Pottered and beyond...

[kinzel]

As we were preparing to rush off to Childrens Book Cellar in nearby Waterville for the Potter Party where we were divinators I spoke with my mother via land line ... who told me my stepfather had been having a bad day on Friday, and was really tired, but really she'd called to see if we were pottering and was pleased to hear we were...

On Saturday my stepfather had a worse day, and thus earned a van ride to the hospital in the next county; after the usual emergency room shake-and-bake the staff discovered it might be a little more than tired and so he has been admitted for observation and evaluation, a task expected to take until the middle of the week. I gather that sometimes drugs of great efficacy sometimes just stop working, as if the system says "Oh ho! I see your trick!" and refuses to play anymore.

Between phone calls and such I got a bit behind on the chapter; but we continue and expect to have it up tomorrow .... it *might* be a bit late since there are some scheduled medical things happening tomorrow morning on this end, but it should appear on Monday.

The day is very pleasant here and it would be a good day to be at the ocean, if only to hear the distant: waves seagulls children trains honky-tonk-bar-sounds merry-go-round from a balcony while working on the laptop.

Also, this morning I posted two more buy-it-now pins, which are the last of the dozen we'd recovered. There's two more boxes of stuff in te basement I haven't been able to get too... might be something else interesting there.

Comments

[kalimeg.livejournal.com]

Ha! Finally up early enough to grab a pin. I made a trip like your dad's last week.

Hope it turns out ok for him.

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

Please award yourself a break when you need one, without guilt. May your stepfather bounce back easily.

[jilltanith.livejournal.com]

Could we have a link to the Ebay stuff? Or at least, the Seller ID?

[jilltanith.livejournal.com]

Oh, I see; they weren't coming up for me because they're gone already! Nevermind . . .

[amm-me.livejournal.com]

*I* was given one for my birthday by my Liaden-fan buddy, back when they were new ... (buffing fingernails smugly on shirtfront). She it was (the buddy) who in Lone Star Books and Comics in Arlington, TX, [mumble] years ago, pointed to a used book with a huge green turtle and a little redhead on the cover, and said, "buy that!, and these other two, also." I did, and I still have them. Back before Meisha Merlin, I did consider selling those Del Rey books for some outlandish sum of money. But before I could bring myself to do it, Partners in Necessity came out, and I was saved from such mercenary calculations by the disappearance of the inflated value.

Abigail

[jack_calls_dances]

Not only wasn't the new chapter late, it was actually early!

Good Thoughts and Pottering

[(Anonymous)]

Good thoughts to your stepfather. I do hope he feels better today.

The Potter party at our favorite Pasadena bookstore was fun, fun, fun. So many young adults, old adults, some kids (some fell asleep in their mom's or dad's laps), and it was just lovely to see hundreds of people celebrating a good read. And it certainly was.

Kelly
TC, CA