awesomeness

So finally Rocket is getting neutered. Why did I wait so long? If I'm honest, I still see him as the apartment complex's cat not mine. I didn't want him really, especially when he first came and I was still learning to walk again. But he is a beautiful cat, not just pretty but so very sweet. His only fault is, is he prefers to be outside and doesn't want to use litter (he wants out)

He did fine and he's staying overnight by my request because he is FIV+. They called me to say he's fine and they didn't pull his teeth because they weren't loose (I knew that but they are broken and THEY were the ones to put it out there in the first place) They wanted me to okay expensive antibiotics because of his FIV and I said yes. I'll get him tomorrow night. I wanted a good 36 hours of him being indoors and not too mobile so the surgical site can heal up


We had two students give presentations today that were good. One was using oyster mushrooms to substitute brewer's yeast to make alcohol based on a paper where it was done with wine. It worked better with wine but he did mix yeast and shroom and it was a nice sour beer (yes there was a taste testing)

It's music monday and we're working through the alphabet. I'm sticking with songs from the last 5 years but you can rec whatever you'd like. We're up to C

( I'm realizing I listen to Taylor Swift more than I think )

Still the best name for a con, still tacked onto a tiny con in Athens that fights in a basketball court. Mostly my friends are running it (trying to rope me in but right now I'm quoting my health issues as why not but I will look for vendors for them).

Speaking of health issues, I could hardly move today, I'm so exhausted. I got there an hour later than planned but it worked out. I wanted to enter the raffles and this year...not a lot there that I was interested in anyhow. I didn't win anything this year (last year I won three things so it balances) and one of my friends said, 'watch me win the thing I didn't want but accidentally dropped my ticket into' And she did. She was going to give it to me (a merman illustration) but someone else wanted it more than me so I gave it to him. Karma owes me (and I don't mean the storm it served up, more on that later)

I didn't get to any of the talks because I knew I would never be able to get to them and manage to stay long enough to get to the raffle (in the future I will have to plan my one-day con trips well if I can't get my energy back). I did however get some fun stuff at the vendors.

I picked up A Shade of Winter from Henlo Press a paranormal mystery (some fool forgot her cheaters today. Not mentioning any names....) I've got the first book in several of their series already... which led me to a conclusion (more on that later)

I picked up a couple's earring set of Ozzie and Fizzarolli from Helluva Boss from Unicorn Massacres Designs. It's a cute set. I've bought from them before (artist is trans with a lot of trans rights stuff if you want to take a look).

From Dany Cat Designs I got some soap for me and for gifts. I still have one bar left over from last year. She didn't have any of the dice soap with her this year. I picked up Hades for myself along with Make It So

I said NO more wall art so naturally I bought two postcard sized bits of art from Cocomomo Art because her Hazbin stuff is probably the best I've seen for sale in the past several cons. She also recced a hopepunk queer anime, Promare. I need to find it.

Speaking of wall art, I should have walked past Amanda Scharf Illustration but her water colors were too damn pretty. Did I need a water color of Angel Dust? No. Do I now own one? What do you think? She had so many colors too. If the purple had only been a little richer....I went with dark blue.

There is an artist I get earrings from every con (and other vendors probably hate her) because she sells them for 3$ a pop vs what everyone else does (but I'm also betting she just buys the charms in bulk somewhere) I need to find out if some of my friends wear bigger earrings. Wish evil_little_dog wore earrings because she'd love half of these and sadly the artist doesn't do pins.

I did get some birthday/holiday gifts too. I'll see several of these vendors again in a few weeks at Final Boss con on my university. There was one person selling ITA bags which I need desperately for all my pins but honestly these looked like grocery bags for the same price as much more intricately done backpack styles so I skipped it (and I can make the banners for the pins myself if I take a minute to do it) I was glad I went. Got a few hugs from friends. Yeah I'm not a hugger but on the other hand it's nice to have people who are genuinely happy to see me.

