Catching up, sort of
Apr. 3rd, 2023 08:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
catherineldfLife has been a mixed bag of late. Last week, I turned 60, which is one heck of a milestone. PreCOVID and everything else, I used to imagine I'd be turning 60 in Spain. Jana and I used to love to travel, but that's certainly not happening right now.
Which doesn't mean that I had a bad birthday, by any means. I kicked things off on 3/25 by going to hear Boiled in Lead's 40th Anniversary Concert at the Parkway Theater with my buddy Matt. And you know what? They still rock and sometimes, you need to go hear music that vibrates through your bones. We had a nice sushi dinner at Bagu beforehand too. On Saturday 3/26, I went to Bingley's Teas for a lovely afternoon tea with my friends Sheila and Caroline; Julia and Jared pulled out all the stops and it was amazing.Then on Sunday, I took Jana out to breakfast, met my friend Marie for lunch at Tori 44 and a trip to Dancing Bear Chocolate. Then Matt came over and we ate my home cooking and watched the first half of "Going Postal."
On Wednesday, Matt and I went to the Guthrie to see Liz Duffy Adam's Shakepeare/Marlowe play, "Born with Teeth," which was excellent. On my birthday proper, Thursday, I sent Jana off to ASI with one of her PCAs and went to Flava Cafe in St. Paul, followed by a trip to the Como Park Conservatory for some quiet alone time with green things and the sloth (Chloe, who roams free in the rainforest enclosure), then on to Nelson's for lunch. Then Jennie Goloboy sent me a text reminding me to check out the new weird/horror bookstore in West St. Paul, Other Skies Weird Fiction, so I headed down there. when I say that the owner keeps an open casket for book displays, it should not surprise that I enjoyed my visit immensely. Hopefully, we'll be having an event over that way in the near future. Then it was home for celebratory tapas from Rincon 38 and then off to Park Square Theater with my friend Julia to see "The Revolutionists," which we enjoyed.
Friday, we got the beginnings of our surprise April blizzard. Saturday morning, when I was supposed to go pick up Mike Merriam for 13 Gears Steampunk vending, we woke up to no power or heat and over 8 inches of snow. I wrangled things as best I could and we went to Tiny Diner for warm food and coffee, then came home and I packed a couple of coolers with snow and tried to save what was in the fridge. It became apparent that we weren't getting power back soon and that I couldn't get the car out of the garage so we canceled on the first day of 13 Gears. The power did finally get turned back on at 8PM and I made it to 13 Gears on Sunday. We had a pleasant, mellow and rather cold day with slow sales but we did get to see some friends and that made it all the more pleasant. One of Jana's PCAs took her out while I was out and I was able to go have dinner with friends afterwards.
And today, the PCA who took Jana out yesterday tested positive for COVID. And Jana got lost during her usual noontime coffee run and had to be retrieved, which hasn't happened before. I was supposed to go see the Dungeons and Dragons movie but my big boy kitty, Shu, started staggering around and acting distressed. I gave him some of the Gabapentin the vet gave me a while back when he hurt his paw and canceled on the movie. He's been out cold for almost 2 hours now but I'll be sleeping on the couch to keep an eye on him. And I could do with less stress and less distressed loved ones, you know?
Blergh. Time to read a bit, then try and sleep.
Which doesn't mean that I had a bad birthday, by any means. I kicked things off on 3/25 by going to hear Boiled in Lead's 40th Anniversary Concert at the Parkway Theater with my buddy Matt. And you know what? They still rock and sometimes, you need to go hear music that vibrates through your bones. We had a nice sushi dinner at Bagu beforehand too. On Saturday 3/26, I went to Bingley's Teas for a lovely afternoon tea with my friends Sheila and Caroline; Julia and Jared pulled out all the stops and it was amazing.Then on Sunday, I took Jana out to breakfast, met my friend Marie for lunch at Tori 44 and a trip to Dancing Bear Chocolate. Then Matt came over and we ate my home cooking and watched the first half of "Going Postal."
On Wednesday, Matt and I went to the Guthrie to see Liz Duffy Adam's Shakepeare/Marlowe play, "Born with Teeth," which was excellent. On my birthday proper, Thursday, I sent Jana off to ASI with one of her PCAs and went to Flava Cafe in St. Paul, followed by a trip to the Como Park Conservatory for some quiet alone time with green things and the sloth (Chloe, who roams free in the rainforest enclosure), then on to Nelson's for lunch. Then Jennie Goloboy sent me a text reminding me to check out the new weird/horror bookstore in West St. Paul, Other Skies Weird Fiction, so I headed down there. when I say that the owner keeps an open casket for book displays, it should not surprise that I enjoyed my visit immensely. Hopefully, we'll be having an event over that way in the near future. Then it was home for celebratory tapas from Rincon 38 and then off to Park Square Theater with my friend Julia to see "The Revolutionists," which we enjoyed.
Friday, we got the beginnings of our surprise April blizzard. Saturday morning, when I was supposed to go pick up Mike Merriam for 13 Gears Steampunk vending, we woke up to no power or heat and over 8 inches of snow. I wrangled things as best I could and we went to Tiny Diner for warm food and coffee, then came home and I packed a couple of coolers with snow and tried to save what was in the fridge. It became apparent that we weren't getting power back soon and that I couldn't get the car out of the garage so we canceled on the first day of 13 Gears. The power did finally get turned back on at 8PM and I made it to 13 Gears on Sunday. We had a pleasant, mellow and rather cold day with slow sales but we did get to see some friends and that made it all the more pleasant. One of Jana's PCAs took her out while I was out and I was able to go have dinner with friends afterwards.
And today, the PCA who took Jana out yesterday tested positive for COVID. And Jana got lost during her usual noontime coffee run and had to be retrieved, which hasn't happened before. I was supposed to go see the Dungeons and Dragons movie but my big boy kitty, Shu, started staggering around and acting distressed. I gave him some of the Gabapentin the vet gave me a while back when he hurt his paw and canceled on the movie. He's been out cold for almost 2 hours now but I'll be sleeping on the couch to keep an eye on him. And I could do with less stress and less distressed loved ones, you know?
Blergh. Time to read a bit, then try and sleep.