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Feb. 27th, 2003 06:47 pmEr, yeah, still out here. In a way. :)
Anyway, the first stained glass class went decently well. Pretty much it was just basic, her showing us the tools, and giving us an overview of the process. She also lectured a bit on the details of how to start with a pattern, and how to get that pattern cut into pieces to use for templates for the glass. Is all rather neat, actually. Then those of us who haven't cut glass before got to practice a bit on window glass--and yeah, I ended up with several nicks just in the hour we were working. ^^;; I also spent a chunk of money on basic supplies--tools, that is. I haven't bought glass or lead or anything like that. It's gonna be another chunk of money when I have to buy a soldering iron, I think. Gotta make some time to work on my pattern before next Tuesday.
Gonna hang out with Anj some tonight. Been a lot of stressy things going on of late, so she James and I are going to eat crap food and watch Azumanga Daioh or My Neighbors the Yamada's, or a bit of each, something like that.
Oh, and in one week, my aunt (Dad's older sister--the one who my uncle left), who was in the hospital for a staph infection in her foot A) ended up in respriatory failure and coding on the table after having a panic attack then an asthma attack during a very simple routine procedure to put a stint (?) in her leg to help the staph infection-sore heal, and ended up on a respirator for a couple days; and B) because they worried the respiratory failure was caused in part by a congestive heart failure condition, had a stress test, which led to a near-heart attack, and they had to do an angioplasty on a blocked vessel. Ohyeah, and it turns out her pre-diabetic condition is now full diabetes. Oy. As expected, this threw my Dad into a bit of a loop this week. And there's still the problem with my other aunt (Dad's younger sister)--it is suspected she has a tumor on her pituitary gland, but she is having to wait for-freaking-ever before they can get her in for an MRI to confirm this. At the least, it is said this sort of tumor is almost always benign and might even be able to be dealt with by medicine rather than surgery, but still...I can't believe they're making her wait so long, wondering and not knowing for sure. Geez.
Us here, tho, we're ok, though something is kicking my ass allergy-wise again. Started during the class with a combination of the instructor's whiteboard marker, and some other chemical smell, that maybe is from the solder or something? Eh... *shrugs* I'm living on motrin and feeling kinda like I have a cold constantly. Oh, and Rei? I think one way or another, I'm a go for AX--dunno yet whether it will be just me, or me and James, but count on *someone* being able to help you share that room. :) *happy thoughts* Akon, AI, *and* AX this year...I like the thought of it. :)
Anyway, the first stained glass class went decently well. Pretty much it was just basic, her showing us the tools, and giving us an overview of the process. She also lectured a bit on the details of how to start with a pattern, and how to get that pattern cut into pieces to use for templates for the glass. Is all rather neat, actually. Then those of us who haven't cut glass before got to practice a bit on window glass--and yeah, I ended up with several nicks just in the hour we were working. ^^;; I also spent a chunk of money on basic supplies--tools, that is. I haven't bought glass or lead or anything like that. It's gonna be another chunk of money when I have to buy a soldering iron, I think. Gotta make some time to work on my pattern before next Tuesday.
Gonna hang out with Anj some tonight. Been a lot of stressy things going on of late, so she James and I are going to eat crap food and watch Azumanga Daioh or My Neighbors the Yamada's, or a bit of each, something like that.
Oh, and in one week, my aunt (Dad's older sister--the one who my uncle left), who was in the hospital for a staph infection in her foot A) ended up in respriatory failure and coding on the table after having a panic attack then an asthma attack during a very simple routine procedure to put a stint (?) in her leg to help the staph infection-sore heal, and ended up on a respirator for a couple days; and B) because they worried the respiratory failure was caused in part by a congestive heart failure condition, had a stress test, which led to a near-heart attack, and they had to do an angioplasty on a blocked vessel. Ohyeah, and it turns out her pre-diabetic condition is now full diabetes. Oy. As expected, this threw my Dad into a bit of a loop this week. And there's still the problem with my other aunt (Dad's younger sister)--it is suspected she has a tumor on her pituitary gland, but she is having to wait for-freaking-ever before they can get her in for an MRI to confirm this. At the least, it is said this sort of tumor is almost always benign and might even be able to be dealt with by medicine rather than surgery, but still...I can't believe they're making her wait so long, wondering and not knowing for sure. Geez.
Us here, tho, we're ok, though something is kicking my ass allergy-wise again. Started during the class with a combination of the instructor's whiteboard marker, and some other chemical smell, that maybe is from the solder or something? Eh... *shrugs* I'm living on motrin and feeling kinda like I have a cold constantly. Oh, and Rei? I think one way or another, I'm a go for AX--dunno yet whether it will be just me, or me and James, but count on *someone* being able to help you share that room. :) *happy thoughts* Akon, AI, *and* AX this year...I like the thought of it. :)
