Tendonitis sucks

Back in February I started have shooting pains in my right wrist. It got so bad a couple times I couldn't even sign my name (luckily, the store knew me and accepted my SO's signature). But I couldn't tat, knit, type, write, or do much of anything. I could read, but with my current eye issues (I can read better without my glasses but I'm nearsighted so I can't see much else without them), I couldn't even do too much of that.

It was frustrating. But I wore a brace or elastic bandage on my wrist. I stretched my tendons and eventually my wrists improved. I can now tat for more than five minutes in a row and I can hold a pencil. I still need to be a little careful, but it's better.

Of course, other stuff happened. My camera card died. A very nice person sent me a new camera, I just had to buy a card for it. And the screen promptly died. My car's steering has gone wonky. That's going to be expensive.

It's not all bad. We went to Savannah, Georgia for Gnome Con and spent some time touring the city. We found this great little shop (our shopping plan: 'hey, we've never been down this street, I wonder what's down here?') with scented soaps and knick-knacks. I found a couple of fans for myself (summer is coming, eventually) and sample sized Tiger Balm for my co-workers.

I also went back to the Frayed Knot and bought some yarn (grey and purple) to make a cowl for myself. I bought some beads from Perlina, the bead shop in back, and made 2 bracelets, one for me and one for R. I took a picture of hers, using my cellphone, so it's not a very good picture.

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My SO and I have nearly caught up on our recorded shows and we finally got a new remote. One that reacts when we press the button instead of one that insists I hold it down for five minutes, or press it repeatedly and then it still doesn't work.

My mom is doing much better. Her arm is out of the splint and she is recovering use of her arm.

I went to the spring meeting of the regional lacers chapter of IOLA (International Order of the Lacers?, I should look up what the acronym stands for, shouldn't I?). It was nice. I'd never been and I made some new friends.

I'll try to keep up a bit more, now that I can type again. But I make no promises.

I forgot to mention one incident from Busch Gardens. Rosemary & I waited an hour for Chris to ride the Griffon, because it malfunctioned while he was in line. A group of people got stuck on it, in the sun, until they got it fixed enough to bring them to the platform. Then they had to work on it. Run a few empty, test cars & then Chris got to ride it. He did enjoy it though.

Yesterday it was raining in the morning, so we took a quick stroll down Duke of Gloucester Street to see the armory. I took a lot more pictures. It's a good century after Witch Hunter, but you never know what information will come in handy. Plus it was just neat! It was a light rain, so we didn't even bother getting out umbrellas, but we had them, just in case.

I bought a book called Putting on the Dog. It was overpriced and I had hoped it was something about Colonial dogs or dog training but it turned out to be, supposedly, word & phrase origins dating from Colonial times. It's meant in fun or I'd be writing an angry letter to the author. I know that at one of the 'origins' is wrong. I also bought a commemorative tin of mints. The tin is the perfect size for tatting stuff.

We grabbed a quick lunch from the Mexican Maiden (aka Taco Bell) and then off to the Yorktown waterfront. We had reservations to go sailing aboard the sloop Alliance. It was a 2-hour tour & it was FABULOUS! There were about 20 others on board, and Duncan was very popular. We were worried that he might get hot in his lifejacket & bag but he appeared fine. He really enjoyed the trip (after we got off the boat & dock & took him out of his life jacket & bag, he tried to get back into the bag to go back to the ship). We got into a nice long conversation with Lee, Sue & their daughter (whose name I never heard). Chris got to help pull up one of the sails. I got a couple pictures but Rosemary got a movie of it.

I had to download my camera Tuesday at lunch because I literally ran out of memory while at Historic Jamestown. At the first cenotaph. I could take another 14 pictures, saving them to the camera's harddrive & that's it. That's 295 shots. Some of them were from Palmetto's but still.

We had supper at Florimentes, a great deli that Chris found. We had gotten dinner to go from them earlier & now Rosemary really wanted garlic knots. Alas, they were out. But she had the artichoke heart & chicken while Chris & I had the meatball heros. Last time, I had gotten the beef turnover while Chris & Rosemary got the top round heros. They have an incredible bakery too. So far, we've tried the apple strudel, Napoleon (chocolate & vanilla), tiramisu cups (tiramisu in chocolate cups), & some strawberry jam pastry with powdered sugar.

This morning we're taking Duncan to the Yorktown Battleground. Since it's a national park, he's allowed there, on leash. He's not allowed in buildings but we should still have fun. Yesterday we could see the Yorktown Victory monument from the water.

I'm not sure what we're doing this afternoon. Maybe we'll go to the Yorktown Victory Center (state park) after lunch. Duncan has really enjoyed going on long walks with us. We've taken water & a water bowl for him but he's been pretty smart about staying in the shade & stuff like that.

Early night last night. We were very tired after the ship.

clothes: Today I'm wearing black slacks/jeans, purple angel/moon t-shirt, moonstone jewelry, Celtic knot ring & ~rope band. I'll braid my hair again. It's the only practical hairstyle (though how it gets tangled when I brush it then braid it immediately, I'm unclear). It's also black tennis shoes again. And probably will be until the con.