Month: December 2005

Tom’s brother called today, his mother passed away this afternoon. After months of ups and downs and turn-arounds, the inevitable finally happened. Now we’re going up to PA (a trip that we had already put off until after the holidays) for the last part. I’m not sure how I feel yet. I’m sad, of course, and sadder still for Tom and his sisters and brother. I’m glad Geri was pretty lucid up to the end. She would ocassionally get a little weird when her oxygen level fell, but she didn’t have to go through the dementia and catatonia that some people have to face. I’m also glad she didn’t suffer too much. She was in some discomfort, but the doctors were able to manage her pain for the most part.
Mostly, I’m having trouble believing it’s really true. This whole experience has had a bit of a surreal element to it. We’d hear that she was sick, so sick and then we’d go up and see her and she’d be sicker, yes, worse, true, but not dying or at least not what I think a “dying” person should look and act like. I don’t know if she pulled herself together because we came to see her, or what, but she always seemed so robust.

I slipped on a puddle in the kitchen and twisted my left knee, so I was out yesterday. We iced it and I’ve been taking ibuprofen for the pain and swelling, so it’s much better today. I’m finally getting the cold that sidelined my staff last week. My new librarian has been being a puta lately, so I have to yell at her today. Merry F%^&ing Christmas. Gawd, I can’t wait for the weekend.

Calgon, take me away!

I don’t know if it’s stress or what, but lately I’ve had a terrible time getting to sleep on Sunday night. I lay down, sometimes I even drift off, and then I wake up at a little thing (like a cat jumping on the bed) and I can’t get back to sleep. I lay there, mind racing on all the stuff I have to do, money thinking, worrying about the Wooby and I get progressively more uncomfortable. So, I get up and go watch a video or something for an hour or so, and then I can usually get back to sleep. I wish I knew what was wrong with me. I’m looking forward to four days off in a row for X-mas this week. I plan to sleep in, visit a few people and get caught up on my cleaning.

Now, back to work, you.

I actually got out the machine last night and put together a dress!  Yay me.  It’s not finished, needs a hem and trim and stuff, but I did sew something.  I’m going to try to do some more over the weekend.  Maybe even something for .  Stranger things have happened.

OMG, Vinz Clortho works at Up and Coming weekly.  I just saw him.  He seems to like .

Seriously, you guys, he looks just like this minus the colander on his head.

To anyone who reads this journal, please reply with something amusing and distracting for me to read. Between holiday leave, sick folks and grouchy folks, I’m taking it on the chin this week.
When, oh when, will the holidays be over?

HELP!

“Anything plain can be lovely, anything loved can be lost
Maybe I lost my direction, what if our love is the cost?
Anyone perfect must be lying, anything easy has its cost
Anyone plain can be lovely, anyone loved can be lost
What if I lost my direction? What if I lost sense of time?
What if I nursed this infection? Maybe the worst is behind”

–Falling for the First Time
Barenaked Ladies

Oh Canada, your bands write such catchy songs. *sigh*

Thanks to Emmie for coming over last night! I’m inspired to do some sewing again AND I actually straightened up my sewing room so I might be able to get some work done. Now if only I looked as good in my garb as she does in hers. Ah, well. One thing at a time.

It’s lonely in here.

Hope everyone is OK.

I’m pretty sure we’ve lost tiernen to Kings of Chaos. Damn their little numerical hides!
I’m planning on going to the House Salamandra Viking X-mas party Saturday, but I won’t be able to go over until after 5 PM.

Anyone else going?

What are you bringing food-wise?

Are you going to be wearing garb?

I am dictating this message using my voice recognition software. It is a lot slower than typing it but it leaves my hands free to do other things (heh, heh). The accuracy is generally pretty good if I speak clearly and keep my sentences unconfusing. It has problems with long words and slime or slammed or slandered or SLANG!

Darn machine.

It’s a fun toy but the software is going to have to get much better before anybody thinks about using this all the time.

That’s all folks!