Quick Scotto update –

Tl;dr-Had a rough couple of days, but things are getting better now.

More info- The day before yesterday, I had a bad case of the chills, couldn’t keep food down, and was as weak as a kitten. Yesterday, I went to urgent care to get my leg looked at, as I had a hot, tender, red band around my shin, just above my ankle, and extending about 1/3 the way to my knee.

By the time I left urgent care last night, it hurt to walk on that foot. Putting weight on it would be excruciating, and is probably the worst pain I have ever felt where I didn’t pass out. The pain increased along to midnight, and then started to decrease about 4am.

4 doses of antibiotics later, I am doing much better. Leg is still red, but applying ice helps, and keeping it elevated. I can get up and walk to use the restroom without screaming in agony now, which is a plus, especially for Mrs and Pearl.

#doodle #journal #tired #health #roanokeva #september212023

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Slow Sunday, I disassembled shelving while Mrs Mermaid put my computer desk together and rearranged the boxes to make room for my workshop.

Aside from that, she made us some fantastic chick’n rice bowls, with Italian shaking peppers that were delicious.

Now, we are catching up w season 2 of surviving summer, after having shared a little chocolate ice cream or dessert

#doodle #cryptid #sundayfunday #september172023

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Poor ol’ cryptid-Scotto went to the podiatrist today, and long story short, no unessential walking around for 3 weeks while my left hoof heals up. Nothing serious, just a boo-boo that is poorly placed and needs time to heal. Weirdly coincidence that I had to patch a tire on our car, after it ran over a nail and developed a slow leak.

Upside of being parked on the couch, I am getting good snuggles from Pearl (see previous entry), and I discovered a nifty filter in PicsArt that can make my doodles into “toys”. (See second image)

Downside of today, I wasn’t comfortable going to get ice cream with @maximillian_deersteak tonight, and meeting some of her colleagues in a socially distanced yum fest.

Unrelated, screw Unity and the per install nonsense. So much for developing freeware using it, and so many other problems. Talk to devs before making policy, you dunces. This could bankrupt so many small developers.

#doodle #artfilter #tootsies #cryptid

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Got some fresh furniture for the living room and the yellow room.  Living room now has a new loveseat,  easy chair and sofa, so that is seating for six covered. The configuration will likely be Mrs and me on the sofa, inlaws on loveseat and cat on the easy chair, but time will tell.

The yellow room got a nice gaming / LEGO table, with enough space to play our largest boardgames with room to spare, and 8 chairs to surround it. If I still had an occasion to play RPGs, we would be well set, given that the pantry and kitchen is just a doorway over.

#doodles #newcouchwhodis

Getting into the Autumn vibe this morning, the gang did a double pumpkin run, Krispy Kreme for pumpkin spice donuts, and Dunkin’ for Pumpkin Hazelnut coffee. (I had an everything bagel wth egg and cheese, and a Boston cream, but the vibe was still there.)

#doodles #autumn #whiteonblackdrawing #september102023

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