Posted By Kathleen David on July 15, 2013
I have new glasses and the number of headaches is going down accordingly. I am amazed how much a difference glasses make. Again they are only for close work but I do a lot of that.
Our SDCC dance card is filling up rather fast. We have most meals planned out along with Peter’s schedule. We have built time within the schedule if Peter need a break. Should be fun.
Caroline is having a blast and a half with her sister in Florida. She does say that she misses us and loves us and we tell her the same. I hope she does have a great time with her friends down there. That kid really deserves some fun considering everything that has gone on this year.
I got something on my fingers this morning that caused a reaction and now I have blisters on various digits. It looks like an allergic reaction to something. I have washed my hands several times but I have white patches on some that are blistering now. Felt very painful when this started but now it itches. No swelling or redness and the white seems to be receding so I am hoping whatever it was, it is going away now.
Looking forward to seeing a lot of my friends at SDCC. I have been making notes of people table numbers so I can find them. We are not attached to a table so will be free roaming professionals in their native habitat. I don’t think we are going to try for any of the big panels unless we can get some way to get Peter in and seating quickly. He is not in shape to stand in a line for just about any length of time other than really short.
I declare today a cleaning day and tomorrow an errands and packing day.
Caroline’s cat Fig misses her. We have seen her standing outside Caroline’s door mewing pitifully. Also she is picking things that belong to Caroline to sleep on. She is also sitting looking at the front door about the time that Caroline would be coming home from school. No, I don’t know how a cat tells time.
So off to clean and get ready for more travel. It just gets busier from here.
I am grateful for new glasses that help me see without eye strain.
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Posted By Kathleen David on July 9, 2013
Glasses ordered and should be in by Friday (I hope). I am getting tired of the consistent headache I am getting from trying to read without them so this blog may go on hiatus until I can type without pain.
As to Dragon*Con, we were going anyway for many reasons including the fans. I am happy that they did managed to dissolve and then incorporate into a new company. And contrary to some things that have been popping up around the internet, this sort of thing can take years to do. It isn’t a six month and done deal. It has been in the works for quite a while but now it is at a point that they can announce it.
Caroline is vibrating with anticipation for her trip that starts Saturday. She has plans with her eldest sister and the friends she has made in Jacksonville that sound pretty cool. She will see the O’Shea side of the family as well and play with her cousin who is only 6 weeks older than her. Shana and Caroline have been working on what they are going to do for a while now and I have to admit, it sounds awesome.
I got the e-mail from the Dragon*Con art show I have been expecting for a while now. I have to finalize my table contents for this year.
I have been watching the NASA feed for the space walk this morning. It is really neat. They are picking up some experiments that they are bringing back to Earth for study and getting the space station ready for a new science module. They are dealing with problems that we never have to deal with including trying to grab things that are floating while they are floating.
Well Warehouse 13 knew how to leave you hanging. Not as positive about the end of the first season of Defiance. That was a bit muddy. Now we have to wait until 2014 for the next set of episodes.
I am grateful for restful sleep when I can get it.
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Posted By Kathleen David on July 8, 2013
I have been reading, or rather trying to read because my glasses are missing, a number of articles on clutter both mental and physical and ways to counteract that.
One thing that keeps coming up in these articles or is jumping out at me is the need vs. want and how we tend to make wants into needs that really don’t need to be there.
So I have been trying to switch in my brain some of those things.
I need to make sure Peter takes his various meds on time. Those are saving his life right now.
I want to show in the art show at Shoreleave but I don’t need to do it.
I need to make sure that Caroline has clean clothes to wear each day.
I want to make her the costume she wants to do at Shoreleave and probably again at Dragon*Con maybe stretching into Halloween. It is a rather clever idea.
I need to make sure that the cats are taken care of.
I want to do the Art Show at Dragon*Con.
I need to make sure we have edible food in the house.
I want to do the puppet slam at Dragon*Con.
I need my muse to stopping being on vacation so my clever brain will start to work again.
I want to be creative in a meaningful way again.
I am grateful that I do have resources to get back the creative.
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Posted By Kathleen David on July 7, 2013
Today is my youngest brother’s birthday. Mom managed to have a kid in June, July, August, and September so that’s one birthday a month for four months.
Patrick is a complex person. He is a scientist, gamer, and father of two lovely girls.
He and I have a lot of the same tastes in reading material. So if I find a book that I just love, I know I can pass it onto to him and he will probably enjoy it.
I honestly think he is the smartest of the four of us (sorry Sean and Sheila but that is how I feel). He has always had a way of looking at the world that seemed a little ahead of the rest of the crowd. He can work through problems rather quickly. I have watched him mentally work through something. He had a habit of slightly shaking his head when he abandoned an idea. He formulates a plan and then follows through on it.
I introduced him to gaming and he took to it like a duck to water. His hand eye coordination is so much better than mine that when we were younger, I use to watch him play video games that I hadn’t a prayer doing. I remember watching him work his way through the Star Wars first person shooter and slasher. He got through Myst first. I wasn’t far behind on that one.
He has found a career that fulfills him and he is very good at it.
But I think his family fulfills him more. He is a very good Daddy with his girls and a good husband to his wife. He likes being both. He uses humor with his kids the way that our dad did with us. It is fun to watch him interact with his girls.
So Happy Birthday Dr. P! I love you.
I am grateful that Patrick is my brother.
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Posted By Kathleen David on July 4, 2013
And the sounds of lawn mowers have started outside.
Today the United States of America celebrates the founding of our country.
I heard the re-reading of the Declaration of Independence on NPR this morning. That has become such a part of my 4th of July over the years. But this year, because of some other stuff I was reading and the Internet, I thought what a bunch of whiners. They have a list of complaints of the things that the King has not done or done and torqued the residences of the colonies. Yes, what he had done was onerous and he wasn’t listening to his people. But some of the stuff they were complaining about was not in his control but that of Parliament. One wonders what would have happened if we had the Internet at that time.
So far today I have restocked the larder which we really needed to do. This afternoon we might go out and do something or stay in and enjoy the air cool.
I also have to finish my paperwork for Dragon*Con and get my ideas out for Shoreleave panels.
At some point we need to watch 1776.
So have a Happy 4th if you celebrate that holiday. Be careful since this is also the national mixing alcohol and gunpowder day. We had a few set off last night but tonight is that day that I dread for illegal fireworks. Luckily it has been raining recently so the ground isn’t tinder like in other years.
I am grateful that the founding fathers declared independence.
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