I FINALLY heard back from the nurse practitioner -- after multiple messages over three days -- and the x-rays showed no fractures. Dull surprise. She wants me to wear "post-op" shoes for two weeks, but seeing as how I've been hobbling around in flip flops for the past week I'm not going to worry about that. Speaking of shoes... I'm wearing actual, ( Read more... )

With the Kindle release of the Harry Potter series, I have finally succumbed and joined the rabid fan base. Up until Sunday evening, I had only seen movies one through seven, part one (seven, part two isn't on cable yet) and I'm already realizing how much richer the story is in the printed form. I have to admit, though, that the movies are ( Read more... )

More weird dreams this morning in between bouts of not sleeping because I was too warm or too cold or squished by cats (Oreo is a large cat who has to take up a lot of space while Margie is a small cat who thinks she needs to take up a lot of space). I've been overheating a lot during the night, waking up bathed in sweat and having soaked through ( Read more... )

I found out last week how much the stomach flu sucks. You know, I've always thought that food poisoning was a quick and dirty unpleasantness, but it turns out that stomach flu is the quick one. I spent one day hurling and another day and a half doing the other symptom of stomach flu while burning and freezing with fever. I also lost five pounds in ( Read more... )

Friday night I met Stephen King. No, really. blogged_in invited me to a reception and award presentation for Stephen King at George Mason University. It was incredible. As Mr. King mingled through the reception, he walked up to me and extended his hand. I shook it and told him that I first read one of his books at nine years of age. He jokingly grimaced and ( Read more... )

Friday: Kohl's had a more massive than usual sale and I had three gift cards. I wanted dresses, but the Sterling Kohl's doesn't like plus-size women to wear dresses or skirts and I came home with one pair of cargo pants, four shirts, and two gift cards. Drove through the Sugarland Run neighborhood and found an adorable (and big!) house (with pool ( Read more... )

On Saturday I tagged along with boneshard up to Gettysburg for Horrorfind Weekend. I was so nervous about going that I almost canceled, but I really wanted to see what a convention like this was like. I was expecting Arisia- or Philcon levels of people and dealers and costumes and celebs. Unfortunately, it was more like a crowded swap meet. There were some ( Read more... )

The only problem I have with cmpriest's new book Boneshaker is that it's not the right story to read before bedtime. I find myself so engrossed in the tale that I am unable to put the book down at a reasonable hour to get a proper night's sleep. Ah well, we must suffer for our passions, no?

"Paranormal Activity" opens at the Regal Fairfax Town Center on ( Read more... )

Hm. Doesn't have quite the same ring to it ( Read more... )

It's arrived! My copy of the Met catalogue Venice and the Islamic World 828-1797 arrived today and it's *gorgeous*. Oh, the ceramics and glass and bronze and paintings and drawings...

I'll be in my bunk.