Feel a little less wretched. Head ache has subsided briefly. Still feeling warm off and on. Had a late night hour long coughing fit. Body aches feel to be subsiding? I’m worried about it being in my lungs now though. Concerned. Cough makes the head aches worse. Sinuses occasionally feel blocked and/or swollen. Eyes still sore and sensitive. Neck hurts a fair bit. Nausea makes itself known every now and again.
Author: greatwallstudios
Married, Graphic Designer, enjoy playing the electric guitar, model building, wood working and sculpting.
The wicked alchemy of the human body.
Hello, I’m currently holed up on bed with Covid. My eyes hurt, as though they have swollen into the wrong shape for my head. I have an unceasing head ache. Formerly had chills, and body aches & pains. Occasional nausea, and fits of the dry heaves. No appetite, and kinda dehydrated no matter what I drink, or keep down.
I have a whole ritual around getting up that takes me a while. Gotta psych myself up for it. First the sit up. Sometimes followed by throwing up. Next a sit to a stand. Then a sit to a stand to a walk. Then a sit, stand, walk to a sit, and if I have to lie down at any point the whole thing is shot, back to step one. Ah, the wicked alchemy of the human body. So many strange processes to undergo when sick. Blargh. Also reading hurts my brain just a bit less today.
The VID is trying to break my streak.
And boy do I feel awful. This is up there with some of the weirdest illnesses I’ve ever had. The splitting head ache that I can’t shake is really unpleasant. The frequent fevers suck a lot too. My hips and joints don’t like this much at all either. Blargh.
We have Covid.
My head is a mess. Wicked headache. Slightly dehydrated too.
On the move with sick kids.
Both kids have a night time cough now, and the oldest sounds more like Kathleen Turner than ever before. But no fever, or throwing up, or gut issues for the moment. The youngest has a runny nose off and on though. They got a bit flushed after some time in the hot tub, which was to be expected. But the youngest’s face stayed red for a really long time. Got really cold outside, and then really hot in the tub, sobi think we had that element explained fairly well. The oldest had a lethargic afternoon on Sunday, but seems to have bounced back. Now we wait to see if it attaches itself to their mother or myself over this break week. Or just in time for Monday back to work/school. That’s where we are at the moment. Waiting to see if it gets better or worse. Fun times.
Still a tad weary where the time change has occurred. Not my favourite thing to do. Waking up in the darkness – yet again. As much as I appreciate sunshine after dinner, I’d prefer not to wake up in the pitch black darkness. But that’s just my personal feelings on the matter.
Pretty sure today is Tuesday. But don’t quote me on that until I’ve had something to eat.
One thing about my job that I really like…
As cool as it is to create new and interesting artwork from out of the ether, the thing that I really like about my day job as a graphic designer is the immediacy of the feedback. Good or bad, I’m not waiting months or years for a sign of how it’s going. I like that. It really helps you to kill your darlings, and not get so precious with your work. At least not paid work for clients, personal projects for me only, are another matter entirely. Some folks may have to wait for their bi-annual review, or yearly review to hear about how they are doing, and what people think about them. Not me. I’ll hear all about it almost immediately. I like that. Sometimes the feedback is scathing. Don’t care. Couldn’t have spent more than a day on it, so no major harm done. I might argue with folks to be concise, or to offer constructive criticisms, but I’m ok if you don’t like it. No body bats 1000. It let’s me know right away if I’m on your wave length, or it tells me if you don’t really know how to file a brief to get what you want. Or that you had no ideas to start from, and just need something to help steer you in the right direction. Immediacy is great for ideation, and creativity. But I digress.
Spittin’ bars like some kinda fool.
Writing terrible poetry was a favored pastime of mine many moons ago. And boy did I put pen to paper for some serious cheese. Reams of paper full of awful slang, and mixed malaphors. We’ll burn that bridge when we get to it. She’s moist like a damp towel type nonsense. It was gloriously freeing in how terrible it all was. Wish I’d had the confidence to keep more of it than I chose to. It would have played well with the cringe crowd. I could’a been internet famous for all the wrong reasons. No matter.
I think today is Monday. I do have a few work emails to attend to today. Just in the process of making and consuming pancakes with my kids. No Domestic Duties entry for today. Ahhhhhh… the crowd moans. There’s always next week! Stay safe out there this March Break. Ciao Bella.
The morning of the time change…
Glad that we don’t have to get the children up for school tomorrow. Thank heavens for the March Break! No early Monday morning fight in the darkness, trying to the kids out of bed and off to school. It is nice to have more sun in the evenings, but waling up in the dark – again, for a few more weeks is something I could do without. However, I say bring on the sunshine, green grass & flowers. We can get active outdoors once more as the temperatures shift above zero.
Otherwise it’s another lazy Sunday morning in March. Nothing much planned for today. Ciao Bella.
What’cha gonna do?
What’cha gonna do when they come for you… there, have that ear worm rattling around your brain for a bit now. Misery loves company, and my parents taught me how to share. My gift to you. You’re welcome.
