RUM and Croak
Nov. 11th, 2009 05:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
femkes_folliesWell, John had a near-death experience last weekend. He went to Lake City to get our meat - we split a side of beef with my parents. On the way home, he came around a curse to find, not the straight-away he expected, but rather a 90 degree turn. With no warning. (Must be somebody else hit the sign ;-) He immediately panicked, thinking about missing Anneliese's wedding, and Rori's graduation, while the Garmin (and it's weighted stand) flew across and smacked into the passenger side window. He was, however, driving the Audi. Ilsa dug her claws into the pavement and swung around the turn with the attitude of "What? I'm only doing 60 and it's a 90 degree turn?" Heh. Love that suspension. All is well.
Mistress Sarafina gave me an extra track for RUM, and I think I STILL may have managed to overbook. Eh, I can't count. Or rather, I forgot Duke Eliahu wanted 1 1/2 hours per class. There still may be things that don't come through. And it's a better problem to have than the reverse. In addition, I might just bring some notes myself and ask a few of the latecomers to bring THEIR notes. So that, should a teacher or two no-show, I can fill in the gaps.
The girls are doing well. Anneliese is getting better and better about following along at Dance Class. Still not QUITE sure what we'll do for the month of January. Linsey won't be able to be there, as she's being forced to pick up a 101 course in order to graduate. (Been there.) So I'll ask her in a week or two if she thinks Anneliese can go by herself, or if one of her classmates might be able to fill in.
In addition, the Grand Rapids Ballet Company has put Anneliese on the waiting list for their Pre-ballet class. I think we'll let her try that alone, unless Linsey really feels otherwise and is available THAT day, too. But they do have some experience with Autism and are willing to try it. Now I'm debating about taking her to see the Nutcracker, to gauge her interest level.
I bought some steel bones for the lacing strips on the bodice of my dutch gown. And some buckrum strips for the waistband, as well as some wool for the hem. Hopefully I can play around with that some, soon. And hopefully I'll be feeling a little more up to it.
I am apparently allergic to my birth control pills. Best guess - the acacia in them. It must be similar enough to eucalyptus to cross-react. So I've stopped taking them. Which involved a rather long chat with the office nurse at my OB/GYN's office. She's getting me another brand of pills (Yaz), and a discount card for same. Meanwhile, we chatted about what I suspect is a low grade metritis that has been there since I had Rori. Hopefully they'll have a suggestion for that. I had asked about it before. Twice. But the other nurse in the office tends not to listen so well, and assumes I don't know what I'm talking about. Candy, OTOH, knows that I have a B.S. in Microbiology along with the DVM, so that when I tell her I can identify the type of infection, she believes me. Of course, since I'm coming in anyway, I might as well pick up the order sheet for my first mammogram. *sigh* Ah well, what must be, must be. And I'd as soon do it here, where I'm familiar with the hospital and my Dr's office as do it later if we move, in a strange place. So at least it'll get done.
All-in-all, hoping for a better weekend to come, as we're visiting the folks. We can't go home for Thanksgiving, as I have to work. Which was OK with Mom and Dad, as I think they're planning to go up north and visit my Grandmother anyway.
And, it should be noted, a mere 3 weeks until vacation!!! I nudged my travel agent today, and she's mailing out the paperwork/itinerary/tickets tomorrow. Yeah!!! Orlando, here we come! All that's left to do is finish gathering all the stuff we need to pack, set up the stroller rental, set up the in-room sitter, and but the Photopass CD. Keen.
Mistress Sarafina gave me an extra track for RUM, and I think I STILL may have managed to overbook. Eh, I can't count. Or rather, I forgot Duke Eliahu wanted 1 1/2 hours per class. There still may be things that don't come through. And it's a better problem to have than the reverse. In addition, I might just bring some notes myself and ask a few of the latecomers to bring THEIR notes. So that, should a teacher or two no-show, I can fill in the gaps.
The girls are doing well. Anneliese is getting better and better about following along at Dance Class. Still not QUITE sure what we'll do for the month of January. Linsey won't be able to be there, as she's being forced to pick up a 101 course in order to graduate. (Been there.) So I'll ask her in a week or two if she thinks Anneliese can go by herself, or if one of her classmates might be able to fill in.
In addition, the Grand Rapids Ballet Company has put Anneliese on the waiting list for their Pre-ballet class. I think we'll let her try that alone, unless Linsey really feels otherwise and is available THAT day, too. But they do have some experience with Autism and are willing to try it. Now I'm debating about taking her to see the Nutcracker, to gauge her interest level.
I bought some steel bones for the lacing strips on the bodice of my dutch gown. And some buckrum strips for the waistband, as well as some wool for the hem. Hopefully I can play around with that some, soon. And hopefully I'll be feeling a little more up to it.
I am apparently allergic to my birth control pills. Best guess - the acacia in them. It must be similar enough to eucalyptus to cross-react. So I've stopped taking them. Which involved a rather long chat with the office nurse at my OB/GYN's office. She's getting me another brand of pills (Yaz), and a discount card for same. Meanwhile, we chatted about what I suspect is a low grade metritis that has been there since I had Rori. Hopefully they'll have a suggestion for that. I had asked about it before. Twice. But the other nurse in the office tends not to listen so well, and assumes I don't know what I'm talking about. Candy, OTOH, knows that I have a B.S. in Microbiology along with the DVM, so that when I tell her I can identify the type of infection, she believes me. Of course, since I'm coming in anyway, I might as well pick up the order sheet for my first mammogram. *sigh* Ah well, what must be, must be. And I'd as soon do it here, where I'm familiar with the hospital and my Dr's office as do it later if we move, in a strange place. So at least it'll get done.
All-in-all, hoping for a better weekend to come, as we're visiting the folks. We can't go home for Thanksgiving, as I have to work. Which was OK with Mom and Dad, as I think they're planning to go up north and visit my Grandmother anyway.
And, it should be noted, a mere 3 weeks until vacation!!! I nudged my travel agent today, and she's mailing out the paperwork/itinerary/tickets tomorrow. Yeah!!! Orlando, here we come! All that's left to do is finish gathering all the stuff we need to pack, set up the stroller rental, set up the in-room sitter, and but the Photopass CD. Keen.
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Date: 2009-11-12 12:03 am (UTC)The University will be awesome. No worries.
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Date: 2009-11-12 04:39 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-11-12 01:18 pm (UTC)Actually, I was thinking of asking if you'd bring stuff for another class, and be ready to step in and teach a second class if we get a hole. ;-)
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Date: 2009-11-14 04:14 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-11-12 04:44 am (UTC)Yay for too many classes and too many classes 3 months out!
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Date: 2009-11-12 01:32 pm (UTC)I'm like a kid in a candy store. I can't say no.
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Date: 2009-11-12 03:56 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-11-12 02:48 pm (UTC)I'll be bringing it up in conversation soon and since he might be here by then (and I am coming to RUM YAY!) I think he'll prolly say yes. :)