Monthly Archive for April, 2006
Book: Labyrinth
Posted in diversions on Apr 29th, 2006
What If I Don’t Have A Birthday?
Posted in family on Apr 27th, 2006
One of the things that Michele was particularly good at, and that she got me doing, was talking about uncomfortable situations in advance so as to lessen the impact when they happened for real. Knowing that you are going into a difficult situation is one thing, but talking about it before hand, in a safe, [...]
Alphabet Meme
Posted in meme on Apr 27th, 2006
You’d think that the relative good news I got this afternoon regarding my vision would have given me an entire evening of good. You’d be wrong. Lately it seems that the boiling water of my anger is always just below the surface waiting for the slightest reason to explode.
Tonight it was a stupid piece of [...]
Naner-naner
Posted in health on Apr 26th, 2006
At my follow-up eye exam today I learned why I’ve been having so much trouble seeing. And I also learned that my instincts that something wasn’t right were dead on accurate. My right eye, the near one, healed far stronger than expected. Instead of measuring 150 it measures as a 3. Basically I have a [...]
Show Me Your Buttons, I Dare You
Posted in life on Apr 26th, 2006
Word from Home
Posted in family on Apr 26th, 2006
My mom called me last night and we had a wonderful conversation on the phone. She had been to her cancer treatment in the afternoon where her blood counts were high enough for a chemotherapy treatment. One bag of chemicals instead of the normal two, but a treatment nonetheless. She was tired from the outing [...]
Beware the Eyes of March
Posted in health on Apr 25th, 2006
It has been just over four weeks since I had LASIK surgery to my eyes. The changes, while immediately apparent, are still not what I had hoped for. When the literature says your vision may not stabilize for six months they really aren’t kidding.
Halos
The halos around lights at night have diminished to a tolerable level. [...]