Dept. of Once More Into the Breach

[kaffy_r]

Things What I Have Done Lately

1. Had (yet another) bout of back pain. Luckily, not major spasms; unluckily, it hurts when I sit at my desk, to type. Which is, you know, my job. Back to the exercises, silly woman!
2. Seen "The Shape of Water," which I thought was close to a masterpiece. I read a very good piece on tor.com by Elsa Sjunneson-Henry, on why she was disappointed by it. She has some valid points to ponder, worth lowering my defensive "but ... but!"s and listening to. Still, I can't help it; I still think it's close to a masterpiece. Perhaps, had del Toro thought about some of the things that she brought up, it might have been even closer to one. Still ... close ....
3. Been put under even more pressure at work. It's painful to talk about, so I won't do it here. Just send me good vibes. I've been down about it, but I want to get up. 
4. Worried about BB. He is my rock, and my beloved, and I wish I could do so much more for him than I can. 
5. Made hotel reservations for FB's June wedding. Less than five months away ... it's still weird to me; I keep joking (not joking) about how he and Miss Em need to elope, dammit, but this is what she wants. And that's important. And now I have to think about weird-ass Middle American things like buying a mother-of-the-groom dress in the right color. Their wedding colors are teal and orange. Teal and orange. Sweet lord.
6. I found a copy of "Coastlines:The Poetry of Atlantic Canada" and ordered it. I bought a copy several years ago, and then lost track of my copy, and desperately wanted another. The two times I went back to Canada after buying my original copy resulted in fruitless searches. So off to Amazon I went, and I got it, and immediately turned to my favorite poems. And then FB told me today that he had my copy. Heh. 
7. Other things I shall probably remember when I am in bed. 

Comments

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, well I do very much hope that you can beat the back pain! <3 And good luck with everything else, too.

*hugs*

[kaffy_r]

I'm doing better today, which tells me - once again - that I need to stick to my exercises. Every time I avoid them, my back problems increase, and I really need to remember that (no matter how much I hate exercise!)

Thanks for the hugs.

[liadt]

I hope the exercises help:)

Teal and orange is an interesting combo for a wedding. Good luck with the clothes choosing!

[kaffy_r]

Luckily, Miss Em's dress is not going to be teal or orange, but those are the colors that are going to decorate the garden area that they are having the wedding in. I have nothing against teal, but orange is definitely not one of my favorite colors. I'm hoping that a teal that tends towards blue-ish will work for the dress. I am not going to wear anything orange, though!

The exercise is helping; i think it's helping a great deal. As I told thisbluespirit, I hate exercise, but every time I avoid these back exercises, I have problems. I should have learned long since that I can't escape the exercise.

[liadt]

Exercise is v. boring so it's understandable it doesn't get done.

[kaffy_r]

Many things that are good for one, such as exercise and cooked mashed carrots, are things I tend to want to avoid. Sigh.

[bibliofile]

When you mention teal and orange together, I want to know more (even Pantone numbers, if she had them). FOrtunately, teal comes in many shades and is somewhat popular now.

Yeah, being consistent with the exercises is key and also hard.

Ha! FB has good taste, stealing from you. (Sterno's dad stole a copy of Steal this book, and got Abbie Hoffman to sign it. Sterno then stole it from his dad, and got Hoffman to sign it again, to him. Amused everybody, possibly with the exception of Sterno's dad.)

[kaffy_r]

I'm waiting to see exactly what "teal and orange" means in her mind. I don't mind teal (even if my mind automatically adds "deer" to the word, so engulfed am I in Teh Intarwebz) - it's the orange that gets me. Not only is it a word for which you can't find a rhyming word, it's pretty much always been a color I disliked.

Exercise ... yeah, so very definitely Not My Thing.

We had a copy of Steal This Book at one point. I think someone stole it.