good and bad
Last night after I went to bed, I started feeling slightly nauseated. I couldn’t get comfortable so I got up (I shut the bedroom door so I wouldn’t disturb Pete) and by the time I got to the living room it was worse. So I sat in my recliner and felt the nausea waves get stronger and stronger. I must have had some kind of food poisoning because I had it coming out both ends until I was so weak I could barely walk without holding onto something. I had been sweating, but after it was all over I was so cold.
Wow! It's such a good feeling when the nausea is gone! I covered up in the recliner and eventually fell asleep. Pete came out at 7:30 and found me. I went to bed and slept until 10:30. I felt pretty good when I got up, but weak. I knew I had to start drinking to get hydrated. Nothing sounded good to eat, but eventually about 1:30 I ate peanut butter on toast.
After two days, I finished cutting out, grinding and fitting 27 large and medium butterflies! I am so glad that is done now. My back was giving me fits and my poor fingers got cut a lot and fingernails worn down. I used some Acetone to clean off the glass today and that got my attention because it usually take a few days for cuts to heal. This afternoon I cleaned up all the glass and started foiling.
I’m trying not to complain because I still love working with glass and I know how pretty they will all look when I’m done. Plus, I’m using more and more of the specialty art glass that I always hoarded and saved before. Every time I do a glass project, I think I get closer and closer to realizing it would be best to give it up and just concentrate on my photography. This thought process and decision has been a thorn in my side for several years now. I just can’t seem to let it go completely, even though five years ago I decided to give up the big windows, doors, etc. That has really helped. But there’s something sad and final about giving up completely and not looking back at something you have loved so much for 25 years, something that was all yours and a huge part of your life. For right now I’ll just relish in the glass butterflies and think about this problem another day.
Daughter Tracy set me up with Pandora and got me an Oontz Angle 3, which is a portable wireless Bluetooth speaker that I can take anywhere. I love the gift and the idea of choosing the music I want to listen to. Right now I’m listening to two of my favorites…. Patty Griffin and Gillian Welch.
The phone’s ringing and it’s my sister calling. We had a really good talk.
That’s all for now . . .
Spring Love . . . Great Blues and Anhingas sharing the space down at Venice Rookery. (Nice big view if you click on picture.)
Wow! It's such a good feeling when the nausea is gone! I covered up in the recliner and eventually fell asleep. Pete came out at 7:30 and found me. I went to bed and slept until 10:30. I felt pretty good when I got up, but weak. I knew I had to start drinking to get hydrated. Nothing sounded good to eat, but eventually about 1:30 I ate peanut butter on toast.
After two days, I finished cutting out, grinding and fitting 27 large and medium butterflies! I am so glad that is done now. My back was giving me fits and my poor fingers got cut a lot and fingernails worn down. I used some Acetone to clean off the glass today and that got my attention because it usually take a few days for cuts to heal. This afternoon I cleaned up all the glass and started foiling.
I’m trying not to complain because I still love working with glass and I know how pretty they will all look when I’m done. Plus, I’m using more and more of the specialty art glass that I always hoarded and saved before. Every time I do a glass project, I think I get closer and closer to realizing it would be best to give it up and just concentrate on my photography. This thought process and decision has been a thorn in my side for several years now. I just can’t seem to let it go completely, even though five years ago I decided to give up the big windows, doors, etc. That has really helped. But there’s something sad and final about giving up completely and not looking back at something you have loved so much for 25 years, something that was all yours and a huge part of your life. For right now I’ll just relish in the glass butterflies and think about this problem another day.
Daughter Tracy set me up with Pandora and got me an Oontz Angle 3, which is a portable wireless Bluetooth speaker that I can take anywhere. I love the gift and the idea of choosing the music I want to listen to. Right now I’m listening to two of my favorites…. Patty Griffin and Gillian Welch.
The phone’s ringing and it’s my sister calling. We had a really good talk.
That’s all for now . . .
Spring Love . . . Great Blues and Anhingas sharing the space down at Venice Rookery. (Nice big view if you click on picture.)
