Had a bad bout of... I guess sinus infection might cover it, along with a flulike reaction and chills/fever yadayadayada. At any rate, laid low for a few days. Didn't leave the house until yesterday (4th day in). Guess I really needed the rest. Now the arthritis in my knees is killing me. I cannot get comfortable. Or walk, really. And all the ( Read more... )

Oh, look! Another journal entry!

I made that commitment in January to read 52 books this year, and I am miserably behind. It's pathetic, actually. Dan Simmons' Hyperion isn't a bad book by any means; it's just not grabbing me for some reason. So last night I gave up and went to another one of the new books on the waiting list: Garden Spells by ( Read more... )

Well, it's two weeks later and Friday was the day. Actually, it was the Day of Medical Things. I drove down to Ann Arbor to get my stitches out (FINALLY. I was so tired of them. In fact, I think I ripped out some in my sleep.) and then went to West Bloomfield to visit my dad, who had hip replacement surgery on Wednesday. I thought they were keeping ( Read more... )

Ah, spring is beginning to spring around here. The mud is beginning to be everywhere. Yay, country living. There is a book by Charles Brady called Viking Summer. It's set during the Cold War days, and (nominally) about a professor in Buffalo New York who also has a vacation cabin in Canada on the other side of Lake Erie. He very lyrically describes ( Read more... )

It's been busy at Chez Moi. Holidays, car repairs, house repairs, work, blah blah blah. Had nice times with the kidlings - spent Christmas Day having brunch and then seeing both The Hobbit and Into the Woods in an old-fashioned double feature type of day - and all sorts of other, more stressful things. Needless to say, my head's been full ( Read more... )

On Wednesday, before Thanksgiving, we had a really cool time. I didn't have to cook because we were going to a neighbor's house (but I got all the football game-watching snacks), so everything was chill. So to speak. Then somehow the subject of music and Guggenheim Grotto (the artist currently known as Storyman, btw), and my youngest brother ( Read more... )

The cold that wants to linger and become bronchitis, the job that's 50 miles away, the knees and back that have kind of given up (which means everything takes even more time to accomplish - you should see me on the stairs - maybe you shouldn't!), the house that needs attention, the family stuff, now the holidays... all combine to keep me from ( Read more... )

But right now, I'm rather exercised over the fact that my laptop is doing even more odd things than usual. I really need to find someone who can thoroughly fix it. I really can't afford a new laptop just yet ( Read more... )

It's been forever, but I'm coming back, I promise. Just not at this exact minute. Talk soon!

I know, I know. I'm a terrible journal-er. -ist. Whatever ( Read more... )