In keeping with the week's established medical theme, I'm going to be spending the afternoon with my doctor, being poked and prodded and (one hopes) declared to be in as good of health as can be expected. This is a necessary first step in scheduling my next spinal epidural, IE, "those periodic injections which render Seanan capable of continuing to walk and interact like a normal human being." It's probably too much to hope that the procedure could happen before OVFF, but I'm guardedly hopeful of shoving it into the week between OVFF and World Fantasy, when I'm already going to be off from work and can thus spend the day in bed without any guilt.
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I spent a good chunk of Sunday accidentally taking a six and a half mile walk through the cities of Concord and Clayton. I was trying to get to a friend's house for a barbecue, and I overshot by a little bit, assuming you consider four miles, much of it uphill, to be "a little bit." I had never walked some of that route before, so it was educational. I also hadn't walked all the skin off my heels in quite some time, so it was painful to boot. I am now wearing thick socks and bandages, and have no intention of taking that walk again any time soon. Still, it was a pleasant, if unexpected, little adventure in getting to know my home town a bit better. (Quoth a woman who saw me walking by with my iPod on, a Super Double-Gulp in one hand, and a book in my other hand, "Now that's multi-tasking.")
Autumn has arrived at last; I was forced to break out my duvet Sunday night, and woke this morning under a cascade of cats, since not even Alice's innate insulation robs her of the feline desire to snuggle up to the nearest human and leech as much heat as she possibly can. (They promptly stole the warm spot when I got up. This is because they're cats, not idiots.) Next up, umbrellas and the annual hunt for a pair of shoes that I haven't already worn past the point of being waterproof.
And that, for the moment, is that. What's new with the rest of the world?
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My cat takes up approximately 80% of my bedspace. I don't know how, he seems so much smaller than me.
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It's getting colder here in Ottawa, Canuckistan, but I'm still eating enormous raspberries from my backyard.
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A good dentist goes a really long way. I am so happy you can chew again. Yay for crunchy food.
Did you make it to the BBQ in the end?
I used to have two labs that would do EXACTLY what your cats do.
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Also, can I borrow your chainsaw? I'm bonsai-clipping a 127K thing down to 125K (we won't discuss where it was when I had to use chainsaw and machete), but I need to get its overweight sibling down around the same numbers and I think it may be a little heavy for the machete right now.
I hope your feet and teeth and back all feel good soon!
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The nice thing about sedation dentistry is admittedly that they can do a lot at once without you giving a fuck. The bad thing is that it really does kill your ability to do anything else that day.
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I hate shoe shopping. And need new shoes.
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I had a Sailor Moon umbrella for years. How I loved that umbrella.
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HEE, my heels are very good heels to have, but unfortunately, it's not easy to take long and by long I mean up to 2½ hours. Longer walks than that unfortunately take up way too much time so I rarely do those these days. But I used to go hiking walks in most shoes that are on the market. So I most definitely feel your pain. Blister-plasters (or whatever those kinds of things are called in English) and I are BFFs.
And yes, I love to go exploring in to me previously unchartered neighbourhoods. *geeks*
Though, I prefer to walk in silence with my hands free. But yay, walks! Went for a 35 minute walk earlier tonight, as it happens. :-D
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Unfortunately the fencing did nothing for a previously-injured-due-to-walking-all-ov
Hmm. I'm complaining. I should stop doing that. Sorry!
Also, I miss having kitties warm me up at night.
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Good luck with the dentist. I'm told you miss your teeth a lot if you don't treat them properly.
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