Of legs, trains, and pizza
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robotech_masterHello. Been a while since I've made any update more detailed than the Twitters that have been automatically collected on days I've made them. So I figure I might as well remedy that.
The leg improves slowly but surely. I had the staples and stitches out on Tuesday, replaced by adhesive strips that it should be safe to take off now (save for the fact that adhesive + hair = ouchies). I think I'll wait until I'm able to take a shower or bath (should be some time today) and hope that they'll soak off.
Friday night, the family was blessed with a visitation by the extended family: my brother Aaron, his second wife Karen, and Aaron + the first wife's four children: Aeris, Guinevere, Rowan, and Griffin. (I expect that those names tell you pretty much all you need to know about my brother.) On Saturday, the nine of us headed down to Eureka Springs, Arkansas to ride the Eureka Springs & North Arkansas Railroad (the kids were crazy about trains). It was an interesting experience, though the fact that the railroad was only about three or four miles long did tend to detract a bit from it. I took a bunch of photos; will perhaps upload some of them to a Flickr set. The wheelchair made for some interesting logistical challenges, but I managed to come through it all right. That night, I showed the kids the three Wallace and Gromit shorts, including "The Wrong Trousers" with its long and involved model railroad chase.
Aaron et al left Sunday morning, going to church with the folks. I stayed home, the family not feeling up to the logistical challenges of mobilizing me and the rest of the family. I expect this will probably be the last week I'm that lucky.
Sunday night, my Mom made pizza. We used my Presto Pizzazz pizza cooker, which I had retrieved from the apartment when I went up on Tuesday to have my stitches taken out. I had never tried making a homemade pizza on it before, though the instructions said it was more than adequate to the task. It promised to be an interesting experiment.
As the Flickr photoset I took of the pizza progress shows, it turned out very well. It had to cook for about thirty minutes, but given the thickness of the pizza and the crust that's really not much of a surprise. I think it may well be one of the best-baked homemade pizzas I've ever had, and it used a lot less electricity to make than it would have to run that huge oven for half an hour.
(The Pizzazz can be had from Amazon for about $40. I sent a friend one as a wedding present.)
In terms of employment, the day job hasn't been able to find any work I can do at home. Oh well. But my friend Sandy, who just got a new job with a good deal of responsibility, may be able to find something I can do with his new employer. I'm not going to say anything more, as I don't want to jinx either Sandy's job or my chances of getting one—but if it comes through, it could be very helpful. I'm hoping I will know more about it by the end of the week.
The leg improves slowly but surely. I had the staples and stitches out on Tuesday, replaced by adhesive strips that it should be safe to take off now (save for the fact that adhesive + hair = ouchies). I think I'll wait until I'm able to take a shower or bath (should be some time today) and hope that they'll soak off.
Friday night, the family was blessed with a visitation by the extended family: my brother Aaron, his second wife Karen, and Aaron + the first wife's four children: Aeris, Guinevere, Rowan, and Griffin. (I expect that those names tell you pretty much all you need to know about my brother.) On Saturday, the nine of us headed down to Eureka Springs, Arkansas to ride the Eureka Springs & North Arkansas Railroad (the kids were crazy about trains). It was an interesting experience, though the fact that the railroad was only about three or four miles long did tend to detract a bit from it. I took a bunch of photos; will perhaps upload some of them to a Flickr set. The wheelchair made for some interesting logistical challenges, but I managed to come through it all right. That night, I showed the kids the three Wallace and Gromit shorts, including "The Wrong Trousers" with its long and involved model railroad chase.
Aaron et al left Sunday morning, going to church with the folks. I stayed home, the family not feeling up to the logistical challenges of mobilizing me and the rest of the family. I expect this will probably be the last week I'm that lucky.
Sunday night, my Mom made pizza. We used my Presto Pizzazz pizza cooker, which I had retrieved from the apartment when I went up on Tuesday to have my stitches taken out. I had never tried making a homemade pizza on it before, though the instructions said it was more than adequate to the task. It promised to be an interesting experiment.As the Flickr photoset I took of the pizza progress shows, it turned out very well. It had to cook for about thirty minutes, but given the thickness of the pizza and the crust that's really not much of a surprise. I think it may well be one of the best-baked homemade pizzas I've ever had, and it used a lot less electricity to make than it would have to run that huge oven for half an hour.
(The Pizzazz can be had from Amazon for about $40. I sent a friend one as a wedding present.)
In terms of employment, the day job hasn't been able to find any work I can do at home. Oh well. But my friend Sandy, who just got a new job with a good deal of responsibility, may be able to find something I can do with his new employer. I'm not going to say anything more, as I don't want to jinx either Sandy's job or my chances of getting one—but if it comes through, it could be very helpful. I'm hoping I will know more about it by the end of the week.
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Date: 2008-10-27 08:02 pm (UTC)