March 20, 2009

• Backlogged, Brainfogged, and Blog-clogged

  I have a backlog of tasks waiting to be done, and the brain fog takes some of them off the top of the list, at least until some of that fog clears.  If I had been thinking straight, I would have had a Coke this morning to get my caffeine level up before I tried to make coffee.  First, I put everything together right, except for leaving the carafe in the other room.  Without it under the spout to trip that little spring valve, the water and grounds backed up and overflowed down into the machine and eventually over the counter and onto the stovetop and floor.

  I cleaned up the external mess, gave the coffeemaker a thorough internal cleaning, put a filter in, loaded it with grounds, poured water into the tank, pushed the button, then noticed that I had left out the spouted insert that holds the paper filter.  That wasted some grounds and made another mess before I pushed the button, unplugged the machine, and cleaned it again.

  As I typed the first paragraph above and sipped my much delayed and more costly than usual coffee, my French toast was scorching on the grill.  I would call it burned, but that would make it inedible and I need the blood sugar too much to wait for a new batch — with no assurance that the second wouldn’t, under the circumstances, come out worse than the first.

  Experience has taught me not to try some things, such as psychic readings, when the M.E. flares up this severely.  Wouldn’t you know it?  …suddenly, after weeks with none to do, Greyfox has done two past-life readings for me to complete and post, and somebody has questions for me to answer.  They will wait.  Greyfox’s have been waiting already, while his attention was otherwise occupied with making a living and keeping prior commitments.

  Today’s brain fog is piggy-backing on some sensorimotor deficits (AKA stumbling and fumbling) that have been going on for weeks, and ravenous hypoglycemia that set in after my last trip to town.  I’m a wreck, and have an appointment at the clinic on Monday.  Going anywhere at all is strenuous and fatiguing.  Going to the clinic is also fraught with other hazards, including stupid people and opportunistic infections just waiting to attack my compromised immune system.  I am aware that I need to avoid setting myself up for self-fulfilling prophecies, but it is hard not to predict trouble when past experience has led me to expect it.

  To think that at one phase in my life I spent good money on bad drugs to make me feel this dopey.

  I will be back later with Iditarod news, maybe, and maybe with one or two of the blogs that didn’t get done while I was doing race updates every day.  O…BTW, somebody hates me for my reporting.   My writing is making an impact!

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