil.
I met with a person selling the entire series of "Battlestar Galactica", so we'll see if it's a good watch.
Then I stopped into pottery, mainly just to see if the remaining Raku-destined items were dry enough to move onto the cart for their first firing, and they were.
There were some people there, the one woman I talk to a lot had brought her sister, so that was fun.
I picked up one of those little hard plastic pools for kids, as the one we have leaks. I got it at Canadian Tire, and the service at the store was just CRAP.
Then I got some groceries, and came home.
I let everyone out into their pastures for a while, it was quite a nice evening.
I tried to give the Canadian Tire some feedback, but I doubt that anyone cares at all. I actually try not to shop there unless I must, because pretty much every time I go into this particular location, I am angry and frustrated.
I also feel pretty frustrated about our home and our yard right now. There is still a ton of work to be done on the house, and at every turn I feel like my husband has just gone into "it's fine" mode.
Yes, every time he's home he is addressing a few things like some electrical things, and a lot of out door issues, which to be fair need doing as well. I don't know, it just feels like EVERYTHING needs attention.
I am frustrated indoors just by all my stuff, and how hard it is to keep things looking nice if you can't really put it all away out of sight.
Of course, I know the solution is to get rid of some of it, and I DO, just not enough.
I did do some laundry; washing some hoodies and fleece jackets from the hallway.
I rolled some coins from my husband's hoard that he never actually rolls himself. This is at least an old hoard from a few years ago, and he doesn't seem to be hoarding new change in another jar. One good thing about debit cards, I guess.
I took some deceased house plants outside to be dumped.
I cleared off my bedroom dresser top somewhat.
Mostly I am just really overwhelmed, because always feel like there is so much that needs to be done, and I really don't want to do it.
I learned that the actual survival rates of people receiving CPR are very low; under ten percent for out of hospital, and roughly 17% in hospital, and that often the survivors have a lot of issues like broken ribs and brain damage to contend with if they do survive.
I found this very sad, but also kind of an important thing to consider if you are quite elderly or terminally ill, is whether you'd want to have a clause saying you do not want CPR, as it sounds quite traumatic and not very useful if you are frail.
It is often represented in movies as almost always successful, while in real life it is quite the opposite.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/05/29/1177914622/a-natural-death-may-be-preferable-for-many-than-enduring-cpr
On a more positive note, Stanford engineers developed a paper microscope that costs one dollar. They distributed 50,000 of them to developing countries.
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2014/09/03/345521442/a-1-microscope-folds-up-from-paper-and-a-lens-of-glue
Warm weather, and three more drops of rain.
I went to town today, a break from yard toil.
I met with a person selling the entire series of "Battlestar Galactica", so we'll see if it's a good watch.
Then I stopped into pottery, mainly just to see if the remaining Raku-destined items were dry enough to move onto the cart for their first firing, and they were.
There were some people there, the one woman I talk to a lot had brought her sister, so that was fun.
I picked up one of those little hard plastic pools for kids, as the one we have leaks. I got it at Canadian Tire, and the service at the store was just CRAP.
Then I got some groceries, and came home.
I let everyone out into their pastures for a while, it was quite a nice evening.
I tried to give the Canadian Tire some feedback, but I doubt that anyone cares at all. I actually try not to shop there unless I must, because pretty much every time I go into this particular location, I am angry and frustrated.
I also feel pretty frustrated about our home and our yard right now. There is still a ton of work to be done on the house, and at every turn I feel like my husband has just gone into "it's fine" mode.
Yes, every time he's home he is addressing a few things like some electrical things, and a lot of out door issues, which to be fair need doing as well. I don't know, it just feels like EVERYTHING needs attention.
I am frustrated indoors just by all my stuff, and how hard it is to keep things looking nice if you can't really put it all away out of sight.
Of course, I know the solution is to get rid of some of it, and I DO, just not enough.
I did do some laundry; washing some hoodies and fleece jackets from the hallway.
I rolled some coins from my husband's hoard that he never actually rolls himself. This is at least an old hoard from a few years ago, and he doesn't seem to be hoarding new change in another jar. One good thing about debit cards, I guess.
I took some deceased house plants outside to be dumped.
I cleared off my bedroom dresser top somewhat.
Mostly I am just really overwhelmed, because always feel like there is so much that needs to be done, and I really don't want to do it.
I learned that the actual survival rates of people receiving CPR are very low; under ten percent for out of hospital, and roughly 17% in hospital, and that often the survivors have a lot of issues like broken ribs and brain damage to contend with if they do survive.
I found this very sad, but also kind of an important thing to consider if you are quite elderly or terminally ill, is whether you'd want to have a clause saying you do not want CPR, as it sounds quite traumatic and not very useful if you are frail.
It is often represented in movies as almost always successful, while in real life it is quite the opposite.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/05/29/1177914622/a-natural-death-may-be-preferable-for-many-than-enduring-cpr
On a more positive note, Stanford engineers developed a paper microscope that costs one dollar. They distributed 50,000 of them to developing countries.
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2014/09/03/345521442/a-1-microscope-folds-up-from-paper-and-a-lens-of-glue
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Date: 2023-05-31 07:01 am (UTC)There's a lot to do here, too. I don't have high hopes. But, I am clearing away a lot of box room hooey and taking charge of the gardens in a timely manner. I'm doing less hometime than usual (new puppy), but it's happening.
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Date: 2023-05-31 07:19 am (UTC)As the article discusses, there are some people for whom resuscitation attempts make sense, and some for whom is does not, but First Responders MUST perform CPR.
I think it's probably a good idea for people to at least understand that MOST people will still die. A lot of people suffer greatly if they fail, thinking it was their fault.
There are long stretches where I don't do much "hometime" progress either, but as long as we keep chipping away at it there's always some improvement.