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Oct. 8th, 2012 04:26 pmSat. & Sun. were a near complete write-off, I spent most of Sat. either in the bathroom or exhaustedly dozing, & the damn Immodium took its own sweet time taking effect. Finally did around 7pm Sat., but I was so wrung out & achy I wasn't interested in eating, though I was careful to drink lots of liquid--esp. after Mom got stomach flu several years ago, got dehydrated, & had to spend a couple days in the hospital. Achy & exhausted Sun., too, but had enough energy to make chicken soup for myself, & almost completely myself at dinnertime, & had dinner with Jeff & the boys. Well enough to more or less go about my usual routine today, though I'm still being cautious about what I drink & eat. Intended to pick up 2-3 t-shirts to replace those that're getting worn out this weekend anyway, & as Isaac didn't want to go to the Fair with Jeff & Samuel I decided to drag him away from his videogames on the pretext of carrying my shopping. Turned out to be a gorgeous fall day, perfect for walking; would've been a perfect day for a picnic in the park if not for the mud & puddles from the rain. As it was, I enjoyed the outing, & once he resigned himself to being torn away from his laptop, Isaac did too.
Needless to say, I didn't get any work done on the pair of Jeff's slacks I've been rehemming. That's turned out to be a bigger job than I anticipated; the manufacturer partly glued the hem in place, & when I took it down, there was a nasty grey gunk in the creases of the cuff & along the hem, so I had to wash them to get rid of the gunk, then iron them to get rid of the original creases & put in a new cuff. Bit of a pain, but other than the fraying on the original cuffs there's no obvious wear, so why buy another? (Besides, I am a stubborn bitch, & no inanimate object is going to get the best of me!)
Working my way through the Parade's End books just now. Have actually been going through the work of many Edwardian era writers last couple of years, in audio form (much better than TV or DVD when you're also working on sewing or beading), including The Good Soldier, & I have to say I find the Parade's End more intriguing because they're set in the time immediately before & after the end of Edwardian paradigm. Interesting as portrayals of a given society's customs & mores on the characters are, the effects of a paradigm shift are fascinating. But--have to say, rigid & stifling as the mores of the time were, Ford's characters seem to put themselves through a lot more suffering than they really need to.
Needless to say, I didn't get any work done on the pair of Jeff's slacks I've been rehemming. That's turned out to be a bigger job than I anticipated; the manufacturer partly glued the hem in place, & when I took it down, there was a nasty grey gunk in the creases of the cuff & along the hem, so I had to wash them to get rid of the gunk, then iron them to get rid of the original creases & put in a new cuff. Bit of a pain, but other than the fraying on the original cuffs there's no obvious wear, so why buy another? (Besides, I am a stubborn bitch, & no inanimate object is going to get the best of me!)
Working my way through the Parade's End books just now. Have actually been going through the work of many Edwardian era writers last couple of years, in audio form (much better than TV or DVD when you're also working on sewing or beading), including The Good Soldier, & I have to say I find the Parade's End more intriguing because they're set in the time immediately before & after the end of Edwardian paradigm. Interesting as portrayals of a given society's customs & mores on the characters are, the effects of a paradigm shift are fascinating. But--have to say, rigid & stifling as the mores of the time were, Ford's characters seem to put themselves through a lot more suffering than they really need to.
