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Turning Older
Nov. 21st, 2011 09:59 amFriday was my birthday. I turned 44. (One more year to be Captain America. Still have much to do.)
In fact, I'm feeling pretty old today. My asthma has been acting up ever since we've come back from Indiana and I just made an appointment to see my doctor for hire to ask him what the deal could be. I've been wheezing a lot more at night, and feeling like I need to use the inhaler just to stop coughing. But, I'm sure he'll have some ideas.
But, my birthday proper was really very pleasant. We went out to breakfast, my favorite thing to do, at the Day-By-Day Cafe here in St. Paul. There are probably fancier places we could have chosen, but Mason is off on his Intersession vacation, so we picked somewhere that we knew had food he'd like and that would serve us relatively quickly.
We spent the rest of the morning book shopping. I bought things just for me, too. I bought a new (to me) Manga, called "Black Cat." The used bookstore I went to only had issues 7, 10,11,12 and 13, but I got them all. It wasn't too hard to figure out the plot. I read them all this weekend already. I also picked up the Anime TV episodes volumes 1 and 2 for Hikaru no Go, which I introduced Mason to. He LOVES it, and we've been streaming the rest of the episodes (the second only brought us up to "Game 8") on Netflix.
At HPB, I looked through the comics, but didn't find anything that really grabbed me. I ended up coming home with a blank journal, a book on drawing dragons, and a dragon day planner. (I've embraced the dragon, if you can't tell.)
On Saturday, it snowed. I thought Mason had a sparring workshop at KSW so we bundled up and risked life and limb only to discover that we didn't need to be there until Sunday. I felt pretty dumb. But I got a chance to chat a little with Nikki JKN/SJN. That was nice.
Sunday, we went back. I ran into my friend Gary PSBN, which is always strange in the KSW context because he was once my student. (He could very easily say, "When I left you, I was but the student, now I am the master.) At least I wasn't attending the seminar, so I didn't feel conspicous talking to such a high level black belt in my puny yellow belt. He's moved to Indiana, but has been trying to get enough testing in to become a Sa Bum Nim. That will be even weirder, because in my brain there's only one SBN -- our head instructor.
While Mason sparred, I worked a little on my Biblical horror short story. It's been an interesting experiment trying to write short form again. I forget how CAREFUL you have to be, how every word really needs to count. So, I probably ended up taking out as many words as I put in. Still, my goal is to keep it as close to 4,000 words as possible, though I think this one may end up a bit closer to 5,000. It depends on how I try to end it.
I also read a graphic novel that was sent to me for review. I need to find some time today or tomorrow to quick write that up for ODDyssey.. Later today, Shawn has a hair appointment. Maybe I'll get a chance to do that then.
Well, I need to close up so that I can gather up Shawn and head of first to the doctor in Burnsville and then to Edina for her haircut. I'm a total soccer mom today!
In fact, I'm feeling pretty old today. My asthma has been acting up ever since we've come back from Indiana and I just made an appointment to see my doctor for hire to ask him what the deal could be. I've been wheezing a lot more at night, and feeling like I need to use the inhaler just to stop coughing. But, I'm sure he'll have some ideas.
But, my birthday proper was really very pleasant. We went out to breakfast, my favorite thing to do, at the Day-By-Day Cafe here in St. Paul. There are probably fancier places we could have chosen, but Mason is off on his Intersession vacation, so we picked somewhere that we knew had food he'd like and that would serve us relatively quickly.
We spent the rest of the morning book shopping. I bought things just for me, too. I bought a new (to me) Manga, called "Black Cat." The used bookstore I went to only had issues 7, 10,11,12 and 13, but I got them all. It wasn't too hard to figure out the plot. I read them all this weekend already. I also picked up the Anime TV episodes volumes 1 and 2 for Hikaru no Go, which I introduced Mason to. He LOVES it, and we've been streaming the rest of the episodes (the second only brought us up to "Game 8") on Netflix.
At HPB, I looked through the comics, but didn't find anything that really grabbed me. I ended up coming home with a blank journal, a book on drawing dragons, and a dragon day planner. (I've embraced the dragon, if you can't tell.)
On Saturday, it snowed. I thought Mason had a sparring workshop at KSW so we bundled up and risked life and limb only to discover that we didn't need to be there until Sunday. I felt pretty dumb. But I got a chance to chat a little with Nikki JKN/SJN. That was nice.
Sunday, we went back. I ran into my friend Gary PSBN, which is always strange in the KSW context because he was once my student. (He could very easily say, "When I left you, I was but the student, now I am the master.) At least I wasn't attending the seminar, so I didn't feel conspicous talking to such a high level black belt in my puny yellow belt. He's moved to Indiana, but has been trying to get enough testing in to become a Sa Bum Nim. That will be even weirder, because in my brain there's only one SBN -- our head instructor.
While Mason sparred, I worked a little on my Biblical horror short story. It's been an interesting experiment trying to write short form again. I forget how CAREFUL you have to be, how every word really needs to count. So, I probably ended up taking out as many words as I put in. Still, my goal is to keep it as close to 4,000 words as possible, though I think this one may end up a bit closer to 5,000. It depends on how I try to end it.
I also read a graphic novel that was sent to me for review. I need to find some time today or tomorrow to quick write that up for ODDyssey.. Later today, Shawn has a hair appointment. Maybe I'll get a chance to do that then.
Well, I need to close up so that I can gather up Shawn and head of first to the doctor in Burnsville and then to Edina for her haircut. I'm a total soccer mom today!
