Category Archives: Real Life
Final Update on Dad
My mom called me on Thursday 5/3 to say that my dad’s surgeries had gone fine that morning, but his blood pressure had crashed twice already – once during the night before and once as they were getting ready to take him out of the OR. Then he apparently crashed again as they got him […]
Continue readingUpdate on Dad
So an update: My dad’s doing basically the same with slight improvements. The heart stress tests they did this morning and yesterday were better then the doctors expected, so unless the cardiologist says differently for reason, they are planning on starting skin grafts tomorrow (surgery is only done on Mondays and Thursdays). We’ll be allowed […]
Continue readingApril is the worst month
Well, for the second time this month, I’m back home at my family’s house, staying with my parents. This time, it’s for my dad. Saturday morning, my dad was burning brush in the backyard (hometown allows burning). He stepped in a hole and fell face forward into the fire. Right now, he’s in the burn […]
Continue readingSerenity (Firefly movie)
I’ve never seen any of the Firefly TV show episodes, mostly because I’m just not that big on watching TV in general. The bits and pieces I’ve caught of the new Battlestar Galactica or Lost have really interested me, but I just don’t pay attention to time/days of the week to remember to watch either. […]
Continue readingGenCon Day Three: “The last, best hope of gamerkind…”
Well, it’s the last hope for me at least. I plan on taking a quick visit to the con today and then hitting the road back towards Chicagoland. I’m glad to be heading back home today because I’m just flat out tired mostly. It’s nothing to do with the hotel or anything like that. In […]
Continue readingGenCon Day Two: Thrust into the Light
ARGH!!! Teh Intarweb ate my post! 🙁 So between several sidetrackings, I had put a bit of time into working on my wrapup for today’s GenCon visitation, but thanks to an untimely use of the backspace key while not in the text box lead to the aforementioned post eating. Now I must try to reconstruct […]
Continue readingGenCon Day One: Rhyssa’s Journey into Geekdom
A day-by-day wrap-up of my visit to GenCon Indy this year with Grimwell, The Muse and their children and CmdrSlack and his fiancee. These wrap-ups have also been posted over at GamerGod along with Grimwell’s and CmdrSlack’s observations. —————————— I was apparently the only one of our group who managed to arrive at our hotel […]
Continue readingOff to see the Wizard!
The Wonderful Wizards of the Coast! AKA GenCon Indy. I’m officially on vacation (started today! Whoo!) and am packing up the truck to head down tomorrow. I’m sharing a room with Grimwell and Family and CmdrSlack and Fiancee, so things will be a wee bit crowded at night (5 adults, 3 kids, 2 queen beds, […]
Continue readingOh my aching foots!
I’ve spent the past two days wearing gym shoes to work, because I managed to aggravate my knee on Tuesday morning. I then spent the day in agony until I could get home and ice it up. That helped, but I think the biggest plus was not wearing dress shoes the next day. I usually […]
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