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Dyspraxia Rules KO
Sitting in computer chair with left leg tucked under right knee, foot projecting to the side.
Spin around in chair.
Toe nails computer off-switch dead centre.
*Headdesk*
In other idiocy
I may have kicked my Kindle Fire into the bath. I thought I'd gotten away with it, but nope, it shut down later. Or at least the screen did, the rest of it, such as the alarm, still worked until the battery ran down. Try turning your alarm off when you can't see the icon to swipe....
At least I timed it right for Black Friday.
Had an appointment with my doctor this evening for a medication review, which is code for "we want to take your opioids away" (I'm only on one drug). Convinced Dr Singh(1) to wait six months back in the spring, didn't hold out much hope of keeping them this time, but this time the appointment was with Dr Singh(2) (I'm not certain if they're sisters or not) and we talked about my experience of pain, and what had worked and what hadn't, and at the end she said "I normally don't like keeping patients on opioids, but actually, you're the ideal candidate*."
Hurrah for doctors applying logic, not opiod hysteria!
* Low dosage, I haven't built up a tolerance, it works, most other things don't, and I did a test a couple of weeks ago to confirm my pain levels are still where they were when this was first prescribed by going cold turkey for four days (I intended going a full week but it hurt too much).
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Dyspraxic problems #27 - defrosting a birthday card
I bought it at Asda, and stuck it between a couple of pizzas to keep it from getting bent on the way home. And you can guess the rest....
It seems to have survived the experience.
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So how did I get here again?
AKA Life with Dyspraxia.
Stumbling half awake across the living room and kick over a glass left from last night (it was at least on a tray, though if I'd been too lazy to put it on the tray it would likely have been somewhere I wouldn't kick it over - no deed of voluntary housework goes unpunished).
Glass lands roughly where my foot was meant to be coming down, I'm left standing on one leg, the dodgier, wobblier left one, with my foot dangling in mid air while trying to work out where the hell do I put my foot that isn't 1) on top of the glass (pint pot, not likely to end well) or 2) the tray (also not likely to end well).
In trying not to lose my balance, I end up throwing myself headlong across the arm of the sofa and onto the floor beyond, fortunately avoiding the wall beyond that (which I'm still not sure how I achieved, it took a 45 degree change of direction in mid-air).
I escaped with a sore knee, but let's hope that's not an indication of how the rest of the day is going to go.Entry tags:
Dyspraxia is...
... seeing the laptop cable has hooked the handle of the huge mug of coffee and is about to topple it over, but not in time to do anything about it.
Then fetching a towel to mop up the spill and knocking the mug over again,
Twice.
And damn, now my neck and shoulder hurt from scrubbing at the carpet :(
Then fetching a towel to mop up the spill and knocking the mug over again,
Twice.
And damn, now my neck and shoulder hurt from scrubbing at the carpet :(
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Dried out...
My rum-and-coke sodden laptop, after spending the last few days in the kitchen in a plastic bag with a load of rice, successfully rebooted this morning!
I'm not sure the delete key is working at all, but it was already iffy pre-soaking, and as the plan was to retire it imminently anyway even before the soaking it's not too serious a problem if it stays that way (there's always highlight and overtype to get around it).
I'm currently making sure I have up-to-date back-ups of all my files in case the resurrection is only temporary, next in line will be a back-up of my mail archives, and then I really should think about logging on and picking up my email for the first time since, umm, before Christmas.
This is doubly good as my shoulders and neck, aggravated by last Friday's hospital appointment aren't at all happy about the amount of time I'm using the desktop, whereas I can use the laptop while lying down on the couch, which is a position they're much happier with.
I'm not sure the delete key is working at all, but it was already iffy pre-soaking, and as the plan was to retire it imminently anyway even before the soaking it's not too serious a problem if it stays that way (there's always highlight and overtype to get around it).
I'm currently making sure I have up-to-date back-ups of all my files in case the resurrection is only temporary, next in line will be a back-up of my mail archives, and then I really should think about logging on and picking up my email for the first time since, umm, before Christmas.
This is doubly good as my shoulders and neck, aggravated by last Friday's hospital appointment aren't at all happy about the amount of time I'm using the desktop, whereas I can use the laptop while lying down on the couch, which is a position they're much happier with.
Argh, Dyspraxia Strikes Again
More specifically my flailing arm struck the side of my pint glass of rum and coke last night, upending it into the laptop.
Obviously I grabbed the laptop and immediately inverted it to drain, but not in time to stop in announcing a hardware failure.
On the positive side it's eight years old and I was supposed to be going out and looking for a new one this week anyway.
On the negative side there's some un-backed up stuff on there, mostly game-related stuff I did over Christmas, I can live without it if need be and I can probably recreate it, though it'll be time consuming.
I'm going to leave it to dry out for a couple of days and then see if it'll boot, if it doesn't I can still pull the hard-drive and see if that works, but really I'd have been much happier if the rum and coke had ended up in me, not the laptop!
Obviously I grabbed the laptop and immediately inverted it to drain, but not in time to stop in announcing a hardware failure.
On the positive side it's eight years old and I was supposed to be going out and looking for a new one this week anyway.
On the negative side there's some un-backed up stuff on there, mostly game-related stuff I did over Christmas, I can live without it if need be and I can probably recreate it, though it'll be time consuming.
I'm going to leave it to dry out for a couple of days and then see if it'll boot, if it doesn't I can still pull the hard-drive and see if that works, but really I'd have been much happier if the rum and coke had ended up in me, not the laptop!