i am: present and accounted for
listening to: rain pattering on the windows
drinking: british blend tea

• I made an incredible pot roast earlier in the week and now have some incredible BBQ made from the leftovers simmering on the stove.
• It's raining right now, and supposed to continue doing so until tomorrow evening when, if the weather forecast ( Read more... )

i am: very tired
listening to: the science channel in the other room
drinking: nothing at the moment

( snipping from the start because even if it doesn't end up being a ramble, i'm sure it will only be semi-coherent )

i am: present and accounted for
listening to: pc hum in d minor
drinking: british blend tea
my neighbors have a black and white cat named puss, and a boston terrier named pepper. nicely matched set. anyway, every morning while i'm making my first cup of tea, i stand at the kitchen window gazing out upon my butterfly bush and hedgerow (or what's ( Read more... )

i am: not getting much work done this week
listening to: the whirr of the air purifier
drinking: coffee

so, i had my eye appointment yesterday and ( ramble about it, herein )

i am: present and accounted for
listening to: an angry mockingbird
drinking: very hot coffee
so, my arm's pretty much back to normal, which is relative. i'm still in the long-arm brace, but i'm back to being able to do most things for myself again, other than lifting/lugging 20 lb. bags of yog kibble and such, which i won't ever be able to do again ( Read more... )

i am: slightly bummed
listening to: son's ladylove laughing
drinking: kenilworth orange pekoe tea
so, long time no update, eh? son's home on "leave" for two weeks, which means we both sort of sit around and say "what are you going to do today?" "i don't know; what are you going to do?" and then we geek around with the computers for a little while; i ( Read more... )

i am: present and accounted for
listening to: mental music playing pink floyd (yes, still)
drinking: daily dose of dr. pepper
i've just tried all six phone numbers i have for my brother and parents. oh wait ... there's one more i haven't tried yet. nope; no answer there either. see, my parents live in the mountains of north carolina during the ( Read more... )

i am: frustrated beyond belief
listening to: a little voice in my head screaming "nooooo"
drinking: nothing at the moment

i was determined to get some real work done today and made a fairly early start of it. now, six hours later i've managed to code only three pages. three pages. at this rate it will take me close to a year to get the redesign ( Read more... )

i am: present and accounted for
listening to: the tv blethering in the other room
drinking: iced tea
so, i had an appointment with the hand specialist today - the second monthly visit after surgery. it was predictable: he measured range of motion angles and tested the strength of my grip and said "see you in a month." my range of motion isn't so ( Read more... )

i am: present and accounted for
listening to: a cardinal peeping outside the window
drinking: daily dose of dr. pepper
ordered myself an ergonomic keyboard this morning, since my right hand/wrist/arm is frozen in a position that makes it impossible to place my fingers on the homerow. before all this trouble with my wrist i averaged 110 wpm. pecking ( Read more... )