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Considering my physical situation, I was a fool to go to Worldcon, and couldn’t get to Windy, and it looks as if Capricon will likewise be Not A Good Idea To Attend.  Not happy about this, but trying to not overstress any further, and being conservative on what my body can do right now.  I see ( Read more... )

Yes, Mere and I will be at Windycon on and off; we’re commuting, and will be dependent on Susan dropping us off over there, so I can’t say as to when you’ll see us. I’ll also not be terribly mobile; I’ll be using my scooter-thang to move around, but the hotel is spread out enough that it’s not a lot of fun to run all over the place.  I don’t have ( Read more... )

Meredith is now out of school, and sleeping some very long hours, catching up on her sleep, energy, you name it.  Her artistic roller figure skating training schedule for the upcoming meets (Regionals in Flint, MI at the end of this month, and probably the National Championships in Fort Wayne at the end of July)  mean that she’s spending every day ( Read more... )

Stephy Lee (mail link) just called and said that Marta Rose, local fan and huckster, died suddenly earlier today. I didn’t know Marta very well, but others have mentioned her attendance at the local conventions, working huckster rooms, and her service with the Mundelein Library and the Kirk Players.

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…both courtesy of Lisa Ragsdale:

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Meredith in my lap at Windycon, being vivacious - courtesy of Lisa Ragsdale:


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The pancreatitis has died down enough to bring Dot home from the vet’s office / animal hospital, and while she’s still shaky, she’s obviously a whole heck of a lot better.  And there’s a ferocious vet bill, over a grand, and I really DON’T want or need that with Christmas coming up.

Susan’s knee is better, but she’s still not anything close to 100 ( Read more... )

It was wonderful to see people at the con; the best part, to me, was wandering around and chatting with con friends I hadn’t seen in a while and catching up with them.   Long chats with Kerri Ellen Kelly, Christa (Linda Sugar’s sister), Deb Kosiba (who was minding her store, so to speak, and I found her vinyl cutter system highly interesting!), ( Read more... )

Yes, I will be at Windycon over the weekend.  I’ll be not-very-mobile. I’ll probably locate a prime lurking post and hang there a lot.  Mere will be with me.

The docs took out the last of the foot stitches, and the wound has come open again, about an inch worth.  The docs and Susan are really strong on the NO PRESSURE ON THE FOOT HOKAY????  part ( Read more... )

I mentioned that Mere came down with Strep Throat on Thursday night; Friday day, Susan was getting sicker and sicker.  Both got last-minute-end-of-the-day runs to the doctors, and are now heavily medicated.  Mere is starting to perk up, and is feeling much better as of last night, and wants to go to roller-skating practive this morning and to a ( Read more... )