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glacier_kitty) wrote2023-06-21 04:44 pm
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Sleep Study
Last night I finally had the in-house sleep study done!
Getting ready! There were so many things to hook on to me that it took like 45 minutes just to get ready haha (I got there around 10)
So many wires!! After the assistant hooked everything up she had me lay down in bed and she checked on her computer if everything was working properly, which it was. She showed me the call button in case I needed anything (like to use the bathroom), then left me for the night. You don't have to go to sleep right away, so I read a little before turning out the lights (there's also a TV if you want to do that too). I didn't really sleep the greatest (I was too wired. ;) Haha), but hopefully they got good enough data. She woke me up around 6, unhooked everything from me, and said I could go whenever I was ready. I called mom and because she lives SUPER close to the Sleep Center, she was there in a few minutes. We both went back to sleep when we got back to her house LOL, mornings are not our thing. :P The assistant said I should get the results back within a week..so happy I finally got that done lol
I've been working three hours the days I've been at work this week, and while it's more tiring, I definitely get a LOT more done. There are so many boxes and stuff it doesn't look like I did anything though LOL. Denise is just thankful for whatever I get done, it's less stress and work for her..it's nice to be valued. :P I'm also staying the night at my apartment..making slow steps in getting my life back, at least!
Oh no, the Castner Glacier ice arch collapsed on Sunday, blocking the entrance to the cave! So sad! The people hiking around the arch were very lucky not to get caught in it! Because you have to pay to read the article on the News-Miner site,
The ice arch in front of the Castner ice cave collapsed at 4:27 p.m. Sunday under sunny skies and soaring temperatures at the popular hiking destination. Luckily, no hikers were hit by falling ice blocks.
The cave is just off the Richardson Highway south of Delta Junction. It has become a top hiking destination in recent years.
“We were up to the arch, taking photos, then backtracked and went around the edge where the beach was, not right up to it,” said Fairbanksan Alyson Rigby, who hiked into the site with the Foshee family on Sunday. They hiked around the arch and were standing behind a mound of gravel when they heard two big booms behind them.
“We heard that boom,” Rigby said. “Then the second boom was even bigger. There was a huge vibration.”
They quickly scrambled back to the arch and found a pile of giant ice chunks, covering the entrance to the ice cave.
The cave is located at the base of Castner Glacier. In summer 2022, the front portion of the cave partially collapsed, leaving the back part still standing. At that time, glacier experts said the collapse was not unexpected, because glacial landscapes are always changing.
The change on Sunday was dramatic. Giant chunks of ice now block the cave entrance.
“Similar things are happening around that whole area,” Rigby, a Fairbanks librarian, noted. “The area is full of ice.”
She was grateful no one was hurt, she said, after watching other families cavorting around and under the ice arch.
“There wasn’t much warning,” she said. “If you had been there, you wouldn’t have had time to get out.”
Now, visitors making the flat and easy one-mile hike to the cave can see a tall very blue/green wall of ice in the distance while approaching.
“You can see that slice from far away,” she said. “Just a big, blue gash.”
Overall, she said, it turned into an exciting day.
Rigby is interested now to see how long it takes for the newly uncovered ice, no longer covered by rocks, to melt.
“Eventually, when the ice is all gone and melted down, you can probably get closer to the mouth of the cave again,” she said. “Right now, it is blocked with ice.”
When the cave collapsed last summer, Martin Truffer, a member of UAF’s Glacier Group at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, explained that caves are formed by water. When ice thaws, water runs to the bottom of the glacier. It often trickles into crevasses and hollows out ice, thereby forming a water channel, kind of like a water hose.
Caves collapse when the ice on top becomes too thin to support the structure. That usually happens during summer months due to warm weather.
The Castner Ice Cave has been around for decades. Truffer said last year he was confident the cave has collapsed before, describing the glacier landscape as “a very dynamic environment.”
Glaciers everywhere are retreating each year, causing caves at their bases to collapse, he said. It is even “inevitable,” he added.
He encouraged visitors to be very careful at the cave entrance due to falling rocks. On Sunday, that hazard was a collapsing ice arch.
17 – Eat Your Vegetables Day: Do you love veggies? Do you have favourites? Do you have a favourite veggie recipe -- either main meal or side dish? Will you share it? They're alright..zucchini is pretty good, and green beans and broccoli aren't too bad either. They're good as a side dish with butter!
18 – International Panic Day: Contrary to what it sounds like, this is a day dedicated to reducing panic and stress in your daily life, not celebrating it! How to you go about reducing the stresses, anxiety and yes, panic, in your life? Taking Clonazepam and Prozac haha (it might be starting to help now, hopefully!!), talking to mom or my counselor, etc
19 – Watch Day: Do you still wear a watch (assuming you ever did wear one)? Is it just a regular time telling watch, or is a smartwatch or fitness/health device that also tells you the time? Yeah, just a regular watch..I don't need my watch to be that fancy haha
20 – World Productivity Day: What did you do today (or are you planning to do) that was particularly productive? Mom and I went to the store and then found three geocaches!
