I bought the Accord today. I pick it up tomorrow after work. It’s been a very long time since I made that level of financial commitment, but I expect this car to be my faithful servant for a very, very long time. Oddly enough, I did learn that my old car was worth more than I thought, my credit score is better than I expected, and I’m not on Big Brother’s watch list. The things…

I am really, really, really glad I changed my mind about going shopping at Ward Parkway Mall this afternoon. I had intended to go to T.J. Maxx and Target after I got my car washed, but at the last minute decided just to go get groceries and head home. Not very much later, the mall became “one big crime scene” following a shooting spree that left three dead, including the shooter. Details. The time line…

OMG! I just checked my calendar. I have obligations during the first and third weekends in May, which leaves only TWO free weekends for me to finish the art work in progress, mat it, frame it, make prints of it, and get the prints signed, labeled, and bagged before ConQuesT. And with my obligations in June and July, only three free weekends added to that to prepare for Archon/NASFIC. (Deep breaths…. deep breaths….YIKES!)

Just a few days ago my rheumatologist examined my toes and pronounced the joints to be in good shape. The joint at base of the big left toe, in particular, has actually regained flexibilty and exhibited significantly less pain since starting the Remicade…. until today. While extracting Mayhem from a forbidden perch, he pulled a hard, heavy, pointy thing from the shelf. It landed pointy side down, of course, smack dab in the middle of…