I
finally shrugged off my lethargy this morning and mixed up 9 more
colors in the modeling glass, all half batches because I'm still just
planning more samples, and now have some mixed up for every color of
opaque glass powder that I have, 18 in all. Tomorrow the plan is to
make samples of all the new colors and then do some color blends.
I'll probably finish the first feather that I started too.
I
wrote that yesterday. After the first couple, I was squishing and
kneading the ball of powder with just my left hand so as to keep one
hand clean for opening the door, turning on the water, and handling
the sprayer as I washed off the bowl and spoon (and hand) between
colors. The last one or two I had a small pain in my left pinky
finger which I ignored as it wasn't so bad and then about 8 PM last
night it bloomed into a pain so bad at one point I was wondering if I
had broken something in there. Couldn't straighten my pinky
completely or curl it completely without extreme pain all the way
down to the knuckle/joint in my palm and even motionless it hurt like
hell. I finally got up just after I went to bed and taped my pinky
and ring finger together which seemed to help. This morning it's much
better though still some painful, mostly just an ache.
there's
a dog in there somewhere
The
dog is still a bit jittery from New Year's. The least little 'boom'
noise, and often I can't even hear it, sets her off and if we are out
on our walk she's straining at the leash to go go go home.
It
finally cleared up yesterday and today is gorgeous too, on a warming
trend though with nights in the 30s, which is how my lizard blood
finally warmed up enough for me to move around some and get something
accomplished.
Progress. My precious Emmy is still upset by the fireworks. When I have things flare up I rarely think of aspirin, ibuprofen and other anti-inflammatories. They really work for me. I think why didn't I take something. I am still working on the study; it is mind numbing the things from years ago. But next, the art room and maybe some creating.
ReplyDeleteCan I find shrugging off lethargy on Google? Christmas is over; new year is over. I'm not over, I'm still sinking.
ReplyDeleteI could easily sink back in but I'm resisting.
DeleteOur dogs were lucky; only a couple of booms New Year's Eve night. But a HUGE one the night before. We discussed at length; it actually sounded more like what we think a bomb would sound like (because the rumble afterwards was so long)...not fireworks or a gunshot, and definitely not thunder either. Weird.
ReplyDeletesounds like a transformer blew somewhere.
DeleteIsn't it odd how we can injure ourselves without even knowing how? Or doing the simplest things?
ReplyDeleteAging ain't for sissies, is it?
Trying to shake off my own lethargy. Here I go...
oh yeah, not for sissies! I was going to get the peas planted today but still too wet from the rain on Wednesday/Thursday morning.
DeleteHave you tried a "hug" jacket for the dog? We had someone set off firewoorks (just small bottle rockets) across from our dock and all I though about was how hard this might be on my precious birds.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see what you do with all those little balls of color! Yesterday I got obsessed with cleaning off the porch rails (they're plastic of some kind & had gotten moldy from the geraniums over the summer). Man that was a lotta bending over! I was pretty sore last night & predicted that I wouldn't be able to move today, but I'm just fine. Go figure.
ReplyDeleteI hope your finger is all better now. These mysterious aches bloom and recede in my bones these days. Getting older sucks.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if you have a little touch of arthritis in your hand. The knuckle on my right thumb will flare up from time to time, and it can be excruciatingly painful. Then, for whatever reason, it fades away. I'm almost convinced that the weather sets it off, particularly a change in barometric pressure. That could be pure imagination, but there has to be a reason for it coming and going as it does. Even though it's the hand I use most for work, I can go for days without work setting it off. Weird.
ReplyDeleteI do have arthritis in the thumb joints of both hands and when I was cutting stencils all the time they hurt all the time. it will flare up when I'm model making too. I figured it must be arthritis in that pinky finger, all the clenching to knead the balls of color probably set it off. it's fine now. have you ever tried gin soaked raisins for when yours has flared up? I think it works pretty well. golden raisins, add gin to cover (can be cheap gin), let it evaporate, and eat 9 a day.
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