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obliviousally) wrote2024-08-09 12:44 pm
obliviousally) wrote2024-08-09 12:44 pm
stuff and surgeries and the fair
everything the last couple months has felt like a fever dream half the time lol
tony had his surgery last week and it went well! way faster than we expected and his recovery has been pretty good so far - i took the week off to be at home in case he needed the extra help getting around, but after the second day he was doing fine on his own so it was like a chill 'do nothing' kind of week for the most part, which was nice after the week and a half of anthrocon which was full throttle the entire time lol
my thyroid surgery is on 9/11 lol - they're yeeting the whole thing and i get two weeks off of work for recovery (i have, like, 300 sick hours to use). hoping everything is a cakewalk, but i'm not anticipating anything otherwise. they're gonna keep me overnight, mostly as observation, so that's neat! at the appointment with the surgeon, my mom was telling him how my grandma had her thyroid removed in the 70's and they did a terrible job on the incision/scar (it wouldn't tan and she'd look like frankenstien b/c of it - all patchwork lol) and the surgeon was like 'well we try to minimize scarring' and i'm like 'yeah but i want a COOL scar'
anyhow i'm just gonna add a cool neck scar to my fursona design
i took a looooong walk (abt. 5mi) on the towpath one weekend - NEEDED to get out of the house and wander, so i took the scooter up to the memorial pkwy trailhead and then walked from there allllll the way up to merriman valley
the weather was beautiful, tho, and i wanted to pop into the thrift store that's up there (i acquired a new catnip fishy for beans). also tried a gelato place there! had an amazing cinnamon sugar gelato.
then i took the bus back home (nearly - had to take the one from merriman and it goes down exchange, but i just grabbed a scooter and took it a couple blocks over) - it was a pretty nice way to spend the day
a handful of local furries had a little impromptu meet at angel falls last month - it was nice to meet some folks i hadn't before! we're thinking of trying to do it a little more regularly lol
i also kinda want to organize monthly art jams, as well, but finding time is always a struggle
but speaking of local furry stuff - i AM organizing a group of ohiofurs to march in the parade for akron pride! so that's a thing i've both NEVER done and AM apparently doing now after years of talking about it
going to get a nice banner printed from techzone and get some stickers printed to hand out to folks along the route - it should be a nice time and there's a decent handful of folks interested!
i also hit up the fair with my mom after my surgeon appointment! i'd been itching to go and didn't think they started locally until later in the month, but our county fair started that day!
so we waltzed in the back entrance, wandered around, looked at some animals, had some fair food, and left just in time before it started downpouring!
their main event this year is some jurassic dinosaur thing, so a lot of stuff was themed that way, which was pretty cute
other than that (which, tbh, has been pretty busy month or so - i also only worked two weeks in july dkjhgdlkfhgdf), D&D has been happening, i've been trying to get back into the swing of art and stuff, as well, as i have some commissions i'm a bit overdue on. my manager is gonna be out at work for her birthday vacation for the next two weeks
we got a FUCKTON of rain last night (and a couple days ago had a gnarly day of storms up north of us mostly - including 2 EF1 tornadoes in the cleveland area) and we had to run out to whole foods to pick up two of their surprise bags we reserved the night before. it started pouring as we left and just did not relent the entire time. the drive there and back was a little nerve-wracking, but not terrible. it kept raining most of the night, as well b/c the storm kind of formed over the region and was moving pretty consistently from south to north, so it just kept dumping water on us for hours
we did get pretty good stuff from our surprise bags, tho! chicken chipotle empanadas, quiche lorraine, blueberry and lemon poppyseed muffins, and brioche buns. for $17 on a gamble it was pretty decent and all stuff we will eat
tomorrow, tho! is geekfest and the punk rock flea market! (and also D&D tomorrow night!), so looking foward to doing that, even if i'll be busy all day lol
(my formatting for this did not pan out quite how i hoped lol)
tony had his surgery last week and it went well! way faster than we expected and his recovery has been pretty good so far - i took the week off to be at home in case he needed the extra help getting around, but after the second day he was doing fine on his own so it was like a chill 'do nothing' kind of week for the most part, which was nice after the week and a half of anthrocon which was full throttle the entire time lol
my thyroid surgery is on 9/11 lol - they're yeeting the whole thing and i get two weeks off of work for recovery (i have, like, 300 sick hours to use). hoping everything is a cakewalk, but i'm not anticipating anything otherwise. they're gonna keep me overnight, mostly as observation, so that's neat! at the appointment with the surgeon, my mom was telling him how my grandma had her thyroid removed in the 70's and they did a terrible job on the incision/scar (it wouldn't tan and she'd look like frankenstien b/c of it - all patchwork lol) and the surgeon was like 'well we try to minimize scarring' and i'm like 'yeah but i want a COOL scar'
anyhow i'm just gonna add a cool neck scar to my fursona design
i took a looooong walk (abt. 5mi) on the towpath one weekend - NEEDED to get out of the house and wander, so i took the scooter up to the memorial pkwy trailhead and then walked from there allllll the way up to merriman valley
the weather was beautiful, tho, and i wanted to pop into the thrift store that's up there (i acquired a new catnip fishy for beans). also tried a gelato place there! had an amazing cinnamon sugar gelato.
then i took the bus back home (nearly - had to take the one from merriman and it goes down exchange, but i just grabbed a scooter and took it a couple blocks over) - it was a pretty nice way to spend the day
a handful of local furries had a little impromptu meet at angel falls last month - it was nice to meet some folks i hadn't before! we're thinking of trying to do it a little more regularly lol
i also kinda want to organize monthly art jams, as well, but finding time is always a struggle
but speaking of local furry stuff - i AM organizing a group of ohiofurs to march in the parade for akron pride! so that's a thing i've both NEVER done and AM apparently doing now after years of talking about it
going to get a nice banner printed from techzone and get some stickers printed to hand out to folks along the route - it should be a nice time and there's a decent handful of folks interested!
i also hit up the fair with my mom after my surgeon appointment! i'd been itching to go and didn't think they started locally until later in the month, but our county fair started that day!
so we waltzed in the back entrance, wandered around, looked at some animals, had some fair food, and left just in time before it started downpouring!
their main event this year is some jurassic dinosaur thing, so a lot of stuff was themed that way, which was pretty cute
other than that (which, tbh, has been pretty busy month or so - i also only worked two weeks in july dkjhgdlkfhgdf), D&D has been happening, i've been trying to get back into the swing of art and stuff, as well, as i have some commissions i'm a bit overdue on. my manager is gonna be out at work for her birthday vacation for the next two weeks
we got a FUCKTON of rain last night (and a couple days ago had a gnarly day of storms up north of us mostly - including 2 EF1 tornadoes in the cleveland area) and we had to run out to whole foods to pick up two of their surprise bags we reserved the night before. it started pouring as we left and just did not relent the entire time. the drive there and back was a little nerve-wracking, but not terrible. it kept raining most of the night, as well b/c the storm kind of formed over the region and was moving pretty consistently from south to north, so it just kept dumping water on us for hours
we did get pretty good stuff from our surprise bags, tho! chicken chipotle empanadas, quiche lorraine, blueberry and lemon poppyseed muffins, and brioche buns. for $17 on a gamble it was pretty decent and all stuff we will eat
tomorrow, tho! is geekfest and the punk rock flea market! (and also D&D tomorrow night!), so looking foward to doing that, even if i'll be busy all day lol
(my formatting for this did not pan out quite how i hoped lol)