Anime Central, Alice in Wonderland Ballet
Michael and Dan are currently at the yearly anime convention in the Chicago area.... They do panels so they can get in for free. They have a panel going no now. One of these years I will be healthy enough to attend the convention again! It has been ages. I knew not to buy early admission for myself (which is cheaper) because something always goes wrong with my health, and, of course, I have been unable to do anything that requires that much activity since right before I got really really sick due to going to Chinatown for the Chinese New Year (even using the wheelchair -- simply not walking would not solve the problem; a convention would be hellish and no fun and the panels Michael and Dan were going to do were going to be late at night, as usual so I would be stuck at a certain point).
My mom and I have been getting along really well lately. I think she understands more that I always want to help as much as possible, she just has to let me (and Michael) know how we can help, and what is going on with her, my brother, other people, etc. I have painted a couple murals on the walls (one is just very tiny) and I will be doing a bit of a stylized tree with bluebirds in the kitchen because a little of the paint on one wall peeled off and there is none of that color left behind by the previous owner. I'm just waiting to have both the energy and not to be falling over when I stand quite as easily. Though honestly my rough idea for the mural is something quite easy and simple and I can always just do it in parts, the first part just being the outline of the trunk and a bit of branches, which would take under 5 minutes. This weekend is very hectic and Sunday is the ballet "Alice in Wonderland" (Michael will be skipping the half day left of the convention left then to attend the nearby ballet with me).
I have never seen Alice in Wonderland as a ballet before, though I love the novel and various movie retellings, so I can't wait! I would love to go to church then, too, but my insomnia has been replaced by a med increase causing me to sleep nearly 24 hours of the day (I am decreasing it back to the formal dosage as of tonight's dose -- while it's true I haven't been on the increase that long, I have been on it for 4 nights or longer, I think, and I find sleeping away life even more depressing than badly timed insomnia; I really, really hate sleeping a lot). I just don't want to risk being too exhausted to enjoy the ballet if I do manage to push myself to get up for church since the ballet is some point in the afternoon, if not early evening... I will probably just text/email a couple church friends and maybe see someone during the week (and hopefully find out if anything is going on via Michael's use of FaceBook).
I should try to tidy up a bit in the living room. Maybe journal a bit. We have lovely pink flowers hanging on the balcony. We can hear the birds outside all day from any room.
My mom and I have been getting along really well lately. I think she understands more that I always want to help as much as possible, she just has to let me (and Michael) know how we can help, and what is going on with her, my brother, other people, etc. I have painted a couple murals on the walls (one is just very tiny) and I will be doing a bit of a stylized tree with bluebirds in the kitchen because a little of the paint on one wall peeled off and there is none of that color left behind by the previous owner. I'm just waiting to have both the energy and not to be falling over when I stand quite as easily. Though honestly my rough idea for the mural is something quite easy and simple and I can always just do it in parts, the first part just being the outline of the trunk and a bit of branches, which would take under 5 minutes. This weekend is very hectic and Sunday is the ballet "Alice in Wonderland" (Michael will be skipping the half day left of the convention left then to attend the nearby ballet with me).
I have never seen Alice in Wonderland as a ballet before, though I love the novel and various movie retellings, so I can't wait! I would love to go to church then, too, but my insomnia has been replaced by a med increase causing me to sleep nearly 24 hours of the day (I am decreasing it back to the formal dosage as of tonight's dose -- while it's true I haven't been on the increase that long, I have been on it for 4 nights or longer, I think, and I find sleeping away life even more depressing than badly timed insomnia; I really, really hate sleeping a lot). I just don't want to risk being too exhausted to enjoy the ballet if I do manage to push myself to get up for church since the ballet is some point in the afternoon, if not early evening... I will probably just text/email a couple church friends and maybe see someone during the week (and hopefully find out if anything is going on via Michael's use of FaceBook).
I should try to tidy up a bit in the living room. Maybe journal a bit. We have lovely pink flowers hanging on the balcony. We can hear the birds outside all day from any room.