A couple things first - I didn’t post last week, because I am sick. Sick, sick, sick. Sickity sick. I came down with the crud HARD from Radcon, starting Tuesday night and lasting until … undertermined. Sore throat and fever that spiked to 101 and bounced up and down for a few days, now has morphed into a gross phlegmy chest cold and I guess we’ll ( Read more... )

January and February are recognized as hard months in the northern parts of the northern hemisphere for specific reasons. It’s cold, it’s dark, and icy wet stuff often falls from the sky in various forms. Many of us who live in these climes (especially in places that spend much of the time overcast) get very crabby and introverted and … crabby. I’m ( Read more... )

Last night I watched the new show "GBC," which has several actors I really love in it. In particular, I love Kristen Chenoweth. I think she's a fantastic actor and a phenomenal singer. I also adore Annie Potts, and I've enjoyed Jennifer Aspen (although I admit I had to look up her name) on a lot of different shows. I had conflicted hopes for the ( Read more... )

Today is one of those days I just have to sigh and remind myself that life is a series of choices, and not all of mine are going to be good. Staying up until 3 a.m. reading a book? Not the best choice. Of course, my body's decision to punish me after that and not let me sleep until sometime around 6? That was just mean. And of course, part of that ( Read more... )

I do feel rather as though I've been chasing things in circles lately. I don't think I'll be able to give a full report on the last few weeks with any accuracy, but I'll do sort of a vague outline, howzat? In case anyone's been wondering.

Let's see, cats are settling in, doing fairly well. We have another vet appointment tomorrow for them both. ( Read more... )