Update

So it's been a couple of months. Both very little and very much has happened, depending on how the time is looked at.

I've spent a lot of time at home just chilling with my cat, as usual.

I've been taking my medicines really well and telling a difference by them.

I've spent 2 weeks visiting my parents in upstate NY.

I've started painting again.

I received a Wii and Wii Fit Plus board bundle for an early, early birthday present from Chael.

I've gotten my house mostly sorted.

I went out drinking with my sister for New Years Eve for the first time (she took me to a couple local bars that I was still too young to go to when I left home).

I've attended several BDSM social events in the area, including Bound & Determined II, but mostly just weekly and weekend get-togethers. Last Saturday night I was painted on with tempera paint by a friend at an event focused around such things. Lazy fun... then a Very Chilly shower afterwards because the hot water only sort of works at the club.

I don't recall if I mentioned this in earlier journals, but my packer (Mr. Softy Small (I also bought a medium but it was too long for my preferences) arrived and I've enjoyed wearing it -and sometimes my corset at the same time.

I'm sure more exciting things have occurred, but I'm blanking now that I'm in front of the computer.

My ears healed up beautifully from the scalpeling. They are both at 3/4".

Jonesy lost 2 pounds for no known reason (been acting and seeming to eat just fine), but now that I'm back from visiting my mom (while he was kenneled with his vet and eating fine there, they said) he's not eating much here... I'm keeping an eye on the food bowl and worrying a little, but not much yet.

It freakin' cold here, too.

Home and Appendectomy

Will have more to say when I can sit comfortably upright for an extended time to type. Right now I am typing on Chael's old laptop while lying on my back in a makeshift sickbed.

General summary: 2 weeks at parents' house finalized by an unexpected appendectomy in MD after pain began during my drive south. it was laproscopic so I'll likely not have any good scars, but I should be healed soon.

Also, I got my 100% -schedular rather than the Individual Unemployability status I'd put in for!- VA rating for my military-related health issues. Yay. Not "complete and total" as there's the possibility for improvement. So good things there!

Bought me an iPhone as the one celebratory, excess, just to make me smile item... although it's not actually excess or just to make me smile. It's already handling my scheduling of appointments, has alarms set for my med times, and so on. Fun and helpful, it's a good little gadget.

All for now...

To NY

Am starting out either tonight or tomorrow morning to visit my family in NY. Sister has had an operation and asked that I come visit during her recovery period and I said, "sure".

Should be fun. Mom said we're all gonna go up to the Corning Glass Works to tour the museum one day and then another day maybe go wine tasting (which my sister isn't much for, not being a wine liker, but mom pointed out to her that she's such a lightweight that she'll be drunk and happy in no time so she'll have a good day regardless). Having grown up close to there, I've been to the Glass Works a few times -most recent with my spouse a couple years ago, his first time- but I'm looking forward to it. It's always very interesting to see and mom and sis and I have never gone together.

I'll mostly be bumming around my sister's house while mom is at work, laying about, watching tv and chatting with her while she takes it easy. Mom says she's healing well, so far, though. Had a slight hiccup where she had to go back in and have an abscess dealt with, but otherwise good.

I'm going to stop at the VA Safari Park on the way up. I've not done that in years and years. So cute and so stubborn and smart, those zebras and such.

Leaves are starting to drop from the trees up there, mom says. Should be pretty with fall colors starting. I miss that and am looking forward to it.

Went to Atlanta's Six Flags yesterday with Chael. Didn't make it the whole day, got worn out by adrenaline and too much heat/sunshine. God, it was blazing and horrid. I swear the UV has gotten stronger since I was a kid... I used to be able to look almost at the sun back then, now I can't barely stand to look at the horizon... the sky is just painful. And to walk around in it makes me so tired and sick feeling. I was always sensitive to sunlight like that, even when young, but now it's much, much worse.

The "Scream Machine" is a piece of garbage, painful garbage. Not worth riding.

The "Goliath" is great and has wonderful repeated zero-gee moments.

Those are the two extremes.

I cut my hair off last night at about 3am. I've a "faux-hawk" of sorts. I've the "chelsea cut", as others have told me it's called, around my face as I like it; a full mohawk; and the sides are shaved to 1" in length and moussed upwards towards the 'hawk. I'm debating shaving them all the way off, as I really liked it that way before, but I went this route first to see how I'd like my hair with a leetle bit left on the sides... I can always shave it the rest of the way off, growing it in is a bit longer taking.

I'd like to add some accent color like purple to it before I go to my mom's, but don't know if I'm going to bother... it's still 2 shades of green right now.

Domestic should be here soon to do my car, gotta get the hose ready..... wait, no, I'll just have him move it when I take him on the backyard tour today, what was I thinking?