A month of chaos
Jun. 30th, 2003 11:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
womzillaSo, the calendar month of May ended with the destruction of our dear car Adam, and the calendar month of June began with my hernia operation and overlying chest cold. Between the two of them, I have been exhausted and kept busy pretty much nonstop. Every time I thought that I had recovered from the operation, I ran out of steam again; I pushed myself to exhaustion at least twice doing apparently entertaining things that were just beyond my coping ability. I'm still not sleeping completely well, because it's still uncomfortable to sleep on my belly, which, under normal circumstances, is how I do my best sleep. As a result, I'm at least two weeks further behind where I wanted to be than I expected to be when I schedule the surgery. I'll do my best to catch up during July.
There were many enjoyable things about the month of June. For one thing, it stopped raining. Of course, the weather immediately segued into deep summer, with many successive days of 90F+ heat and 60-80% relative humidity, but at least it stopped raining. It was most pleasant to read the first two parts of Stephen Brust's The Viscount of Adrilanka. Someone I respect professionally paid me a tremendous compliment. I spent a most pleasant day with my father and with the Bronx Zoo. I got to hear my sister jublillate over Supreme Court decisions. My kitty continues to eat. We got the new car, very much the same as the old car, and for almost no money out of pocket. Not enough gaming, but what there was, was very pleasant indeed, including finally getting to play my friend Stephen Glenn's award-nominated debut, Balloon Cup, which is a chaotic delight. I played Croquet for the first time in decades--what a game!
And in eight minutes, I get to celebrate eleven years in New York.
It could always be better. But it can always be worse, so I am going to choose to look at the better and be happy.
There were many enjoyable things about the month of June. For one thing, it stopped raining. Of course, the weather immediately segued into deep summer, with many successive days of 90F+ heat and 60-80% relative humidity, but at least it stopped raining. It was most pleasant to read the first two parts of Stephen Brust's The Viscount of Adrilanka. Someone I respect professionally paid me a tremendous compliment. I spent a most pleasant day with my father and with the Bronx Zoo. I got to hear my sister jublillate over Supreme Court decisions. My kitty continues to eat. We got the new car, very much the same as the old car, and for almost no money out of pocket. Not enough gaming, but what there was, was very pleasant indeed, including finally getting to play my friend Stephen Glenn's award-nominated debut, Balloon Cup, which is a chaotic delight. I played Croquet for the first time in decades--what a game!
And in eight minutes, I get to celebrate eleven years in New York.
It could always be better. But it can always be worse, so I am going to choose to look at the better and be happy.
