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@ third eye comics in Prince Frederick

@ third eye comics Annapolis

Allison and I took Bryce and Will out to Ledo’s for pizza supper last night. Their grandfather (and main paternal guardian) went into the hospital Thursday night – fell down some cement stairs and banged his head and arm, was in ICU for a bit but as of this writing, he is fine and mending at the hospital post surgery. Boys were rowdy and happy to be out – typical 16 aqnd 14 year old fellows. Allison and I both got a kick out of them, too. Pineapple, green pepper and onion pizza for WIll, Cheese for Bryce – I took from both sides, but there were plenty of leftovers to send ’em home for later. Allison had a turkey sammich.

Today is International Tuba Day! I’m happy to have been a tuba, sousaphone, euphonium and baritone player at varying times in my life. Last time I played was in the 90s, but I may be thrust back into it come Tuba Christmas 2013.

 Free Comic Book Day tomorrow – We’ll visit our favorite store –  Third Eye Comics. I hope to pick up the following but I am a little fearful of the likely crush crowd of people:

• Atomic Robo – Red 5 Comics
• Kellerman/L’Amour – Bantam
• Molly Danger – Action Lab (I think Allison will like this a lot)
• Mouse Guard/Rust – Archaia
• Scratch 9 – Hermes Press
• The Strangers – Oni Press
• The Tick – NEC
• World of Archie Digest – Archie (I think Allison will dig this one too)

Sheep and Wool festival this weekend, too – I expect we’ll hit that Saturday, Sunday or both. Hopefully at least Sunday, as Claymonster Pottery will be there, as will all manner of fiber arts goodies for Allison.

I’m also hitting FOSE later this month. I hope to pick up some new skills, and maybe network with people a bit.

Who? Who? Echoes from my skull (and other skulls, too…)

Where are some of these things coming from – NASA? Too much stress and fear in my mind and my life. Calm is what I seek.

Rough day at the end, but better things coming this weekend.

Flurfy

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Rain, rain, rain

Lots of precipitation today, and my back is still feeling yesterday’s torque.

I’m mostly ok, as long as I don’t have to change position from standing to sitting or bending. The body adapts to it and settles after some pain and time. I think that I’ll see if I can adjust the height of the push bar on our mower.

I planned to do more walking, but it was pretty dang prohibitive. *plop*

I doubt I could go much further without the help of a makeshift walker, aka shopping cart. I wasn’t even up to hitting the comic store or Lego outlet. I’m confident that after supper I’ll be more solid and up for grocery shopping.

I’m Listening to “Sleeping Ute” by Grizzly Bear (on At The Farmer’s Market) http://songza.com/listen/at-the-farmer-s-market-songza via @Songza Android app

Pentacle shoes

Good morning lawn maintenance! Allison and I were relaxing in bed when the in-laws dropped from the heavens with a riding mower, a spade and a forsythia bush.

Three minutes later I was pushing a mower, raking grass and spreading mulch around rose bushes.

Approximately five hours later than that, it was time for “breakfast” at about 2 pm. JT’s kitchen is pretty tasty spot to visit… I figure that we will return on Mothers day since Chris loved it so much.

I pinched my back a bit, feeling some sciatica going down both legs right now.  Hopefully that’ll mend quick.