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Dec. 31st, 2019 12:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dchenesWent to Noank and back and it was quite nice. Mostly I stayed the hell off my ankle, except for the 27th when I went grocery shopping with Mom just to get out of the house. Christmas in Noank tends to be about food these days, so there was shrimp cocktail for Christmas Eve and standing rib roast for Christmas Day and BLTs for Boxing Day. And the usual run of cookies and various whatnot.
Got back on the 28th and went out erranding on the 29th, including investment in an ankle brace I can dive in and an ankle brace for land-based activity. The braces are "moderate support" where the air cast was "firm support", but basically that means the braces fit in my sneakers (and my slippers) without so much arguing, and I can go up and down the stairs like a normal human being, instead of sideways and slowly.
Yesterday was the 30th and I celebrated the fact that I can go up and down the stairs, by taking out two weeks of trash and recycling. The kitchen felt a lot better immediately. Of course, now the kitchen trash is full of used aromatics from my making turkey stock, so it will have to go out again before I leave.
Yesterday I also got my brain to stop waking me up early just so I can worry, by reserving a room in one of the airport hotels for the night of the 3rd. I wasn't thrilled about getting up at an ungodly hour to try to get to the airport from home, so now the plan is: pack all of my own gear, leave home sometime in the afternoon, pick up the rental gear, go to the hotel, sort out what goes in which bag, eat something for dinner somewhere, fall over and get some sleep, and take the hotel shuttle to the airport in the morning.
I started making a packing list, because I've never packed for a dive trip before, and it's getting mildly intimidating. At least this time the rental gear is only BCD, regulators, compass, and SMB, and that will all fit in a smallish bag. Then there's my gear, and toiletries and clothes and outlet adapters and passport and phone charger. It'll work, I just have to figure out precisely how.
However, all that stuff can wait until tomorrow, because this afternoon I am going to see Star Wars. I'm not sure how much longer I could stay unspoiled, and the statute of limitations on spoilers will definitely have run out by January 12, so I want to see it before I leave. So I am.
Got back on the 28th and went out erranding on the 29th, including investment in an ankle brace I can dive in and an ankle brace for land-based activity. The braces are "moderate support" where the air cast was "firm support", but basically that means the braces fit in my sneakers (and my slippers) without so much arguing, and I can go up and down the stairs like a normal human being, instead of sideways and slowly.
Yesterday was the 30th and I celebrated the fact that I can go up and down the stairs, by taking out two weeks of trash and recycling. The kitchen felt a lot better immediately. Of course, now the kitchen trash is full of used aromatics from my making turkey stock, so it will have to go out again before I leave.
Yesterday I also got my brain to stop waking me up early just so I can worry, by reserving a room in one of the airport hotels for the night of the 3rd. I wasn't thrilled about getting up at an ungodly hour to try to get to the airport from home, so now the plan is: pack all of my own gear, leave home sometime in the afternoon, pick up the rental gear, go to the hotel, sort out what goes in which bag, eat something for dinner somewhere, fall over and get some sleep, and take the hotel shuttle to the airport in the morning.
I started making a packing list, because I've never packed for a dive trip before, and it's getting mildly intimidating. At least this time the rental gear is only BCD, regulators, compass, and SMB, and that will all fit in a smallish bag. Then there's my gear, and toiletries and clothes and outlet adapters and passport and phone charger. It'll work, I just have to figure out precisely how.
However, all that stuff can wait until tomorrow, because this afternoon I am going to see Star Wars. I'm not sure how much longer I could stay unspoiled, and the statute of limitations on spoilers will definitely have run out by January 12, so I want to see it before I leave. So I am.
