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May 26th, 2012
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Clearly, I was feeling much better, yesterday; no nap required, and I was able to get my work done in something resembling good time.
Once home, though, I chose to stay home instead of going out to food trucks, because I didn't want to push my recovery. I think that was wise, because this morning I feel almost normal.
So, staying home, we finished season two of Sherlock, a real cliff-hanger. I understand that season three is not yet in production, but is expected to film early next year. Good for them!
I expect to have around fifteen folks in office and hospitals to see; tomorrow will also include nursing homes. I have Monday to be on call as well. For those of you vacationing this weekend, more power to you!
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May 25th, 2012
| 03:15 pm
During lunch yesterday, I finished reading Osprey New Vanguard #173: French Tanks of World War I. Honestly, it was the British who were famous for tanks in that particular war, and the Germans probably have more notice with tanks than anybody, so this is a pretty obscure topic even for Osprey. The author even acknowledges that hardly anyone who speaks much of anything but French have much to say on this issue of history. Having read the book, I can see why...
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| 03:10 pm
I suspect that I look forward more to being off call than to being healthy, but it's hard to decide which...
Since my beloved spent the evening with her book club, once I did get home after 8PM last night, and napped again, I put on the pilot episode of Burn Notice to give it a try. It might be worth watching a bit more...we'll see.
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May 24th, 2012
| 02:58 pm
Last evening, I finished reading two books.
First was Scalzi's novel, Old Man's War, an SF item in which elderly folks are recruited for a new life defending Earth and its colonies from aliens. Rather well-done; I'm champing at the bit to load the sequel in my Ematic.
Second was Osprey Campaign #242: Metz 1944: Patton’s Fortified Nemesis, or, what happened when Patton hit the belt of fortifications that were built on the French-German frontier. The book clarified a time span that had been mulled over by a number of books I read in my teen years.
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| 02:38 pm
Fatigue and headache by the end of the day has been the norm for several days, and once my chores were done, I once again took a nap. Headache improved from that, and even more from dinner, which included a pesto made from our garden's produce, huzzah!
A bit more Sherlock, thereafter...
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May 23rd, 2012
| 03:10 pm
The illness had a resurgence, yesterday; by late afternoon I had a headache and nastiness escaped from my sinus to boot.
I prowled around after work to find a copy of Sherlock season 2 on Blu-ray, and once home, I was down asleep for over an hour.
Once she got home and we ate, my wife and I watched the first episode of Sherlock together; well done! I suspect that we'll work our way through the discs pretty quickly.
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May 22nd, 2012
| 02:55 pm
Although I was feeling better, yesterday morning, by the fifth stop, I was winding down. I got home, and fell into nap mode for about a half hour, which refreshed me into the evening.
Today is even better...but I have a lot more work I have to do than I did yesterday...
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| 02:53 pm
Somewhere during the day, I finished an ebook, Osprey Elite #162: World War II Desert Tactics, which I found mildly interesting. The graphics were fairly well-done. The title pretty much says it all.
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May 21st, 2012
| 02:53 pm
We eased into the day, yesterday, and were a bit late getting out, but we met up with ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=92.1) themodeinliz, axelicious, Lorra, Stouty and Bradd at the Renaissance Pleasure Faire in its present digs in Duarte. We've never been to Faire since it moved from Devore. While we strolled around, we ran into vampireanneke and her friends, Wendy and her friend, and Buddy and his girl friend. We chose to not go in costume, and even so the heat began to bother us in the early afternoon, and we left earlier than did our friends, having missed a bit of the Faire, including, apparently, food trucks!
Fatigued, we got home to meet with the Flors; Derek is recovering from his injuries, and it was good to see him out and about. He tired pretty rapidly, and they returned home. I did a few gardening actions, enough to fill the vegetation trash can, and then we rested the rest of the day.
Facebook did us one favor: it showed a series of photos by someone of the solar eclipse. This led us into the backyard, where our tree to the west acted as a series of pinholes, and we could see the eclipse on various pieces of furniture. Fascinating!
To complete our day, we ran through the remaining episodes of Downton Abbey. Nice characterizations. Oh, and they didn't stop WWI from happening.
I will work today. I may be slow, however.
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May 20th, 2012
| 03:38 pm
Saturday was a day of rest that I would never get normally. I lazed about, taking my medicine and doing some odds and ends on the computer and Ematic ebook. Finally, I napped again and again. Probably, I was feverish at one point, but I took some more Tylenol and it broke.
When I was a bit more coherent, I put on some of the iTunesU lectures; dumped a Philosophy and Science course, listened to lectures by a Nigerian intellectual, a meteorologist about the ozone layer, watched some works on braising meats, and then took another nap.
When my wife got home, she whipped up some soup, as our stocks of canned soup were completely depleted. Wild rice and mushroom with chicken; yum!
Netflix gave us via streaming Incident at Oglala, a documentary about a case from the 70s of a confrontation between the FBI and AIM, which didn't need to happen, and which led to the demise of the FBI agents. Justice, however, doesn't appear to have been served.
This morning, I feel much better. I think I might be able to get out and about for the day, but I must see to my spouse, because she didn't get as much rest as I did, yesterday. We shall see.
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| 03:31 pm
Resting gives me time to read, among other things. Reading leads to finishing books. These include:
First, Myth-Interpretations by Robert Aspirin, which includes a couple of Myth short stories from his series of novels, as well as several other short works of his, a few of which were never previously published. Aspirin has passed on; one of the works was the last one he wrote, sending it off for publication just before his demise. Amusing pieces; one or two were thought-provoking.
Second was Osprey Weapon #4: Browning .50-Caliber Machine Guns which I read on my Ematic. It's an interesting look at an iconic weapon of the US Armed Forces since 1933.
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May 19th, 2012
| 03:19 pm
So, illness. I'm not much better, so I'm going to have to rest today. Unfortunate, I wanted to go to a woman's Bat Mitzvah. I wish her the best...
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