These Days ...

Naps are wonderful things. Cats know this. They are champion nappers. I don’t take naps often enough. If I haven’t started a nap before noon I won’t take on that day. I won’t feel like I have enough time to properly enjoy it. If I’m tired I’d caffeinate instead.

I’ve been on vacation this week and I probably should be taking more naps. I’ve been getting up and going to bed on the same schedule as I would while working. I’m still caffeinating myself when I could be getting shuteye.

I am mostly enjoying myself. We’ve using this week to catch up on medical appointments. Sarah has a few for sciatica and nerve issues. I had a presurgery visit with the optometrist to measure my eyes and discuss lenses. I’ve got cataracts. In April, assuming the schedule works out, I will have them corrected, one eye at a time. It’s a weird thing for me to contemplate. My natural eye lense will be replaced by a plastic one. I was given a choise of lenses I can have installed. I have a budget so I couldn’t choose a lense that might (nothing is ever completely certain) allow me to be eyeglasses free. Since I am naturally nearsighted, the doctor recommended a lense that would allow me to read without glasses. I will then need to wear glasses for distance seeing. That seems fine. I’ve been wearing glasses for a few years now. I’m used them. My main motivation to have the surgery is to regain some night vision. I’ve been doing my best to avoid driving in unfamiliar places at night because, frankly, it’s not safe for me to do it any more. I can manage familiar roads okay because I know the landmarks and don’t need to read road signs.

I don’t love driving. I don’t dislike it. It’s a necessary activity here in a big American city with inefficient public transportation during a pandemic. It’s a big part of my job at USPS. I’m expecting the new lenses with make that part of my life easier.

Mugshots

This week’s process GIF is of a trio of witches making soup. Maybe. Maybe they are casting a spell. Or making oatmeal. You tell me.

This design is available on a mug in my Zazzle store and all sorts of schtuff in my Redbubble store.

Bonedeep Romance

I ran out of the 11×17 bristol board that I use for drawing my mug designs. I kept drawing layout sketches on 8.5×11 cardstock but but I wanted carry a design all the way to the finish. I also wanted to do something simpler (bolder?) than I habitually work up. With Valentine’s Day on my mind, the design below is the result.

This is what the design looks like on one of Redbubble’s t-shirts.

That’s it for this week. I’ve got three more days where I can not think about delivering mail.

And maybe take a nap.

Or two.

Cheers!