Sunday, October 6, 2013

Sunday again: ramblings and updates

Early Saturday morning I woke from a dream in which it was late Sunday. You know how reality is ephemeral when you begin to wake up? I didn't know what day it was.


I saw the doctor about my floater. It's nothing to worry about (probably) but he wants to see me in three months to check on it. He had his bright shine-in-my-eye light and what looked a bit like a jeweler's loupe that he used to see inside my eyeball. He saw the cat hair/spider in there and exclaimed "That's a big one!" (pause for snickering) He said it'll probably become less noticeable as time goes by. I'm glad I had it checked out. Also, he dilated my eyes. I have specifically put in a standing order for cloudy days when I must have my eyes dilated, but alas, that day was bright and sunny. I survived. The vision in my right eye (not the one with the big floater) has deteriorated again. Seems it's about as bad as the left eye now. Meh. I need new glasses.

KILZ 2® Latex PrimerSince Twitch moved out (to Charleston, where he now has a job!) my old office which was his bedroom is once again vacant. Light had that room before she left for college all those years ago. Six years it's been now! She painted half the room a dark and stormy blue, and it's been bothering me since I started using the room. So yesterday Superman and I painted over the dark with Kilz 2 primer.  Man that lightens up the space! Makes it seem bigger, more open. I haven't decided what color to use on that wall, but I'm looking into something very light. I want to use the room for sewing and crafts also, and the walls need to be light and close to neutral to prevent the wall color from influencing how I perceive the fabric colors. Gray, white, or beige don't do it for me, you know? So I think perhaps a pretty cream or maybe a very light blue. We'll see.

Interesting quotes seen on my Kindle:
"The unanswered in science is solution-ized with research." - from a book description. I didn't buy that book.
"If wishes were horses, that accounts for all this horse manure." - Barbara Morganroth, If Wishes Were Horses
"When whiskey talks it rarely counsels prudence." - Anthony McDonald, Matches in the Dark: 13 Tales of Gay Men

I woke up very early this morning, before 5 I think. Couldn't get back to sleep. Poor Superman had trouble getting to sleep in the first place, so he got up and read something boring to put him to sleep. Didn't work. When he came back to bed I sort of woke up. I don't know if got back to sleep then, or if I've been awake since then. Anyway, I'm very sleepy now. Think i'll take a morning nap.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I managed to sleep til 4:28 this morning, yay! Whatever, I'm so over these hormone fluctuations!

What about butter yellow? It's hard as he'll to ever be sad in a yellow room! A light sage green is a good color too, it's calming. My entire house is this dark beige color and I am certain I will be painting this winter/spring, once I gets. Better feel for things.

Anonymous said...

I am very happy that Twitch is still in Charleston. I was worried he might be back.

Kilz is awesome, I've used it two or three times and need to go get another gallon to do some painting (you've seen the water damaged ceiling).

Peace <3
Jay

the cajun said...

A nice flat "eggshell" does a good job of reflecting light but diffusing intruding colors. Just a thought.

Cheers.

Anonymous said...

I just read my comment from this morning. That's some fat fingering on the iPad combined with a mental autocorrect. I am not illiterate! I promise! LOL!

-rox

Ur-spo said...

I always enjoy your updates; I like hearing about the day to day things in blogger's lives.