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Cataract Surgery
I'll be having cataract surgery on the 26th. I have always had a severe astigmatism. But now, I also have keratoconus. It is an eye condition in which your cornea - the clear, dome-shaped front of your eye - gets thinner and gradually bulges outward into a cone shape. A cone-shaped cornea causes blurred vision and may cause sensitivity to light and ( Read more... ) -
Journals
I have journaled for a very long time. When I was a girl, we called them diaries. I started keeping one at the height of teenage angst and have kept one ever since. I don't always write in them. And when I get a new one, I often write in that before I finish the other. So my entries are not linear.
Sorry about that, kids. If you ever read any of ( Read more... ) -
Five Years
So, it's been five years since Jax passed. Five years. I can't believe how the time's gone. We just saw her hubs yesterday. Went to lunch with him. Keeping tabs. She'd want that. He's an awesome guy. We talked about her, or I did. He didn't, not as much as I'd expected. But then, I'm not surprised.
It also happens to be the anniversary of my mother ( Read more... ) -
Office Stuff
Today I added some window clings to my windows in an effort to stop the sun from blinding me as it arcs lower in the sky. Shorter days, wicked angle. I messed up the first time. But I could use that cling in another spot, but then I only had enough for two windows. So I did what I could.
I like it so far.
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Conlang
So, I have a constructed language for my elves. Who doesn't? Hands? You over there... ah, orcs. ;D
Seriously. It's based on real languages, of course. Would drive some poor folks crazy. Will, when they get to reading my work. If ever. Oi.
Today, I need an in-world word for heterochromia. Fun!
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Journals
I have a lot of journals. I didn't start right away, so they began in high school. It would have been an interesting thing to do, to journal from the time I could write. I should have thought of that with my kids.
Oh, I kinda did. My youngest used to. The older ones did - but also in high school. The middle kidlet doesn't like to write. But he's ( Read more... ) -
August was Rough Thank God for September!
There are times I really hate August. Memories. Loss. Birthdays, but death days, too. This is, to quote Jaxie: "About me." And how it is, right now. Self-indulgence, call it.
My father died on the cusp of August, between some time the last day of July and the first day of August in 1996. I remember going faintly insane. I'm glad my kids were small ( Read more... ) -
New Novel Goal
End of the year. Part one of the Sons of the Dead series. At least, that's the plan.
