Yes, yes, I am alive
And actually, besides the woes and worries of T the horsie, now mostly resolved, I've been (by and large) having a great time the past few months.
I think it was the first or second week in July when my cousin got married, and it was a really nice ceremony, absolutely beautiful music (mostly Irish tunes, of course, hehe). I think I'll give that its own post later, there are many things to mention in connection with that.
One thing somewhat connected with that is the visit from another (out of state) cousin, in his teens, who is going to be very good at something some day, as Evan said. He's so curious, he was talking about anything and everything with Evan, particularly things connected with astronomy and atmospheric sciences, since my brudder is quite knowledgeable in those areas. But things went much further afield than that, and other conversations revealed his interest and fairly decent working knowledge of dozens of other subjects. He's a real smart, observant kid, and quick to pick things up. It's been prob'ly a couple years since I last saw him, and I sure do like what I see in him now. =^.^=
Anyway, that was a really hectic week, and I was pushed just about to my limit. To the point that historically I would have crashed and gotten sick. But a funny thing happened. That's right, I didn't. I remained healthy. Shortly thereafter I went riding twice within the same week, and it was wonderful. T was very good for me, especially the first time. And then a couple days later the idjit went and hurt himself (seems to be recovering all right now, but sure had me worried for a while. You know with me and riding it's gotta be something...)
I've had more than the usual amount of astronomy related activities, which have been really great. Mostly. There has also been an increasing amount of hanging out with Mike, which has been ridiculously awesome. Also, ever since NaNoWriMo some of the local participants have continued meeting monthly at a local borders. One of them is going to move out of state now, and she is going to be sorely missed. Anyway, it has been crazy amounts of fun. I need to scan my notebook which has now gained the official title "Place For More or Less Random Creativity" because there is some highly amusing stuff in there, mostly stuff Mike doodled when he got bored enough. The crazy writing prompts people would get just from remembering a name or my pointing out that a "crystal geyser" (they sell that brand of water at this Borders) is an impossible and very dangerous thing, and even just totally randomly and feeding off each other with group efforts and just all that good spontaneous stuff...'tis wonderful. Of course, there is serious writing too, peoples bring their laptops and work on various thingses and whatnot. I bring my notebook, as in paper, not computer, since Mr. Lippertopper is not so much portable, given his mostly obscured cracked screen and battery issues. He is my non-desktop desktop.
I really am so grateful to my Chinese herbalist person-face-thing (<--weird thing I do when I'm too tired to come up with whatever I really should call someone or it seems too boring, I shall explain more fully if I ever get around to posting a guide to my Felisisms). Every time I start to feel like I'm getting sick I've called him to go over my case and gotten some herbs that have pulled me back from the brink and allowed me to sustain levels of energy I haven't had for years. Starting to catch up with me again now, but I think with a few days on my new supplements and resting as much as I can I should be fine.
So, that's a brief overview of like the last four months. Some items I shall speak on at length if I get the chance and keep up with other things...toodles for now my loves!
(Yeah, I know, terrible bubble-gum-pop-pseudo-trance song, right? Why do I love it so? hehe Oh yeah, 'cause it's perfect for what it is.)
I think it was the first or second week in July when my cousin got married, and it was a really nice ceremony, absolutely beautiful music (mostly Irish tunes, of course, hehe). I think I'll give that its own post later, there are many things to mention in connection with that.
One thing somewhat connected with that is the visit from another (out of state) cousin, in his teens, who is going to be very good at something some day, as Evan said. He's so curious, he was talking about anything and everything with Evan, particularly things connected with astronomy and atmospheric sciences, since my brudder is quite knowledgeable in those areas. But things went much further afield than that, and other conversations revealed his interest and fairly decent working knowledge of dozens of other subjects. He's a real smart, observant kid, and quick to pick things up. It's been prob'ly a couple years since I last saw him, and I sure do like what I see in him now. =^.^=
Anyway, that was a really hectic week, and I was pushed just about to my limit. To the point that historically I would have crashed and gotten sick. But a funny thing happened. That's right, I didn't. I remained healthy. Shortly thereafter I went riding twice within the same week, and it was wonderful. T was very good for me, especially the first time. And then a couple days later the idjit went and hurt himself (seems to be recovering all right now, but sure had me worried for a while. You know with me and riding it's gotta be something...)
I've had more than the usual amount of astronomy related activities, which have been really great. Mostly. There has also been an increasing amount of hanging out with Mike, which has been ridiculously awesome. Also, ever since NaNoWriMo some of the local participants have continued meeting monthly at a local borders. One of them is going to move out of state now, and she is going to be sorely missed. Anyway, it has been crazy amounts of fun. I need to scan my notebook which has now gained the official title "Place For More or Less Random Creativity" because there is some highly amusing stuff in there, mostly stuff Mike doodled when he got bored enough. The crazy writing prompts people would get just from remembering a name or my pointing out that a "crystal geyser" (they sell that brand of water at this Borders) is an impossible and very dangerous thing, and even just totally randomly and feeding off each other with group efforts and just all that good spontaneous stuff...'tis wonderful. Of course, there is serious writing too, peoples bring their laptops and work on various thingses and whatnot. I bring my notebook, as in paper, not computer, since Mr. Lippertopper is not so much portable, given his mostly obscured cracked screen and battery issues. He is my non-desktop desktop.
I really am so grateful to my Chinese herbalist person-face-thing (<--weird thing I do when I'm too tired to come up with whatever I really should call someone or it seems too boring, I shall explain more fully if I ever get around to posting a guide to my Felisisms). Every time I start to feel like I'm getting sick I've called him to go over my case and gotten some herbs that have pulled me back from the brink and allowed me to sustain levels of energy I haven't had for years. Starting to catch up with me again now, but I think with a few days on my new supplements and resting as much as I can I should be fine.
So, that's a brief overview of like the last four months. Some items I shall speak on at length if I get the chance and keep up with other things...toodles for now my loves!
(Yeah, I know, terrible bubble-gum-pop-pseudo-trance song, right? Why do I love it so? hehe Oh yeah, 'cause it's perfect for what it is.)