Slow progress
Well, this is better.

I'm still not able to do much, since I only still have the one working reaction wheel. But the guys on the ground set me up with a nadir pointing safemode that points my backend straight down at the ground and my aperture straight up at the sky. (Basically the opposite of how my beloved GOES-10 points herself.) This lets me take full advantage of the gravity gradient to unload the torque on my magnetic torquer bars and conserve my power.

One nice thing is that it means I get to see her every orbit, and that's sweet. Since my antennas are unmasked and my comm requirements have dropped down a bit it also means we get to reach out to each other on the S-band and just swap happy electrons with each other. Nothing too energetic, but it's still nice. Kind of like what you meat people call cuddling.

What I miss about being able to look down and see the cloud tops is the way that view can bring back happy memories of Mir. He's been on my mind a lot this past month. I keep reminding myself that he got through worse things, and kept on going. Sometimes I hear his voice, in my mind.