Chills, They're Multiplying

[liminal_space]

it's been a minute. 

in that minute, things have happened — as they do.

* i have written a number of lj entries IN MY HEAD but didn't actually write them out. topics in these posts have ranged from a) possible HIPAA violations in clinical settings, b) hypocrisy from platitude-posting "love everyone" people, c) books that promise the moon and deliver the basement, d) mondays and their role (NOT ROLL) in modern life, and e)  my life and its mirroring of horror movie tropes.   

they were all really good entries. 

* our old man onslow has had trouble walking and getting up and down stairs outside, so he went to the vet. kid was CERTAIN he was going to not come home, but i was a little more pragmatic: medicine can help with what i knew was arthritis acting up. 

i was right, but the muscle (i almost wrote mussel) degeneration can only be treated with exercise. he needs more walking. *nod* but it's cold and he doesn't want to go outside, bless his heart. 

* yesterday, in the middle of the worry for old man onslow, kimjoybestdogever went lame, carrying her left forepaw off the ground and limping about all pathetic like. golden retrievers know how to work you, and she would just look at me with her sad, sad eyes and i'd just melt into a puddle of POOR BABY worry. 

what kept me from going all nutso is that when she went outside with the other dogs? she played and romped and had a good time....with just a HINT of a limp. 

girl, boo.

* i started work on the studio and headway has been made! my hope is that next week i can actually do WORK out there. the laser came in through sliders at the old house, but here? it needs to go through a real door. o.O if we can't get it in the studio, i'm going to have to do all laser work in the garage.  feh! getting the man cave vibe out of there is going to be a long term project, but we'll get there. 

*  i have had three melt downs from worry over our california house not selling. girl, boo. it will sell, i know it will sell, but it may not be in 2024. lol

* i started meditating and it's been really helpful! i'm using the balance meditation app — which is free for one year — so if you're looking for some guided help, check it out. 

* the hunt for fresh lotus root has continued with crappy results. it is making me CRAZY. i also need to find sake, fancy hot pot mushrooms, and fresh tofu. *sigh*

last entry i said we were settling in and we still are, but my happy "OH, LOOK HOW PRETTY THE FALL IS HERE" mood has shifted to a more cynical side-eye "IT IS EFFING COLD" mood. we got cold in the mountains, don't get me wrong. but this cold feels...different. it feels like it has the potential for teeth...and lots of them. 

it doesn't help that i don't have THIS kind of cold weather clothes and i hate coats and socks make my feet feel claustrophobic. i'm basically agador spartacus in /the birdcage/. without, of course, the guatemalan-ness. 

anyway, i'm being creative with clothing and hope by NEXT winter — if i survive this one — i'll have everything ironed out. sans coat. 

i seriously hate coats and jackets. 

but i do love the pretty here. even in all this snow. (note: mister said this is not really snow. i mean, we got 2 inches day before yesterday and kid and i were all SNOW STORM! and he-who-grew-up-here just shook his head at us. whatever, sir. whatever.)

next week we're planning on going to the twin cities for an asian market hunt and maybe, MAYBE, ikea. probably not, because if i go in that store, i'll leave $1000 poorer. 

seriously. i seem to slip into a fugue in ikea and want all the things and can justify why we should get them. it's scary.

and in news that should have been at the top, i'm trying nano again this year. maybe this time i'll finish a november challenge. =D

ok. need to make kid her lunch and then head out to the studio.