21 – World Music Day: How important is music in your life? Do you play any musical instruments, or are you part of a choir or other vocal group? Have you ever been in a band (rock or school or other)? I love music, it can be calming, energizing, nostalgic..it kinda makes driving less tedious too. No and no, but I was in choir for a little bit in elementary school, even though I'm terrible at singing LOL
Getting ready! There were so many things to hook on to me that it took like 45 minutes just to get ready haha (I got there around 10)
So many wires!! After the assistant hooked everything up she had me lay down in bed and she checked on her computer if everything was working properly, which it was. She showed me the call button in case I needed anything (like to use the bathroom), then left me for the night. You don't have to go to sleep right away, so I read a little before turning out the lights (there's also a TV if you want to do that too). I didn't really sleep the greatest (I was too wired. ;) Haha), but hopefully they got good enough data. She woke me up around 6, unhooked everything from me, and said I could go whenever I was ready. I called mom and because she lives SUPER close to the Sleep Center, she was there in a few minutes. We both went back to sleep when we got back to her house LOL, mornings are not our thing. :P The assistant said I should get the results back within a week..so happy I finally got that done lol
I've been working three hours the days I've been at work this week, and while it's more tiring, I definitely get a LOT more done. There are so many boxes and stuff it doesn't look like I did anything though LOL. Denise is just thankful for whatever I get done, it's less stress and work for her..it's nice to be valued. :P I'm also staying the night at my apartment..making slow steps in getting my life back, at least!
Oh no, the Castner Glacier ice arch collapsed on Sunday, blocking the entrance to the cave! So sad! The people hiking around the arch were very lucky not to get caught in it! Because you have to pay to read the article on the News-Miner site,
The ice arch in front of the Castner ice cave collapsed at 4:27 p.m. Sunday under sunny skies and soaring temperatures at the popular hiking destination. Luckily, no hikers were hit by falling ice blocks.
The cave is just off the Richardson Highway south of Delta Junction. It has become a top hiking destination in recent years.
“We were up to the arch, taking photos, then backtracked and went around the edge where the beach was, not right up to it,” said Fairbanksan Alyson Rigby, who hiked into the site with the Foshee family on Sunday. They hiked around the arch and were standing behind a mound of gravel when they heard two big booms behind them.
“We heard that boom,” Rigby said. “Then the second boom was even bigger. There was a huge vibration.”
They quickly scrambled back to the arch and found a pile of giant ice chunks, covering the entrance to the ice cave.
The cave is located at the base of Castner Glacier. In summer 2022, the front portion of the cave partially collapsed, leaving the back part still standing. At that time, glacier experts said the collapse was not unexpected, because glacial landscapes are always changing.
The change on Sunday was dramatic. Giant chunks of ice now block the cave entrance.
“Similar things are happening around that whole area,” Rigby, a Fairbanks librarian, noted. “The area is full of ice.”
She was grateful no one was hurt, she said, after watching other families cavorting around and under the ice arch.
“There wasn’t much warning,” she said. “If you had been there, you wouldn’t have had time to get out.”
Now, visitors making the flat and easy one-mile hike to the cave can see a tall very blue/green wall of ice in the distance while approaching.
“You can see that slice from far away,” she said. “Just a big, blue gash.”
Overall, she said, it turned into an exciting day.
Rigby is interested now to see how long it takes for the newly uncovered ice, no longer covered by rocks, to melt.
“Eventually, when the ice is all gone and melted down, you can probably get closer to the mouth of the cave again,” she said. “Right now, it is blocked with ice.”
When the cave collapsed last summer, Martin Truffer, a member of UAF’s Glacier Group at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, explained that caves are formed by water. When ice thaws, water runs to the bottom of the glacier. It often trickles into crevasses and hollows out ice, thereby forming a water channel, kind of like a water hose.
Caves collapse when the ice on top becomes too thin to support the structure. That usually happens during summer months due to warm weather.
The Castner Ice Cave has been around for decades. Truffer said last year he was confident the cave has collapsed before, describing the glacier landscape as “a very dynamic environment.”
Glaciers everywhere are retreating each year, causing caves at their bases to collapse, he said. It is even “inevitable,” he added.
He encouraged visitors to be very careful at the cave entrance due to falling rocks. On Sunday, that hazard was a collapsing ice arch.
17 – Eat Your Vegetables Day: Do you love veggies? Do you have favourites? Do you have a favourite veggie recipe -- either main meal or side dish? Will you share it? They're alright..zucchini is pretty good, and green beans and broccoli aren't too bad either. They're good as a side dish with butter!
18 – International Panic Day: Contrary to what it sounds like, this is a day dedicated to reducing panic and stress in your daily life, not celebrating it! How to you go about reducing the stresses, anxiety and yes, panic, in your life? Taking Clonazepam and Prozac haha (it might be starting to help now, hopefully!!), talking to mom or my counselor, etc
19 – Watch Day: Do you still wear a watch (assuming you ever did wear one)? Is it just a regular time telling watch, or is a smartwatch or fitness/health device that also tells you the time? Yeah, just a regular watch..I don't need my watch to be that fancy haha
20 – World Productivity Day: What did you do today (or are you planning to do) that was particularly productive? Mom and I went to the store and then found three geocaches!
21 – World Music Day: How important is music in your life? Do you play any musical instruments, or are you part of a choir or other vocal group? Have you ever been in a band (rock or school or other)? I love music, it can be calming, energizing, nostalgic..it kinda makes driving less tedious too. No and no, but I was in choir for a little bit in elementary school, even though I'm terrible at singing LOL