Done Since 2023-10-22

It started out being a pretty depressed, stressed-out week (see previous post), improving somewhat on Wednesday with a referral to an oncologist and a call from radiology to schedule me for a PET-CT scan. (Which immediately queued up Perils of Modern Living by Harold P. Furth, because positrons are a common form of antimatter.)

Then Wednesday we brought the cats over to PurrfectCatBoarding -- two cars, because both N and m wanted to be with their cats, and so did I. I can fit four people and a cat, or four cats and a person, but three people and four cats required two cars.

And Thursday we set off for OVFF (Ohio Valley Filk Festival), which is winding up even as I type. It's been pretty good; some good catching-up conversations and lots of fantastic music (none of which I contributed to -- I pulled Plink out of her case for one song ("Ripple") at the Closing Jam earlier this evening. Then my back let me know in no uncertain terms that I needed to get back to the room and stay there. I was glad I'd remembered to bring my cane this trip.

Unhappy about the things I forgot to bring, including a water bottle, a pair of scissors, one of my several sets of bamboo utensils, and a toothbrush. I managed.

And despite being unhappy about missing last weekend's reunion, I'm very glad I'm here to help take care of N, who's been having a very painful weekend dealing with a toothache that turned into a serious infection.

Meanwhile, go over to Bandcamp and listen to (and buy) Bridge, Kathy Mar's two-disk compilation of "songs about the things that bring us together". Six of those were done at the release concert this afternoon, and two brought tears.

( Notes & links, as usual )