Dad and I were visiting my Mom in the rehab facility today. She's been there for a little over 2 weeks following an episode of low potassium and dehydration that landed her in the emergency room and then the ICU. A softer repeat o f the Summer of 2020 episode just without all the Covid drama.

I'm in NC helping Dad so we can prepare for Mom ( Read more... )

A friend sent me an email to remind me I hadn't posted in a year and wondering if I was still out there. Yes, I am. Like so many of us, 2020 has been a shit storm of a year. I managed to keep an art gallery open for a year in Dubuque, IA amid the pandemic. And I'm now the primary person in charge of it. I'm in the midst of remodeling the 20 x 65' ( Read more... )

I just applied for a full time job at my old company and was quickly turned down. Maybe ageism, maybe the supposition that someone who was once making upwards of $80,000 at that same company won't be satisfied only making $32,000....little to do they know lol! These are things you have to look forward to if you lose your job in the second half of ( Read more... )

I've been dealing with depression and anxiety since about mid-December. Finally got bad enough I went to see my doctor. I had a complete physical and complete set of labs done as well as a cardiac stress test. I'm mildly hypertensive. My Vitamin D levels are low. Glucose is high and I've got Low Testosterone. I've still got to go see an ( Read more... )

Tomorrow I pick up my rental car and make the annual drive to the NC coast to spend Christmas with my family. As a gift to my Mom who has COPD and can't do all the things she wants to anymore, I have agreed to do all the cooking for the Christmas day meal. My brother and his girl will be flying in from Seattle and won't get there until late ( Read more... )

Christ on a cracker...it was March when I last posted to LJ. What's wrong with me? Well I've had cellulitis for over a month for one thing. And I've been storm chasing every chance I get since April. Oh yeah and an epic journey to the West and Northwest in April. And owning a TARDIS has taken up a good chunk of time. I've gotten several photos in ( Read more... )

Almost ready to take flight.


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Today is my 49th birthday. My Mom called me at 12:18 am to remind me how much pain I put her through getting me to come into the world! I'm falling asleep at work because I was up until 3 am getting 38 linoleum cuts printed and matted and sent out to my Dad this morning for some Scouting awards he wants to do. I'd have charged him labor and all but ( Read more... )

A friend of mine left this world earlier this week. It's been a week of going to informal memorials and a formal one yesterday morning. She was eccentric, outgoing, insecure and sometimes just plain weird. And she changed the lives of everyone who knew her for the better. I had lunch with her ex husband on Friday. When he heard the news of her ( Read more... )

I'm officially old. I bought Crocs a couple weeks back. Croc Bistros to wear around the house. My heel spur pain finally got bad enough to affect my knee because I was limping. So I talked to an orthotist friend and he pretty much ordered me to get Crocs for the arch support. I bought better arch supports for my shoes and today is my first day ( Read more... )