Saturday we are in you! Suns up, snow has settled, wind has died down, and the kids are up & fighting. Hard to believe that March Break is here already. Still feels like we should be closing out January, and not be nearing the middle of the month of March. Time is moving along at a great clip. Too fast some days for my liking. But that may just be because I have been busier than usual since January.
Yesterday I broke out my airbrush to prime & get some gradient paint layers on some board game minis I have. It’s the Nemesis expansion pack with Voidseeders. They were primed black. Base coated purple and then over sprayed with magenta. I dry brushed the bases with gun metal, and that’s as far as I got before I had any work related emails to content with. I want to do some edge highlighting around their squid like faces, and then pack them back up into their box. Prior to Christmas I painted the original Alien figures a pale blue grey, with blood splatter accents. It was fairly bare bones. I just wanted some colour, and not a *box art* look. I don’t believe i could achieve that anyway, given how sloppy of a painter i am. My bust sculpts prove that point. My latest Macross build will second that sentiment.
I like to paint, I’m just not that good at it, as of yet. I certainly improved over the course of my two Macross build ups. So that is good to see. My masking was a bit better with the thinner low tack tape. Though, I will say this, it still pulled some paint off ruining hours of layered painting. Which I was not happy about. But I got it all sorted out. More of a time suck, than a project ruiner. Glad I wasn’t doing gradients, as that would require an entire repaint of the whole part. I have fun painting, namely because it isn’t my job, and I don’t really need to stress about it. I try to do a good job, but it’s not a big deal – to anyone else – if I cock it up. That’s on me. I have a box of more than 100+ minis coming my way in the next year or so, that I ordered off of Kickstarter. So I’m trying to figure out an easy way to achieve decent results without having to devote an hour or more to each individual figure. Base coat black primer, and zenithal grey highlight, with a white dry brush does much of the heavy lifting for me at this point. So that might be as good as it gets for a while. I don’t see myself dropping other hobbies just to be painting miniatures as well as their box art. I like to see others doing so. But not for me, thanks. Good on the table from 2 or 3ft away is my objective.
My oldest would like to start painting minis with me some time soonish. So I’ll need to figure out a good way to show her the process I follow to prepare each item for the real paint job. I’m not sure if she will want to be a part of the priming, zenithal high lighting, and white dry brushing process. Or if she wants to slap colours on, and do edge high lights and detail work. Maybe I’ll wind up doing the prep and she will excel at the colour/detail portion. Tag team duo! Tackling monsters, space aliens and soldiers alike! Deftly and with aplomb. A dad can dream. Ciao Bella!
Winter clothing drive…
Donating some old winter gear to the unfortunate folks whom have suffered great loss & tragedy in Syria and Turkey. Sending along old winter coats for adults and children. Snowpants, hats, mitts, gloves, neck warmers, an old sleeping bag, and one blanket. Hopefully it does someone else more good, rather than sitting, getting dusty at the very back in a basement closet, or tucked away in a tub. Now don’t go thinking that I ransacked the house. No-no. If it wasn’t worn in the last several years, or I know it no longer fits, it was fine to be passed along. I didn’t raid their current closets, though lord knows I could have. I kept it to just that which had been gathering dust, or had been hidden away for two or three years or more. Some of the snow pants are less gently used than others. But on the whole, 100% better than nothing, and in 95% of the items, 1000% better than nothing. It may not be stylish, but it’ll keep people warm and dry!
Great grandma is back in the hospital – again. Seems like atleast one week out of every four she’s on deaths door in the hospital. Caught Covid just before her 95th birthday, and has been rapidly deteriorating ever since. Lost her mobility. Dementia has reared its head making things even harder. A very stressful, and emotionally draining last few months. My MIL seems to take the brunt of it, as her siblings don’t do much of anything in regards to her being in a home now, in need of constant care. That’s a lot of extra mental work, and emotional labour she’s had to take on due to the state of her own mother. I hate to say it, but I do pray she goes quickly, in her sleep one night, and not dragging this on over the whole year or more. Will feel devastating either way, once she passes, or declines into a state where life isn’t more than tubes, and permanent immobility. Horrible. Just horrible.
It’s the Friday before March Break. School attendance looked a tad light today, but more 24 hr bugs are passing through – yet again. The next nine days could be ugly, if the kids have brought home a tummy bug, cough, cold, flu or Covid. Isn’t that a great way to celebrate the coming of Spring Time. Holed up, bed ridden in isolation. Boo-Urns! Boo! I say.
Cable box has been on the fritz as of late. May finally have to give in and upgrade to the Ignite level of television cable boxes. Definitely need a new working remote. We’ll see what’s what with March Break plans, and then perhaps I’ll go and get it all sorted out. Every time I go in the Roger’s store my bill only ever goes up. They cut me no breaks, no deals, no thanks for sticking around discounts. The joys of Ontario telecoms. Bull shit is what it is.
In other news my oldest has obtained a full Yellow Belt in Taekwondo. Was very proud to watch the promotion ceremony. Took a lot of photos. Some good, some less so. I look forward to watching her move up through the belts over the coming years.
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