I left the con and went to Kroger for cheese (this one has the fancy cheeses) All was well. I got my cheeses and some absolutely yummy olives that I'm sorry I didn't buy more of. Came out 15 minutes later and it looked cloudy. Five minutes later as I'm getting my Tim Horton's coffee rocket fuel to drive home on, it's even darker. By the time I go 2 miles to Avalanche pizza to pick up my death in a box (otherwise known as the skeletonwitch) it's BLACK. The manager is telling the staff to tell patrons the deliveries will be delayed because of the incoming storm.

I grab my pizza and beat feet. I don't get 5 miles out of town before it let loose. The wind was first, so strong I was literally knocked off the road three times. Then the rain came so hard I thought 'got to stop at the rest stop just up the road and ride this out.' It was raining SO hard I couldn't see the rest stop and missed it. I inched another mile down the highway to the red light where I know there is a gas station. Waited it out there for about 15 minutes. Thankfully my ebook held out because some one forgot to charge it (not mentioning any names) and it was down to 7%.

Luckily after that it was light rain or none all the way home. I'm glad I went. I wish I had energy that 2 hours didn't all but kill me. So that decision I came to at the con...for some damn reason there are a half dozen things I want to do on the 3rd (all in vastly different directions) Ohioana Book festival in Columbus (very late this year), the Gallipolis street steampunk festival, free comic book day, heartwoods mental health festival (in a Chillicothe park), a psychic fair in Logan, the mother's day glass sale in the Hocking Hills.

I decided not to go to the Book festival. My friend isn't going to be there. I haven't read 90% of the books I bought there last year (I'm working on 2 now).I need a new book like I need slapped. Worse, they'll be signed so I won't want to part with them. That doesn't help my space issue. I think I'm better off either doing the steampunk/comic book thing (they're in the same direction) or the glass/mental health fair (also in the same (but different) direction). Decisions Decisions.

Came home and started to watch the newly dropped Gaslight District pilot. Been looking forward to this. I haven't watched more than a few minutes (too tired) and I'm not sure I like the animation style but I'll need to see more.

Since no one wants to hear about the depression and crap and my day was boring. that said I DO hope taking iron will fix some of this for me. I am getting tired out by going shopping. I don't want to go on like this if I can do something about it. I feel 90 not 50something

And let me say, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to lordgloria Hope it was a good one.

But I did write today and I'm happy with this story. It's silly and hopefully fun and I hope you enjoy it if you read it.

Title: My Own Pink World

Fandom: Hazbin Hotel

Summary: Arackniss didn’t think his brother would set himself up as an overlord once he killed Valentino but he had. Now he needed to see his brother’s new castle but he wasn’t prepared for this much sensory overload.

Rating: teen

Author Note - Written for spikesgirl58’s six word challenge. The words were Asset, Crude, Undermine, Lean, Respectable, & Common.

( read the story at AO3 at the above link or under here )



Welcome To The World The Owl House

A Night For Velvette Hazbin Hotel

Green And Gold Torchwood

A Tasteful Easter Egg Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Welcome to Pacific Tech Stargate Atlantis/Stargate SG-1/Real Genius

It’s A Breeze Torchwood

Far Too Long Torchwood

Standards Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Promises Batman

When the Scream Subsides Oxventure

Decisions have Consequences Teen Wolf

I got my blood results back today. Thyroid is fine (bordering on low) but my iron is a bit scary (not new but it's gotten very bad)

IRON

Normal range: 40 - 150 ug/dL
Mine is 20

% SATURATION

Normal range: 15 - 55 %
Mine is 5

That would explain the tiredness. Yippee

What I Just Finished Reading:

Another Fine Mess - it was an interesting book.

