This has been an odd but nice holiday season so far. My parents and their friend group has become the health care coordinating team for another couple; the wife had a major stroke the week before Christmas and her husband is dealing with the onset of dementia. For all of us its bringing back hard memories of the Christmas that my sister spent in ( Read more... )

I've been having a wonderful and quiet holiday with my parents. Lots of baking, cooking and reading with a dusting of snow. I made a glorious honey cake that we're slowly eating and enjoying ( Read more... )

This last week ended up really busy for me but I was able to get things done. Last night I stayed up too late reading, F. C. Yee's books are great but not for before bed reading. So I thought I'd write out what I did as a reminder to myself that as time's still weird, I have been making progress ( Read more... )

At the moment, I have two temp job possibilities out there which is good. I miss working and this time of year is feeling even harder after losing Leslie. Winter's just biting deeper so I'm trying to reach out more. I ended up sending out a lot of mail which felt good and connecting with places I volunteer ( Read more... )

I finally got all my icons back and added a few Star Wars ones but I want to add more. This is one of my favorites because its Cassian being a pilot and hyperspace which is cool and beautiful ( Read more... )