A bit of seasonal whining (and dog updates)

[la_belle_laide]

Hmm, let's see. I don't really have too much to update. Work has been sort of on and sort of off. When it's good, it's really good. But when it's slow, I lose a ton of hours. That's no one's fault; it's just the market. It's how things are.

I went out to dinner with Lady Chrysanthemum a few nights ago. We went to this teensy tiny little place on the river, that's been there for years but I've never seen before, even though I drive past it at least once a week. It is, in fact, next to my favorite pizza place and across from the ice cream shop that is totally aces. Anyway, we met up there and had a really nice dinner, where we discussed many things (which I'll talk about in a locked post.) It was super mellow and the food was great. It's someplace I'd really like to go back to in the summer, or even the spring when it's awesomely warm and bright, and I can look at the river and watch all the boats go by.

Come to think of that, I'd really like to kayak down that river. Kayaking seems to be some kind of theme lately: everyone's talking to me about it, trying to lend me their kayaks (which would never fit into my car) and telling me how much I'd love it, how beautiful the island is when you're seeing it from the water. I'd really like to do it, but I think I'd have to rent a kayak. Maybe this year I'll do that, finally. If I can save up enough dough.

We haven't had a winter this year. That's really weird, because the last, what, four? Have been insane. This year we had about five inches of snow and that was it. I wouldn't mind at least one deep freeze, just to kill all the damn bugs. There are already mosquitoes everywhere.

Sano goes back for another blood recheck tomorrow (which is Thursday.) If his platelets are holding up, we're going to drop the pred even more. That's really rushing it, but he's having such bad side effects this time, I have to try. Last year it took about six weeks before he lost all his muscle. This time it took about four weeks. He's just a bag of bones and he can't make it into the car, and has trouble with the stairs. Fingers crossed that we can lower it again and maybe find some more Chinese meds to stave off having to go back on pred.

I'm bored. I go to work and Kung Fu (when I can) and sometimes to get groceries and that's it. One of my friends from school (you know, That Guy, only now he's seeing someone,) wants to get together to train, to spar and stuff like that. Which I would love to do, except my left arm is still really effed up. I went to my chiropractor yesterday and he thinks it's either a torn delt, bicipital tendonitis, or maybe some neurological entrapment starting in my neck. We were both frustrated because we couldn't pinpoint exactly what the problem was; the symptoms are kind of diffuse. But my left arm has gotten really weak in the meantime, and that bums me out.

Also I'm going to get pregnant next year. Just throwing that out there.

I finished watching all the Dr. Who episodes available, as well as all the Torchwood ones (BOOO! HISS! Who ends a show like that?! >_< ) and Sherlock. Now I'm watching Downton Abbey. All of a sudden I'm in a British phase again. My cousins and my Mom and I are all on Tumblr, always reblogging all these Dr. Who gifs and such lik ea bunch of fangirls. Too funny.

The other day I had to look for a video of birds for this thing I want to do for HitRECord, and I got to looking through my summer photos and videos. Don't I just do this to myself every winter? I start looking at those pictures, and then I'm just aching for summer. It seems like Spring will never get here.

Blah de-blah. These are my ramblings for today, a plain old Wednesday with nothing to do except take the dogs to the park. That's not actually a complaint, just that in the summer, Wednesdays are for teaching Hula.

Well! Who knows what the future will bring, eh? Good things, please. Nice things! Yeah, let's go with that.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Fingers crossed for Sano!

I heard there was a fear on the East coast of the bugs not being killed off. Funny how the seasons are intense or weak but never steady anymore. It was a very cold winter for us here, which always worries me for the madrona trees.

Preggers, eh? Anyone in particular to make the donation, or just waiting on that one.

I've been in British fantasy land for a while. I'm really enjoying it!

~~Malenka

[la-belle-laide.livejournal.com]

Re: sperm - Oh jeez, no, I could never ask someone to make that kind of commitment. And even though he wouldn't have to be involved in the kid's life, it would still be a commitment, because he'd spend the rest of his life knowing that this kid was his. And I'd know, and the kid would have to know, and I don't want to complicate anyone's life in that way.

Nope, going the anonymous route.

[misstottenham.livejournal.com]

Hiya K, glad to hear that you are enjoying some of our Brit shows. We have some good ones on the go at the mo. Sherlock was just brilliant. I haven't been watching Downton myself but there is a mini series about the Titanic Downton style coming out soon and I'll be watching that. The other day, one of our comedians said "Downton must be like watching Big Brother for the Queen" LOL.

[la-belle-laide.livejournal.com]

You guys's shows are the best! America keeps trying to copy them, but it's mostly a fail. :)