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Ummm...Happy New Year?
So it's been roughly three months here in the real world, and I've been busy enough to think about posting and never getting around to it.
Here's what happened in no sense of order or importance.
The holidays went relatively smoothly. Yay for little drama.
January was a blur. Jeff and I got sick from the passed around colds and such at Madrigal. Halfway through recovering, I went to DC for work for 12 days which was hell. We were understaffed and there for twelve days. But it meant I paid off my credit card!
In the meantime, Jeff was so sick he was out of work for a week and had a CT scan. We now know the root cause of all his sinus issues: a deviated septum and a growth that mostly likely was caused by allergies. He goes to a ENT on Thursday so we will have more information shortly.
Erzuli's mass from September never really went away and was in fact growing, so back to the vet last week where we received confirmation of what we feared in the fall. It's a mast cell tumor which while surgery and chemo is recommended, the vets can only guess at about 18 months of extended life. It will be much easier on all of us to simply wait out the time we have. She doesn't appear to be in pain and continues to be her normal reclusive and grumpy self, so until this changes, we continue life as usual.
Dentist appointment this week was just for cleaning and nothing else! Well, they put in for a nightguard but I've been told I have the molars of a 50 year old from all the grinding and having the headaches go away would be nice. We're just waiting to hear back from the insurance company.
Projects upcoming include:
Finishing the 1780's gown - gather skirt, sleeves and edge finishes
Mock-up of Jeff's pants
Mock-up of my stripey zouave pants
Designs for sister's wedding dress (our gift to her - wedding is in Jan)
Design/Mock-up my dress for skylarks wedding - will be used to test out a back design for wedding dress
Possibly pattern jumps and gown for Hidden Dirk - still waiting for measurements and confirmation
Finish knitting fingerless gloves - would be awesome to at least finish one of the two by March...
So it's been roughly three months here in the real world, and I've been busy enough to think about posting and never getting around to it.
Here's what happened in no sense of order or importance.
The holidays went relatively smoothly. Yay for little drama.
January was a blur. Jeff and I got sick from the passed around colds and such at Madrigal. Halfway through recovering, I went to DC for work for 12 days which was hell. We were understaffed and there for twelve days. But it meant I paid off my credit card!
In the meantime, Jeff was so sick he was out of work for a week and had a CT scan. We now know the root cause of all his sinus issues: a deviated septum and a growth that mostly likely was caused by allergies. He goes to a ENT on Thursday so we will have more information shortly.
Erzuli's mass from September never really went away and was in fact growing, so back to the vet last week where we received confirmation of what we feared in the fall. It's a mast cell tumor which while surgery and chemo is recommended, the vets can only guess at about 18 months of extended life. It will be much easier on all of us to simply wait out the time we have. She doesn't appear to be in pain and continues to be her normal reclusive and grumpy self, so until this changes, we continue life as usual.
Dentist appointment this week was just for cleaning and nothing else! Well, they put in for a nightguard but I've been told I have the molars of a 50 year old from all the grinding and having the headaches go away would be nice. We're just waiting to hear back from the insurance company.
Projects upcoming include:
Finishing the 1780's gown - gather skirt, sleeves and edge finishes
Mock-up of Jeff's pants
Mock-up of my stripey zouave pants
Designs for sister's wedding dress (our gift to her - wedding is in Jan)
Design/Mock-up my dress for skylarks wedding - will be used to test out a back design for wedding dress
Possibly pattern jumps and gown for Hidden Dirk - still waiting for measurements and confirmation
Finish knitting fingerless gloves - would be awesome to at least finish one of the two by March...