today

went downtown, looking for Xmas presents…I dunno, maybe I found some…
It was kinda tranquil, light rain, not many people,…

xmas tree

today, we got a Christmas tree, yes real, becauses I like the smell, and think that trees, are good

Sounders v some Dallas team

went to Sounders playoff match tonight with MrG and MrC, we even did the “march to the match”, fun was had

Puffs

went to the local HS production of Puffs
Learned I belong in Hufflepuff… “we not a threat, please be our friend”

today

MyBetterHalf took MrG and MsS school shopping. MrC went to the Ellensburg Rodeo. I was lazy.

Today

While McC and MyBetterHalf were stuck in hotel awaiting out hurricane Hillary (technically a tropical storm now) and ignoring a local 5.0 earthquake … MSS and MrG drove me to Edmonds, and we had Mexican food for dinner

Today

MrC and MyBetterHalf went to an airshow, in So California. (And hoping the hurricane won’t mess up the rest of their time in Cali.)

MsS drove me to Mukeltio, then a bit later me and MrG did the same. Their furthest distance, longest time, and fastest speed because we took 99.

VAC day 4

We left late, my fault, last minute project and cleaning and I should’ve packed the night before as I instructed the childrens to. Met up w sis-in-law and great-niece for dinner. But before dinner highlight of my day was Emilia and I crawling around table and chairs chasing each other

If We Were Villians – M.L. Rio

MsS recommended. Fun story. I asked a friend who does a lot of musicals, if it’s normal for actors to go arounf quoting Shakespeare in normal conversation. “We all sing at each other at home.” So, realistic.

A story of ___ (lead character getting out of prison on page 1, so we know something bad happened) and friends at a Shakespearean Acting Conservatory.

injury

so… my middle finger on my left hand has been splinted since early April.

How’d it happen? I got into a fight.

With my sock.

I was taking off my sock, evidently in a hurry and with a careless disregard for safety (!) and jammed it. Just a small ouch, no pain, ignored it, until a few minutes later saw that I could not extend it all the way, the last part of finger was bent down. Darn. Went and got a brace and taped it, no biggie. No pain, no swelling, no bruising.

Later that day, joking with a doctor at work, who looked, asked the doctor questions, then said, “I dunno man, I’m just a neurologist, but that looks weird, you should have it looked at.”

A few days later looked at, was refered to a hand specialist,… got x-ray… late April saw hand specialist, told, I tore a tendon or ligament (I forget what the doc said, and I’m too lazy to look it up on my chart), that I need to keep it in the splint, that it will take time, it won’t be back to 100%, they could put a pin in to stabilize the finger while it heals, which I declined since the splint seems to be working.

so, yeah, it’s annoying, my typing is even worse than usual, (especially passwords, which I don’t have memorized but my fingers ko the pattern), my co-workers are pro’lly getting tired of me tapping my metal splint on my desk…. sigh…

But it could be worse.