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Or will be as of April 26^th. I cannot describe their style of play however there are plenty of videos of their shenanigans on Youtube and the like. It’s a bag of entertainment wrapped in a baseball. One guy plays on stilts.

I am reading “A Study in Celluliod” by Micheal Cox producer of Sherlock Holmes. It is a very interesting look behind the curtain of the making of the 1984 Granada series. The only thing that stopped it was the death of Jeremy Brett. There were plans to continue the series after the last season.

I have been blogging more often than I thought I would. It is sort of a brain dump for me. I am hoping someone finds it amusing or useful. I know one of the most read ones is the one about my miscarriage and people said it did help them along with my mental health entries.

Writing about mental health is important to me. I hope my situation and what I am doing for it gives even just one person the courage to take on their mental health journey. I know I am a very different person than I was before the pandemic. Right now I am getting back into doing things I stopped doing because I was so depressed and felt off kilter. That’s a good sign for me. Also, I am talking to my therapist every two weeks rather than every week. I am stable right now and enjoying it.

I am grateful for the right medication that is helping me be stable.

I have been thinking about thankfulness and expressing it aloud. Yes, I do have a set of circumstances that sometimes makes it hard to be thankful but, I try to be.

I am thankful for my family. My parents have been my rock through all my life. My brothers and sister are in my corner and cheering me on. I know I can call on any of them at any time.

My mother taught nursing for more than forty years. She is who I go to when I am confused by what is happening to Peter or what they want to do with Peter. Because of her I can read his chart including several of the shorthand notes. I go knowing what it is going on so I can asked questions properly.

My dad is my computer expert, and he makes me laugh. He sends me articles he thinks I will find interesting. He knows me well because I do. We love to pun off with each other. He read to me before I could read and listened to me read as I was learning. He read the Hobbit to me by the time we got to Return of the King, I was reading to him just for a bit since he did all the voices.

Sean is my go-to on so many subjects. I have said that if there is a zombie apocalypse I would get my way to Sean’s house. Patrick and I share the love of the same kind of fiction among other things. If we read something we know the other will joy, we tell each other about it. Shelia is a writer. I am beta reading a book of hers and so far, I am enjoying it. She is my sister, and we enjoy talking to each other when we get together.

I am thankful for my in-laws and stepdaughters. They also have my back and help with giving me thoughts on Peter’s care. I try to keep them up on his health and wellbeing. Last week Shana, Gwen, and Gwen’s son (Peter’s grandson) visited him. He had a great time. I got to have dinner with Shana, and we caught up on all kinds of things. I had a nice chat with Gwen about her family and my family. I told them about Caroline’s trip to Japan.

I am thankful for my extended family. They may not be family by blood, but to me they are family. They have helped me through some bad times. They give me help when I need help. My social life is due to my extended family. I am going to see a bunch of them Saturday for a Sedar.

I am thankful for my friends. I have a lot of people with that title. Most of it comes from conventions and bowling. My convention friends make it worth going to the conventions no matter who else is there. My local friends are there for me. I have so many that are willing to help when I need it.

I am thankful to Peter’s fans. I know I have some too but his fans have saved us from bankruptcy and worse. Because of their generousness, I have up to code roofs so I could get house insurance to get away from the minimal house insurance that was catastrophic only. Now I have decent house insurance. They have sent letters and good wishes to Peter that raises his spirits. They also checked in on me, this brought a tear to my eye in happiness.

I am grateful for all the people looking out for us.

I make lists for just about everything. I find dumping my brain on paper makes it more real. I then break down the big topics into their components. I have a notebook that I put down all the notes I might need later. It goes from Medicaid paperwork to a book I want to read. Phone numbers and passwords also go in there as I am having to change a lot of them. Once a notebook was done, I take the master notebook and put what is relevant in the sections I have in that notebook. Yes, I do hang onto the other notebook just in case but my information is more organized.

It comes out of my stage management days where I learned a list could save your Kister. I would write notes as they came up and then typed a post rehearsal memo with all the notes, so everyone was on the same page. The great thing is I could go back to the notes to solve arguments. I was told more than once I was excellent at taking notes.

Today is a gym day and I am going to visit Peter. Around that I must finish the laundry and clean up the kitchen. Then puppets are next on the list. Tomorrow will be a gym day.

This week we recycle paper, and I have a bit to recycle. Ordering fabric online leads to a lot of paper to recycle. Also, Peter got some graphic novels, and I finally got two books I ordered quite a while ago.

Caroline and her traveling buddy are in Japan. Caroline said that when I said the room was going to be small, she hadn’t really grasped the concept of how small until she got into the room. They do need to go outside to change their mind. They did have a pleasant first day in Tokyo.

I am grateful for safe travel.

Or rather I am following Caroline’s plane to Tokyo Japan. Personally, I have no problems flying. But a loved one in a plane tends to bring up the nerves.

Laundry is the name of the game today including changing the sheets and towels.

I have been watching through the Muppet Show because I know them so well, I can leave the room and come back knowing exactly where I am. It is still so funny. I have my favorite episodes but this time I am going through all but two episodes. Those episodes have different problems leading them to be left out. Really wish I could see the Brooke Shields episode again. It was their Alice in Wonderland episode and the Jabberwocky was amazing. There is an innocence to it that, with the possible exception of the Jim Henson Hour, has not been seen since especially after Jim’s death.

Storyteller is next on the list. Thank goodness I have that on DVD.

I really hope I get to the point of cutting out some puppets today. Possibly even sewing a few together. Once I get going, I’ll be fine. It can be the starting that is the hard part.

In positive mental health news, I am laughing again. I am finding things funny again. Can’t say I have done much of that since November 2022. Apparently, we have found the secret combo of medication that is keeping me even and feeling better. Mental health has been on my mind a lot. Not only mine, but others I care for.

I am grateful for the right meds.

Right now, most of my life is a waiting game. I am waiting to see what goes on with Peter. I am waiting to hear about some jobs to say yea or nay. I am waiting to see what happens next for Caroline. A little less since I know going to Japan is next on her list. She leaves Sunday. I am waiting on some information I need for Medicaid.

As my friends well know I am not good at waiting. Never have been. Let me rephrase it, I stink at waiting when things are not in my control, and I am depended upon other people to do something. I get very frustrated.

If I know when the waiting will stop, say like a theater show I have a ticket to, then it is not a stressor. Knowing deadlines for me is a good thing. I can plan for that.

I can wait in line. I don’t like it, but I understand it. I have stood in line for my favorite ride at the Disney Parks and had some very interesting conversations. I have stood in line for an autograph and gotten to talk to other fans. I have made friends on lines.

Waiting in the doctor’s office especially when I have an appointment, drives me nuts. When my wait time is five times longer than my time with the doctor, I am truly miffed. I got there the requested fifteen minutes for any last-minute paperwork. Especially when the wait goes over half an hour. Longest wait two hours for a specialist.

I am grateful when I don’t have to wait.

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