Done This Week

Well, the surgeon’s office called me on Monday while I was at work and wanted to do the clearance call right then. Fuckers. They want way more testing done than I anticipated (based on what information they had given me). So then I was stuck trying to schedule an appointment with my PCP during Christmas week to see him before January 23, because the surgeon wants the results by two weeks before surgery. If they had just told me that I would need an appointment with him and what time window to get it done in, I would have scheduled it months ago.

You would think a medical professional with an eight-month lead time would understand that scheduling appointments requires some advance notice.

On the plus side, mum has gotten through the holidays better than I expected. Not that she isn’t sad, but just that she hasn’t been despondent. I think getting the new oven helped. She had a mad rush of baking to do, which kept her nicely occupied.

Speaking of baking, I gave her the bread book King Arthur just released this year. She’s having a grand time reading through it--it’s as much an educational resource as it is a book of recipes. We’re going to have fun trying out new techniques and new ingredients.

I’ve decided to go all-in on making Moomin my new fandom. I’m reading whatever books I can get hold of, watching the 90s cartoon, checking out fan art, and soon I’ll dive into fic as well. Oh, and things like cooking Scandinavian food and learning Swedish. As one does when properly on their bullshit. It’s very nice to have something to be blissfully enthusiastic about.

Heard some killdeer about, though I didn’t see them.

Lewisia: 4 new pieces written, and I’m finally caught up

Day job: 25.75 hours--what a weird schedule...

Cooking: tried making onion soup mix bread (via B. Dylan Hollis)--very tasty, but the salt content does a number on me

Reading: audiobook of The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben (not quite as lyrical as Entangled Life but with much the same feeling of deep love and fascination for the natural world)

Watching: Christmas movie bonanza--original Grinch, A Charlie Brown Christmas, It’s a Wonderful Life, A Muppet Christmas Carol, and Home Alone

Listening: A Charlie Brown Christmas by the Vince Guaraldi Trio (had a couple of tracks already but finally picked up the full album, a classic)

Playing: finished the Snufkin game main storyline, though I did just pick up the Fuddler’s Courtship DLC as well

Aftermarket Parts: got the medical clearance call done, set up a pre-surgical clearance appointment with my PCP, contacted the rheumatologist for clearance on my lupus meds

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