And all the graphic novels I picked up (I ended up DNFed that serial killer book)
City of Clowns by Daniel Alarcón
The Mushroom Knight Vol. 1 by Oliver Bly
Earthdivers, Vol. 1: Kill Columbus by Stephen Graham Jones



What I am Currently Reading:

Under This Red Rock - a bizarre YA story set here in OH. Is she schizophrenic or is something esle

Of Manners and Murder - a historical mystery

Bodies and Banners - cozy mystery


What I Plan to Read Next:

Something for popsugar


And I forgot to do my fannish 50. I was thinking about how many mystery dramas have made up my viewing pleasure. to name a few, Sherlock Holmes (many variations), Tommy and Tuppeance, Miss Marple, Inspector Morse (and all the spin off) NCIS (and the spin offs) NYPD Blue, Adam-12, Prodigal Son (the only one to get me writing like mad) Murder, She Wrote, Castle, Midsomer Murder, Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, Hinterland, Shetland, Murdoch Mysteries, Criminal Minds and this is by no means an exhaustive list.

I don't know why I'm rarely bunnied in these fandoms. I can toss off ficlets but nothing major with the exception of Pson.

I saw this on redbubble and though of spikedluv

So I had to get up a 630 AM (about 2 hours before my usual wake up) to go 90 miles north to the neurologist. I woke up 20 minutes early. I'm lucky because at 7:20 AM my primary care doctor's nurse CALLS me. Are you fucking kidding? At first I thought something happened to my parents because no one calls this early and my phone doesn't tell you who it is until the second ring.

Why is she calling? Because she tracked down my thyroid scan and the doctor wants me to go see an endocrinologist and do I need a rec? (it should be in my file that I do not as I see one every 3 months). Now I'm late talking to her and the rains really sprouted the orange barrels this week. Holy crap. I still got there on time in spite of the fact I had to pull over on the highway because a fucking TICK was walking across my dashboard. Not today Satan.

And no one bothered to tell me don't go in the main door at the hospital. No I had to go around to a wing and to the basement but rather than say get in your car and go around they walk me all thru the hospital. And in spite of my appointment being 9 AM he was already 1 hour behind. He gave me his person cell if I want meds other than gabapentin for the trigeminal neuralgia (keep in mind I know his mother in law and wife so it's not that wild).

He agrees this is trigeminal neuralgia which he said "is known to be one of the worst pains you can suffer" (yes I shall agree). And he confirms what I knew. The main causes of this are vascular malformations (which my collagen disorder makes me prone to), aneurysms and tumors so I need an MRI of my head (yes, please, let's look at my jaw too) but he also said it's possible the thyroid goiter could be triggering this and I hadn't thought of that (even though it's on my test on thursday that thyroid affects neuro....)

I'm done with him so early I can't go to the Italian deli so I go back to Chillicothe and bumble around the mall until it's time for my vascular study which is a biggie this time, both legs...in a hot dark room with a former student. I'm half asleep (no, let's be honest I kept nodding off). From there I slid right into the vascular surgeon's clinic and he gave me good news. He thinks there's no way the symptoms in my leg are neurogenic claudication and that my stent is holding up so well that he's backing me down to once a year scans. YAY.

I even found time to go to Rost (I like their brown butter latte which yes has butter and yes it is delicious) Driving around Chillicothe however wasn't easy because Bridge street has 1001 red lights and the winds are 30-40mph and the redlights are bouncing so hard you can barely see them. Also I don't know what it is with this town but this is the third time in the last 6 months where I see one gas price that I'll go get gas after I shop and 45 minutes later it's changed. I didn't even notice until I almost pumped. Kroger's jumped 50 cents in that 25 minutes I was in there. Luckily other gas stations hadn't caught up so I got the cheap gas (by the time I left town an hour later they'd all jumped that 50 cents)

Rocket gave me a laugh tonight. He ate and wanted outside. I saw two kids under the age of 6 and told him he didn't want out. He didn't believe me. Ran out onto the porch took one look at the kids and noped his ass back inside until they were gone. (which also tells me that when he's been out there the kids have bothered him trying to play with him).