Haven't been around much but that's the way it is now.
Except for some high-ish blood pressure, the rheumatologist says I am going well and to see her in two months. I ran two blood pressure checks that night and the next morning and I was fine. Probably the stress of driving in the rain with all the loons on the road, plus getting a chance to see my cool doctor made it go up.
rat has been sick-ish since last Monday. Last Thursday, the fever really kicked in. It was so bad, he stayed home from work on Friday. Last night he was tossing cookies and dealing with the other end at the same time, poor baby. He is napping now.
When I told the doc about him being sick, she told me to tell him to NOT take his weekly pills. He takes a big hit of pills for his arthritis every Friday. It would seem the medication has completely wonked his immune system, making him susceptible to stuff for the first time in his life. The guy is usually healthier than a horse. It makes me worried because I can do nothing to help him. I can only say "Poor Baby!" to him and let him deal with it on his own. He doesn't want mothering except in extreme cases, just like me. So when we are sick, we leave each other alone.
My evil students have registered for my one hour 'art and anime' class to the point it has made, which means I am being forced to work on it - those demons...
I have too much work to do to gather the assets together, ugh!
My shoulder is out, so I think I will just relax for a little while today.
Dasia! Thank you for yummy perfumes from Possets! When I opened the envelope this delicious scent spilled out! I am still trying the little vials. What I have dabbed on so far has lasted from early morning until long into the night. And they sent two extra scents, too - the entire Possets main selection here! THANK YOU! They are wonderful! They have such depth in their notes, such layers of fragrance mixed together! Delightfully complex!
Aja! Thank you for the amazing goody bag of stuff for both me and the Chaos Crew! I LOVE the kitty fabric you used for the foot snuggies (or whatever they are called). I told my mother about them and again, she got envious.
Shu got a little upset with the gift for Eiri (who hasn't arrived here yet) and chibi Eiri attempted to claim it as his own. Luckily, chibi Shu swayed him with an offer of sex and cEiri let it be. I have all of this chronicled on 'film' and will start working on adjusting the shots and writing up the photostory for the doll lj when I can get my back working again.
Last Monday, rat took me to a local sushi, sake and steak place for my birthday. I would post the website but they don't seem to have one! They are shooting themselves in the foot by not having one. It was more upscale than we expected, but the food was wonderful. rat's steak was absolutely delicious and my CA sushi was wonderfully fresh. Now before you go all nuts on me about eating CA sushi and how it is not 'real' sushi - I happen to LIKE the flavours and crunch together and this stuff did not have that rubbery chewy rice found at all-you-can-eat Asian places. The wasabi was spicy and flavourful, too. The pickled ginger could have been a little more thinly sliced so I could mash it up with the wasabi more, but I managed.
We shared a mango cheesecake on the recommendation of our wait, who said it was the best she had tasted, and she was from NY. It was nice, creamy and light, not that super-thick stuff usually sold at nice places.
I was really happy rat took me someplace I would enjoy. So I am going to take him to a (Yuck!) nice fried chicken place he wants to try for his birthday this coming Wednesday.
This past Saturday night, we went out with the folks to Ded Lobster (with coupons) to do all the birthdays at one sitting. With three people celebrating birthdays so close after the winter holidays, it got to be ridiculous for us to do three separate celebrations after a while. Trying to find TIME to do three got to be a chore! So we do one now. Besides, we are not children anymore and the birthday hype is not such a big deal anymore. Maybe go for it every five years, when you hit the decades and the mid-decades.
I found out my mother will be turning 75 on the 16th. WTF?!?!??!?!? My mother looks like she is in her mid to late 50's!!! SERIOUSLY!!!
She could not believe I turned 49 on the 8th, either...
Oh, has anyone seen the movie, "The Guru"? It's a mixture of Bollywood dance numbers, the movie Grease dance numbers, New York cabbies, searching for your inner self, thoughts about wedding cakes and the porn industry. Yes, it's a comedy...
Okay, I need to put this old back of mine down for a while. Hurray for being off for MLK tomorrow, especially since it is supposed to ice over tonight!
rat's medication makes him sleepy, so much so he falls asleep in his chair. Sometimes I send him to bed at 7pm. I have asked him to check with the doc about the meds. While he takes them in the evening after he is in for the evening so he is not a danger on the road, it really does cut into time he enjoys on his computer as well as time for us together. Our time together is already limited because of MY health problems.
I try not to do it, but my exhaustion usually takes me out for about 10 minutes in the evening and then I cannot get to sleep until 2-3am in the morning, if at all. Sometimes I do not get a catnap, but still don't sleep at night so I go for 24 or more hours without sleep. Sometimes I have to catch myself at work, nodding off. I have been eating chocolate for the caffeine.
My arthritis went into a nasty flareup during the holiday so half the time I was in bed because I hurt so much. Recently, it settled in my shoulders, which kept me from being able to reach for anything. This shit travels through my body so one day, my shoulders are out, the next it's my upper back, the next, my lower back, the next, my chest, the next, back up into my upper back and neck - which brings on bad headaches... you get the drift. Right now, I have what feels like a large hard lump under one shoulderblade and rat pounds on it to loosen me up (yes, it hurts like hell), and it helps for a while but it comes back. And the pain just adds to the exhaustion.
Consequently, sitting up at home at a computer, after having to sit up at work for eight hours, usually doesn't happen for a long period of time when I get home and I keep my back to the floor and use the laptop as best I can, if my body lets me.
My dolls keep my sanity so I have been concentrating on them to a degree, letting my creativity rest on them for a while. They don't nag or complain amd while they may be hard resin, they still are a comfort and patient models. I can lie in bed and have one close to fiddle with - like a resin cat but without the shedding.
Getting stuff done is a luxury, so the rest of what we need to do to avoid eviction hasn't been touched yet. I may just have to step away from things for a while and work on it, but I also have to work on a class I got wrangled into teaching and gathering those assets will take weeks to do, then they have to be organized. It's true we could use the money, but the stress might kill me first.
I am still working on some belated holiday stuff for people, so stuff will be late.
Still, with all this, rat and I are happy and love each other intensely, and I find that is what is most important to me. I can live with the pain and stress as long as we are together.
Seems I won (with mel_mel_chan's help) the non-Chinese section of the Dollzone photostory contest - and got a doll with faceup and clothes. More at the doll journal.
Arthritis in back flared up a lot during the break, which helped bring about headaches.
Watched Brokeback Mountain, the Incredible Mr. Limpet and Bambi II during the holiday.
I need to start serious work on the anime class.
Did the usual New Year's celebration with our best friends.
Thanks: --> to Lia, my sensei, who has inspired me to draw again. I
wouldn't be doing this without your support, Domo Arigato!
--> to Talon, for sending me her fabulous fics, inspiring me with her writing to draw my first
illustration for a story and actually liking what I drew.
--> to Dasia, for her words of encouragement when drawing her original chara.
--> to Joules, a wonderful epic fic writer, for liking my art enough to want to post them with Talon's
and her own stories.
--> to Lutra, the other half of the epic team, for being so supportive.
--> to Jacque' & Becca Raddittzu, we met on eBay as bidder and sellers and now we are face-to-face
friends. You showed us the real DBZ with your fansubs. It's all your fault the house is full of
doujinshi! *LOL*
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