A busy but productive day (by sarah)

The day started with tidying and doing housework, feeding childs and the like, then Al put me on the insurance for the car as my provisional license came through last Saturday. Then he took me to an art class at Centre Arts - it was about drawing with your right hemisphere, whilst he went off to buy cuttle fish and other casting supplies and got Jean's hair cut.

We then went off in search of a crucible for silver casting - failed at that but found a really excellent art and craft supplies shop in Thrupp!

Then we went on to Tescos carpark for me to attempt driving - hmmm yes well - I can start the car and make it move but panic too much and stamp on brakes and the peddle motion ment that due to the pelvis I then had difficulty walking as it really acted things up but we are hoping seat adjustment might solve that!

Then we got some dinner - Alaric gave me a present for being brave about driving - a how to draw gothic book 🙂 (he picked it up at the art supplies place!).

Then we went on to find the new Stroud B&Q to get the fret saw and bits needed for the casting and on home.

Cyst (by sarah)

On the back of my neck for years there has been this little bump for years I think it may even predate Jean - it got investigated as a potential for some some of my back pain a few years ago but they decided it was just a fatty lump I think they are called lypomers?

Anyway two weeks ago it started getting bigger and then the last few days it started to hurt and the skin had gone red. Anyway Dr yesterday had a look and it isn't a fatty lump at all it's a cyst and it has become infected. So I am taking antibiotics and it is already shrinking - the photos were taken by myself and after it had already started shrinking but you can just about see it.

The Dr said she doesn't remove cysts on the back of the neck like that as they can be deep. But to talk to one of the other drs and maybe go to the hospital.

Finially! (by sarah)

Warning - icky 'womens' stuff

I had the coil fitted to try and stop the bleeding and it got worse but then eight days ago it stopped 🙂 I was however having problems with the thread stabbing me - the dr tucked it all back up again but due to the separated pelvis can't show me how to sort it out myself in future or just check that it's still there so if the threads fall down or I'm worried I need to go back to the surgery but that is actually nothing compared to the almost eight months of bleeding which was just grinding me down.

I also get to stop taking the hormone tablets which is good as I hate taking tablets :/ Now all I need to sort is the eye problem, an infected cyst on the back of my neck and my pelvis and I'll be almost normal again 🙂

Exhibition In Braille Sneak-Peek (by sarah)

Tomorrow Saturday 24th September 2011 sees the Exhibition in Braille a touchy feely art attraction set up by Centre Arts to raise money for the Gloucester County Association for the Blind. Tickets cost £5 and are avaliable at the doors which are open 12-7pm.

There are some really cool things there for you to touch and feel and an interactive braille table to boot!

Here are a few sneak peaks but you can not know the majesty of these pieces without actually going and feeling them!

The exhibition has been put together with the blind and visually impaired in mind and as such bright vibrant and therefore easier to see colours have been used in some of the pieces and there is also a bueatiful light sculpture.

Then we come to my piece - the giant coral I have been working on for what seems like forever!

Which I set up last night 🙂 Complete with beads for the molecular sand! There are also MP3s of some of my poems that I felt where a good counter point to the visual/textural piece there to listen too 🙂

One Year of Guitar Playing… (by sarah)

So it is a year since I decided to actually learn the guitar properlly and to practice each day rather than having a guitar sitting there gathering dust with like three strings on it - on which I could pluck (when it had all the strings obviously) the intro to Nothing Else Matters and play one Tori Amos song very slowly and very badly.

I was going to upload several videos but then Alaric pointed out that I might as well just up load the only one of my songs I have guitar stuff worked out for - it is the one I played at the open mike earlier this year.

I'm afraid the singing (and indeed in many places the guitar playing) is a little iffy, and no doubt the song will have song writers rolling their eyes. But I'm proud of having written this song and having guitar music for it 🙂

I also happen to have a small seven month old person trying to rip my boot off whilst I am playing!