Zipping through
1. I was pretty sick last weekend, so I spent most of the day Sunday dozing off in bed. Was OK Monday and Tuesday, but I'm starting to head downhill again. Must rally, because I'm working The International Plowing Match on Saturday. Woo! Our fiber consortium has a booth, and it's the last day of the match so it should be busy, busy, busy.
2. Dar is a reviewer at series.nu for this season's Dexter. They sent her preview tapes for the first three episodes, and we watched the first ep yesterday. Very good opener. Not exactly light entertainment considering that it picks up just where last season ended, but it was enthralling. Check out her review here. And don't be afraid to leave a comment :)
3. I have a colonoscopy next Tuesday. Yay? I've had them before but not since I've developed lupus & friends and been on all of the meds that I'm currently taking. I take low dose aspirin every day because I've acquired an antibody that makes me susceptible to strokes and heart attacks; I can't take the aspirin anymore until the colonoscopy is done. And I'll be off the prednisone for a day because I need to take it with food (lots of food), and I won't really be eating anything solid the day before the procedure. So either I don't take it and deal with the pain, or take it and deal with the big time nausea. Decisions, decisions.
4. We had wild weather last night. The day was actually pretty nice, and we weren't expecting storms overnight. Wrong. So very wrong. Strong winds, crazy lightning, booming thunder. And power outages. Maybe three times. Then there was the power surge that set off all of the smoke alarms around the house. Not the best sound to wake to. I think our power grid on the front lawn was hit by lightning during the storm. When I went out to check the mail this afternoon, I noticed that the cover to the unit was laying a few feet away looking pretty scorched. So what is it with this property and lightning strikes, anyway? At least the alpacas made it through in one piece.
5. I just finished reading Never Leave Me by Kazuo Ishiguro. I liked the story, but I was less happy with the execution. I don't like his style (I'm sure he's crushed), and I have a difficult time with grown men writing young girls and young women. They just never get the voice right. I've just started Coronado, a collection of short stories by Dennis Lehane, and I'm very much enjoying it. If that's seen as proof of my plebeian taste in literature, so be it. I've been looking in used books stores for his other works (Mystic River, Gone, Baby, Gone, and Shutter Island), but people are hanging on to their copies. It finally dawned on me to check the little library in town, and lo and behold - they carry Lehane. I'll have to wait for a few of them to be returned, but that's not a problem. I'm just excited to be reading something new again.
6. Happy Autumn! It kind of snuck up on me this year. I think it ranks as most people's favorite season (although I can think of a few exceptions on my flist), and it certainly is mine. So Happy Crisp Weather and Colorful Foliage to you all!
2. Dar is a reviewer at series.nu for this season's Dexter. They sent her preview tapes for the first three episodes, and we watched the first ep yesterday. Very good opener. Not exactly light entertainment considering that it picks up just where last season ended, but it was enthralling. Check out her review here. And don't be afraid to leave a comment :)
3. I have a colonoscopy next Tuesday. Yay? I've had them before but not since I've developed lupus & friends and been on all of the meds that I'm currently taking. I take low dose aspirin every day because I've acquired an antibody that makes me susceptible to strokes and heart attacks; I can't take the aspirin anymore until the colonoscopy is done. And I'll be off the prednisone for a day because I need to take it with food (lots of food), and I won't really be eating anything solid the day before the procedure. So either I don't take it and deal with the pain, or take it and deal with the big time nausea. Decisions, decisions.
4. We had wild weather last night. The day was actually pretty nice, and we weren't expecting storms overnight. Wrong. So very wrong. Strong winds, crazy lightning, booming thunder. And power outages. Maybe three times. Then there was the power surge that set off all of the smoke alarms around the house. Not the best sound to wake to. I think our power grid on the front lawn was hit by lightning during the storm. When I went out to check the mail this afternoon, I noticed that the cover to the unit was laying a few feet away looking pretty scorched. So what is it with this property and lightning strikes, anyway? At least the alpacas made it through in one piece.
5. I just finished reading Never Leave Me by Kazuo Ishiguro. I liked the story, but I was less happy with the execution. I don't like his style (I'm sure he's crushed), and I have a difficult time with grown men writing young girls and young women. They just never get the voice right. I've just started Coronado, a collection of short stories by Dennis Lehane, and I'm very much enjoying it. If that's seen as proof of my plebeian taste in literature, so be it. I've been looking in used books stores for his other works (Mystic River, Gone, Baby, Gone, and Shutter Island), but people are hanging on to their copies. It finally dawned on me to check the little library in town, and lo and behold - they carry Lehane. I'll have to wait for a few of them to be returned, but that's not a problem. I'm just excited to be reading something new again.
6. Happy Autumn! It kind of snuck up on me this year. I think it ranks as most people's favorite season (although I can think of a few exceptions on my flist), and it certainly is mine. So Happy Crisp Weather and Colorful Foliage to you all!