Updatey things....
May. 1st, 2022 08:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
catherineldfAnd, of course, happy May Day/Beltane, however you're celebrating it!
I decided that I was long overdue for addressing some chronic pain issues from some old injuries and am dabbling my toes in the waters of acupuncture again. This time around, I'm going to a community acupuncture clinic where the acupuncturist sees multiple people at the same time rather than to a setup where they are focused on one person. So far, I'm two sessions in and seeing some improvements and I'm not having a huge "Oh god! Needles! I hate this reaction!" which I've had in the past. I'm not phobic about needles but I don't like feeling like a pin cushion so I wasn't sure if this model would work for me. Going to give it a few more treatments and see how I'm doing then.
I was asked to fill in for a guest who cancelled on the If This Goes On Podcast yesterday and had a delightful time chatting with the hosts and with author Matthew Kressel about hopepunk, running green business and our current projects. The link should be going up soon here and elsewhere. And last week's anthology class at the Rambo Academy went really well - good questions, lots of engagement and I'm inspired to get off my butt and start dealing with the next anthology project. Edits on Michael Merriam's Last Car to Annwn Station are off to the author and the cover for the German translation of my novel Silver Moon (coming from Ylva Publishing in October!) looks amazing.
Other stuff: Everything, Everywhere, All at Once really is that good and you should see it as soon as you can.
More other stuff: I looked at some options for Jana and since the evaluation didn't go particularly well (it upset her and annoyed me) AND what she'd get from Disability, even if we can get her on it, would be minimal, I'm working on getting her set up to apply for regular Social Security early. Currently awaiting a copy of her birth certificate so I can (hopefully) get the application in before her 62nd birthday at the end of this month. Beginning to look for a PCA as well; right now, our former neighbors are taking her out on shopping expeditions every other week or so when they have time, but I'd like to get someone/an organization in place for when I need to be out of town as well as for future care needs. If you're in the Twin Cities area and have recommendations for PCAs who work with folks with dementia.
Otherwise, off to revamped In the Heart of the Beast May Day with friends today, enjoying Our Flag Means Death, planning for more events and doing a bit of writing. May be picking up another short term side project soon and will be looking for more editing, coaching, etc. in a month or two. Also writing and editing my own stuff and getting caught up on Queen of Swords Press Projects. So, lots of stuff, quite a bit of it good or benign.
I decided that I was long overdue for addressing some chronic pain issues from some old injuries and am dabbling my toes in the waters of acupuncture again. This time around, I'm going to a community acupuncture clinic where the acupuncturist sees multiple people at the same time rather than to a setup where they are focused on one person. So far, I'm two sessions in and seeing some improvements and I'm not having a huge "Oh god! Needles! I hate this reaction!" which I've had in the past. I'm not phobic about needles but I don't like feeling like a pin cushion so I wasn't sure if this model would work for me. Going to give it a few more treatments and see how I'm doing then.
I was asked to fill in for a guest who cancelled on the If This Goes On Podcast yesterday and had a delightful time chatting with the hosts and with author Matthew Kressel about hopepunk, running green business and our current projects. The link should be going up soon here and elsewhere. And last week's anthology class at the Rambo Academy went really well - good questions, lots of engagement and I'm inspired to get off my butt and start dealing with the next anthology project. Edits on Michael Merriam's Last Car to Annwn Station are off to the author and the cover for the German translation of my novel Silver Moon (coming from Ylva Publishing in October!) looks amazing.
Other stuff: Everything, Everywhere, All at Once really is that good and you should see it as soon as you can.
More other stuff: I looked at some options for Jana and since the evaluation didn't go particularly well (it upset her and annoyed me) AND what she'd get from Disability, even if we can get her on it, would be minimal, I'm working on getting her set up to apply for regular Social Security early. Currently awaiting a copy of her birth certificate so I can (hopefully) get the application in before her 62nd birthday at the end of this month. Beginning to look for a PCA as well; right now, our former neighbors are taking her out on shopping expeditions every other week or so when they have time, but I'd like to get someone/an organization in place for when I need to be out of town as well as for future care needs. If you're in the Twin Cities area and have recommendations for PCAs who work with folks with dementia.
Otherwise, off to revamped In the Heart of the Beast May Day with friends today, enjoying Our Flag Means Death, planning for more events and doing a bit of writing. May be picking up another short term side project soon and will be looking for more editing, coaching, etc. in a month or two. Also writing and editing my own stuff and getting caught up on Queen of Swords Press Projects. So, lots of stuff, quite a bit of it good or benign.