I seem to have gotten the cold that has so bedeviled my darling sweetie-wife. My head is powerfully congested and I am weak and worse dizzy most of the time. I did not go into my day-job today and tomorrow is problematic.
Sorry, but I have nothing witty or insightful to add today. (There are those who would assured this si the case everyday.)
Well, we have had the car for a week now and I have to say that I am quite pleased with this purchase. I did discover a pleasant surprise on Thursday and it is one that will help me be more productive as a writer.
My normal routine is that I leave my day-job about 4 in the afternoon and drive to my sweetie-wife’s place of employment. I arrive generally about 4:30 and then I have half an hour to wait until she is done for the day and we can head home together.
Thursday I slid the driver’s seat as far back as it would go, even though I am tall I tend to drive fairly close to the wheel I suspect a lot of my height is in my torso, discovering that there was enough room between me and the steering column for my laptop, unfolded and totally usable.
Well that is just great! I have discovered another 20-25 minutes a day and over a week that is 100-125 minutes or close to two hours of extra writing time.
the day job has been very busy and full of work. Well that means my job is safe, but it means stress for me. Oh well I can live it with.
I’ll have a proper post tomorrow.
Today instead of going to work I went to my newest addition to my collection of medical professionals whom are looking after my health, an orthodontist. The office was pleasant, quick, and professional.
The short answer is that the orthodontist agrees with what my sleep specialist said two years ago, that my jaw is misaligned and should be corrected with surgery. My sleep specialist suggested the possibility if surgery to help with the sleep apnea, here the same condition, the misaligned jaw, is causing undue pressures on my teeth and as I age the likelihood of breaking teeth, as I did last month, increases.
I have a round of 3-D X-ray to get imaged, and a bite impression to be impressed and after that is analyzied we will know the best course of action. Depending if we can get the jaw surgery covered under my major medical to treat my apnea, it’s likely I will get that surgery. If not, we’ll make due with orthodonic work to realign my teeth and try to decrease the pressure. Either way it looks like 2012 will be another fun medical year.
Please, don’t think I am carping or complaining. I am fortunate compared to family members and friends who are suffering with far more serious issues. There is element of depression to having to go under the knife again, but truly I know I am still a lucky fellow.
In other mixed news, I have to say this was the nicest rejection slip I have gotten…
Please excuse my tardiness in responding to your manuscript – the better ones take the longest. I enjoyed reading Love and Loyalty, but I don’t feel I can offer representation at this time. The marketplace is more selective than ever and I must keep a modest list.
I have never purchased an automobile from a dealership before so Saturday was an experience and an adventure. It started early in the morning, not oh-dark early but 7 a.m. was still plenty early for a Saturday. It started that early because my sweetie-wife’s Credit 
Union was having a used car sale, 1 day only, starting at 8 and I wanted to be there when it open. Continue reading
Yesterday was long, stressful and tiring with the search for and purchasing of a new car. (A used car to be precise but it is new to our household.) It induced a migraine and left be very little time to prep for my D&D game. Thought the day ended well. I thank the game worked and I have several new plot elements moving nicely.
Today was a day spent with my sweetie-wife. We shopped, we ate lunch at a tasty deli, we procured mats for a our top protect the carpeting, and we played games. All in all a nice day.
I have no time today for a detailed blog posting, my apologies. Saturday is going to busy too as my sweetie-wife and I car shop. See you sunday? maybe?
ON the note of posting, how have people like the new style of long posts?
This week my day job has been busy busy busy. I normally take my laptop Colossus with me to work so I can write during my breaks and my lunch.(I can sometimes get 2000 words a day done in that manner.) However this week, I have been so bushed by the amount of work and training for new work that I have actually used my breaks as breaks.
It hasn’t been all bad. I picked up a new book on Sunday, “Fair Coin” by E.C. Meyers over at the Star Trek rewatch blog. I should finish it soon and then I’ll post a review.
I have managed to keep momentum going on “Command & Control,” my new Seth Jackson novel and I do not entirely hate the prose that has been produced.
I’ve also made plan for going to Disneyland in April with an old friend whom I have not seen in a few years. It’s going to be just the two of us guys, palling around and acting like kids again. I haven’t been to Disneyland in almost 30 years.
This weekend is Condor, a local sf and fantasy convention and I am on three panels, including one with noted and award winning author David Brin. I shall try not to embarrass myself.
I am hoping that next week turns out better than this last week. While I am happy to have added ‘Colossus’ to my network of home computers and anticipate lots of good writing at his keyboard, this has not been the best of weeks.
On Monday last week my sweetie-wife injured her shoulder. I’ve been playing the part of left arm for her, helping out in any way I can, but there is still sharp amount of pain for her. Because of the injury she needs to sleep upright, so there will be no Sunday Night Movie this week as unlike most Americans we do NOT have a TV in the bedroom.
For the last five or six years I have been using an iBook made in 2001 as my laptop computer. This little machine is gleaming white and has primarily been used as a writing platform during my breaks at my day job, running gaming software during my D&D game (3.5 thank you very much), and allowing me and my sweetie-wife access to the internet while away at conventions. Given the machine’s coloration and gaming duties when I had to name it for my network the natural choice seemed to be Gandolf. Continue reading