Weekly review: Week ending November 11, 2016

Posted: Nov 13, 2016 - Modified: May 29, 2019| review, weekly

The switch back to Standard Time has so far been okay. It mostly means that we try to get our walks in earlier, and we have a bit more time in the late afternoon for night-type activities.

It's been a tough week with lots of upset moments for A-. The chloral hydrate used for her ECG/EKG sedation took a while to kick in and she was already unhappy because of the pre-op exam, so that was about 45 minutes or so of full-scale crying. She bounced back all right, though.

It got unexpectedly brisk on our walk with Joy and J- through High Park, and A- probably got a bit too cold. She was very upset on the way home. Still, we've managed to make it out to the Junction Family Resource Centre and other neighbourhood stops a few times. We went further afield to buy gifts for the trip, and we also took her to Sick Kids for her cardio exam. But we've also cut short a few walks and errands due to fussing.

The week had its share of good moments, though. A- sequestered one of the gifts we were going to give her cousins, and is now the happy owner of her first Duplo set. She's also played around with wiping her place at the table with a washcloth, which we enthusiastically encourage – and then she promptly stuffs the cloth in her mouth, because we've been getting her used to the routine of using a clean washcloth to wipe her gums after meals. Ah, well. Oh, and there was an hour or so of the most adorable little snores one night.

I tried sewing while A- was with me. A- was not particularly keen on the noise from the sewing machine, so all I could do was a quick little crinkle sheet from some scrap cloth and a potato chip bag. I have better luck cooking and baking in the morning, though, and have managed to try different recipes for pancakes and muffins over the past few days. Verdict: chocolate pancakes are too sweet, and banana walnut muffins are just right.

The cardiologist said A-'s VSD is becoming increasingly restrictive, so less blood is flowing through the hole in her heart. Yay! They're going to keep an eye on the muscle bundles in her right ventricle, following up in three months or so. Not out of the woods yet, but it's good to have this kind of care.

de Quervain's continues to be a bother, but A-'s worth it. So far, I've been able to modify what I do in order to avoid pain, so it's really more about paying extra attention. That's not a bad thing, anyway.

Next week is going to be quite an adventure. Here goes!

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Focus areas and time review

Business (1.8h – 1%)
- Earn (0.8h – 44% of Business)
  - ☐ Earn: E1: 1-2 days of consulting
- Build (0.0h – 0% of Business)
- Connect (1.0h – 55% of Business)
Relationships (4.9h – 2%)
- ☑ Fix up RESP
- ☑ Update passport info
- ☑ Start packing
Discretionary – Productive (5.8h – 3%)
- Drawing (3.8h)
- Emacs (1.7h)
  - ☑ Do another Emacs News review
  - ☐ Do another Emacs News review
- Coding (0.0h)
- ☑ Confirm weight, height, meals
- ☐ Check in
- Sewing (0.0h)
  - ☑ Make crinkly sheet
- Writing (0.0h)
Discretionary – Play (7.8h – 4%)
Personal routines (18.9h – 11%)
Unpaid work (76.2h – 45%)
- Childcare (66.3h – 39% of total)
Sleep (53.7h – 31% – average of 7.7 per day)