Crafternoon.

If any of you are interested, I'm going to have a Crafternoon at my house next Sunday, Oct. 21. Since the afternoon begins at 12 pm, that is when the Crafternoon will begin as well. My grand plan is to have the crafty stuff that I've got sitting around my house available for use, and to work on a couple of the craft projects that have been gathering dust and making me feel guilty every time I notice them. My other grand plan is to construct a temporary, large Craft Table that will be a good spot to do all those messy, crafty things that you don't dare do on your fine furniture. We'll hang out on the back patio so we can enjoy the sunshine, too.

As for you, you are welcome to come and just hang out, to bring your own project, or to bring craft supplies or ideas to share with others. Let me know (via my username at hotmail or in Comments) if you need directions to my house.

The drunk dude who peed in my yard last night

I'm a light sleeper. Shortly after 1 am, I awoke to the sound of shuffling feet out in the yard, and saw a person's silhouette cross in front of the window by my bed. People don't venture that far back in the yard at that time of night, so this quickly aroused suspicion as I lay in bed, trying to decide what to do.

Then I heard the unmistakable sound of urine splattering on the ground. All I can say is, that dude, whoever he was, was very lucky that he elected to pee on the ground instead of on my herb garden, which was dangerously close nearby. I'm guessing he had attended the football game and had a bit too much to drink. Still. What a jerk.

Lights at the corners of my eyes (Day 75)

There is one remnant from my illness that I take as a reminder to continue to be respectful of the boundaries of my health: if I am too tired, I see small, rolling lights along the edges of my vision, as if a flashing marble of light were rolling from the upper, outer corner of my eye to the lower center edge. Usually this only happens in one eye at a time.

It seems like these spots are tied to fatigue, although I can't be sure. I've seen stars before, and these aren't like seeing stars. I've come close to blacking out, and this isn't the same as that, either (it has been a while, but that's more like vanishing down a tunnel). Whenever my vision plays tricks on me, it always makes me want to question this reality I know.